>> david: tonight, breaking news. the deadly tornadoes touching down. tonight, breaking news. the deadly tornadoes touching down. 140 miles per hour. the storms now in the east. and yet another major system, the new threat right behind this. also tonight, the passengers escaping a fiery jet crash. the flames all around them. and just in tonight, the search for the missing after an

avalanche in utah, and the discovery. first tonight, the severe storms. alerts this evening from texas all the way east. a deadly ef-3, winds 140 miles per hour, touching down. at least 17 reported tornadoes in just 24 hours. ginger zee with the new system right behind this. tonight, donald trump's defense attorney grilling stormy daniels. daniels pushing back in that courtroom. the jurors studying this intently. the horrific video tonight. and when trump's team calls for a mistrial again, what the judge says. the horrific video tonight. authorities investigating the deadly police shooting of a u.s. airman in florida. >> sheriff's office. open the door. step back. >> david: a deputy opening fire seconds after the airman opens the door of his home. how did this happen? and were authorities at the right home? pierre thomas on the many questions.

tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying, "we will stand alone," amid president biden's threat to withhold u.s. weapons if there is a full-scale invasion of passengers using emergency rafah. a boeing 737 crashing during takeoff. passengers using emergency slides to escape. some with critical injuries. in the u.s., the urgent search late today for skiers reported missing following an avalanche in utah. what authorities tonight have just revealed. an american man falling into shark-infested waters in the bahamas, attacked within seconds. how he survived this. tonight, the nba player suspended without pay for throwing a ball into the stands twice, hitting a fan in the face. what he's now saying tonight. also tonight, how much of the u.s. could see the northern lights? and the dog falling from a cliff, missing for days, and what's happened tonight. good evening and we begin tonight here with the new

tornado threat as we come on the air. the system moving into the east and another major system right behind this, already on the move. alerts right now for dallas all the way east. at 17 reported tornadoes in just the past 24 hours, and they have turned deadly. downed trees, live power lines taking lives. this new system we're now watching moving across texas and the gulf and right into the east. heavy rain for the northeast. washington, d.c., philadelphia, and new york. in maury county, tennessee, an ef-3 tornado, winds 140 miles per hour, threatening homes there. in columbia, tennessee, more than 100 homes damaged. one woman was killed there. near charlotte, north carolina, tonight, another person was killed, a second seriously hurt when a tree and live power lines fell on their suv. witnesses could hear them. chief meteorologist ginger zee is standing by again tonight with the potential track of these new storms now moving in this evening. and alex perez leading us off here from the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the death toll rising from violent storms

that are now targeting the east coast. 17 reported tornadoes in the last 24 hours. this ef-3 twister in middle tennessee with winds of up to roofs sheared away 140 miles per hour. drone video revealing obliterated homes in maury county. roofs sheared away. massive electrical transmission towers mangled and twisted along with power lines. officials say at least one person was killed. bobby fine and his wife racing to their basement when the storm rolled in, emerging to find a scene of devastation. >> we were probably halfway down the stairs before we started hearing the dog door downstairs just blow through with lots and lots of wind. so, it came on really quick. >> reporter: west of charlotte, north carolina, one person was killed and another hurt when a tree and live power lines fell on their suv. >> i heard somebody in there screaming and they was wanting help, and i just -- i just couldn't get over to them. i wanted to, but i just couldn't. >> reporter: north of atlanta,

homes and businesses in gilmer county torn apart by high winds this morning. this rv knocked sideways. lee brennan trying to salvage what she can from her waterlogged storage unit. >> right now, i'm okay. if you would have seen me about a half hour ago, not so good. >> reporter: and david, you can see the extent of the damage created by that ef-3 twister. the roof of this home behind me here completely ripped to shreds by that storm. the national weather service says this tornado was half a mile wide. david? >> david: alex perez reporting from columbia, tennessee. alex, thank you. let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all again for us tonight. hi, ginger. >> reporter: hi, david. it's hard to believe this is the fourth night in a row i've come to you saying we have tornado warnings active on the map. and we've had more than 55 reported tornadoes just this week. looking at it there, that activity is in texas, just near brady, but waco is in it tonight, and the watch still exists for parts of south georgia. but all the severe thunderstorm

watches are for that action in texas that's going to start blasting across the southeast tonight. a lot of this is going to happen after dark, so, let's talk about the timing. watch that mass of red that's south of dallas there, starting now, and as it moves east, it's after about 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. that it slides over the state line into louisiana, then mississippi, eventually alabama, and by 5:00 a.m., it's in the florida panhandle. our friends in destin, over to say mexico beach and into georgia wake up with severe thunderstorm watches. tomorrow, there will be a little left in north florida, south georgia, but david, we finally get rid of it by the weekend. >> david: all right. grateful for your help all week long. ginger zee tonight. ginger, thank you. now, to that dramatic scene in that new york city courtroom today. the criminal trial of donald trump. stormy daniels back on the stand. trump's lawyer aggressively questioning daniels. but in that courtroom, with jurors watching intently, stormy daniels pushing back. afterward, daniels seen leaving the courthouse. inside, trump's lawyers again trying to call for a mistrial. tonight here, what the judge said. aaron katersky at the courthouse.

>> reporter: today in court, donald trump watched in rapid attention as his lawyer susan necheles aggressively questioned stormy daniels. daniels pushed right back. it came after daniels testified in graphic detail about an alleged tryst with trump in a lake tahoe hotel suite back in 2006. an encounter trump denies. today, his lawyer challenging the porn star, "you have a lot of experience of making phony stories about sex appear to be real?" daniels fired back, "the sex in the films is very real, just like what happened to me in that room." she added that if she were to fictionalize her encounter with trump, "i would have written it to be a lot better." necheles portraying daniels as a scheming opportunist, insisting her story of her time with trump "generated a ton of publicity for you." "lots of bad publicity," daniels replied. necheles pressed on. "now you had a whole new fan base and were able to sell yourself?" "i just did the same job i always did," said daniels. trump's lawyer pointing out this candle daniels sells online --

stormy, saint of indictments -- asking her, "you're celebrating the indictment by selling things from your store, right?" "not unlike mr. trump," daniels replied. the former president has turned every twist and turn of his trials into a fund-raising opportunity. daniels made it clear she's more than happy to see trump on the ropes. her lawyer showing her this old tweet. "you are drinking champagne because you are celebrating that trump was indicted?" "yes," she replied as trump shook his head. but on redirect, prosecutors asked daniels, "have you been telling lies about mr. trump or the truth about mr. trump?" "the trust," she said. after seven hours on the witness stand, stormy daniels left the building. trump's lawyers once again asked for a mistrial, calling the porn star's testimony "extremely prejudicial." but judge juan merchan rejecting that request. "this is not a case about sex," argued defense attorney todd blanche. "the nda was entered. whether it happened or not has nothing to do with the charges in this case." trump's lawyer objected to daniels' detailed description of her alleged fling with trump. but prosecutor joshua steinglass

insisted the details "corroborate that the sex happened." "you know who knew what happened in that room? mr. trump knew," steinglass said. "that was mr. trump's motive to silence this woman in 2016." judge merchan telling trump's lawyers, bottom line, "you denied that there was ever a sexual encounter between stormy daniels and the defendant. your denial puts the jury in a position to decide who they believe." >> david: so, let's bring back in aaron katersky at the courthouse again tonight. so, aaron, stormy daniels on the stand for seven hours over two days. you were there in the courtroom. i'm curious tonight. you were studying the jurors. how did they react? did they react at all? >> reporter: jury was captivated, david, as stormy daniels sparred with defense attorneys. the jury box became a tennis stadium. the jurors going back and forth between the attorney and the witness. there's no way to know how the jurors took in the more explicit details, and the defense said they were so prejudicial it warranted a mistrial. but the judge said, absolutely not, because donald trump denies having sex with stormy daniels,

the judge said, the jury is left to decide who to believe. david? >> david: aaron katersky again tonight. thanks, aaron. we turn now to a horrific case in florida. the very disturbing police body camera video tonight. a deputy opening fire seconds after a u.s. airman opens the door of his own home. how did this happen? and were authorities at the right home? there are still many questions. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, a new criminal investigation into whether a florida deputy was justified in fatally shooting 23-year-old u.s. airman roger fortson in his own home. you see the tragic moment unfold in this body camera footage. the officer announces his presence at fortson's apartment after receiving a report of a disturbance. >> sheriff's office. open the door. >> reporter: fortson appears and is shot almost instantaneously. look closely. you see the door open and there appears to be a gun in fortson's right hand.

but it's pointing downward, never aimed at the officer, who immediately fires off six rounds, striking fortson in the chest and the arm. >> multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. black male. >> reporter: fortson later died at the hospital. >> he shot him. my baby was shot up. >> reporter: his family claiming authorities had the wrong apartment. >> we know there were no disturbances. he was on the phone with his girlfriend. >> reporter: tonight, fortson's girlfriend releasing video recorded from their facetime of what she says are his final moments. >> i can't breathe. >> do not move. stop moving. >> reporter: but authorities claim the officer was at the right apartment. >> i want to assure you that we are not hiding, covering up, or taking action that would result in a rush to judgment of mr. fortson or our deputy. >> this kind of sounds like it was getting out of hand. >> reporter: the body camera video shows the officer being directed to fortson's apartment, by a woman at the complex -- >> which room is it? >> reporter: -- but tonight,

it's unclear if fortson did something that led to the report of a disturbance. his family says no one else was in the apartment. >> tell the truth about my son. i know my son did not do anything to you guys. >> reporter: they say fortson was a decorated patriot who loved his country, buying his 10-year-old sister an air force uniform so they could take this picture together. fortson's family says his gun was legally owned and that he had a right to defend himself. david, the officer has been placed on administrative leave while state law enforcement officials investigate this tragic case. >> david: so many questions. pierre thomas with us here tonight. thanks, pierre. tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu defiant, saying, "we will stand alo alo alone," after president biden's threat to withhold u.s. weapons if there's a full-scale invasion of rafah. and these tense talks over a cease-fire halted amid fury over rafah, with so many hostages still being held by hamas. mary bruce at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, as president biden threatens to further withhold u.s. weapons

from israel, prime minister netanyahu defiant. "if we have to stand alone, we will stand alone," he said today. firing back after biden, in his most direct warning yet, said the u.s. would not provide israel with weapons to attack rafah. >> i've made it clear to bibi and the war cabinet, they're not going to get our support, if in fact they go in these population centers. >> reporter: it comes after the president has warned netanyahu for weeks not to invade rafah, where more than a million civilians are seeking refuge. but those warnings have been ignored. netanyahu already launching what he says are limited operations inside rafah, choking critical humanitarian aid. biden already halting the shipment of 3,500 u.s. bombs, fearing american weapons could be used to kill more innocent palestinians. tonight, many republicans now accusing biden of abandoning a critical ally, including

questioning jewish voters who donald trump, who today repeated an anti-semitic trope questioning jewish voters who stand by the president. >> if any jewish person voted for joe biden, they should be ashamed of themselves. he's totally abandoned israel. >> reporter: the biden campaign quick to condemn those comments, as the president insists u.s. support for israel's defense remains ironclad. now, the president says the u.s. will continue to provide for israel's defense, even as he threatens to halt sending offensive weapons to them. and tonight, those cease-fire talks are now stalled. the sticking point, we're told, is rafah. israel insisting that any temporary cease-fire deal exclude their operations in what they say is a hamas stronghold. david? >> david: mary bruce at the white house tonight. mary, thank you. overseas tonight, and to a terrifying scene in senegal. a boeing 737 crashing during takeoff, skidding off the runway. passengers using mshlg e iing e slides to escape amid the flames. some with critical injuries

tonight. here's our foreign correspondent james longman. >> reporter: tonight, terrifying images of passengers fleeing a burning plane that crashed during its takeoff run in dakar, senegal. the boeing 737 air senegal charter hurtling down the runway but skidding onto the grass before it could lift off. frightened passengers then jumping down emergency slides as the fire burned. of the 85 people onboard, ten were hurt, with four suffering life-threatening injuries. the plane's wing and engine badly damaged. it's not clear yet what may have triggered the accident. it comes a day after this fedex cargo plane landed without its nose gear on a flight from paris to istanbul. the crew telling the tower the gear would not deploy, the plane kicking up sparks as it slid along the runway. the two pilots onboard the boeing 767 were not injured in the landing. and no clues yet as to what caused either of these terrifying incidents, david. but aviation authorities are investigating. david? >> david: james longman reporting from london. thank you, james. meantime, back here in the u.s. tonight, there is late word coming in from utah after an

your urgent search late today for skiers reported missing following an avalanche. they have just revealed the two skiers in this did not survive. and here's mola lenghi. >> reporter: tonight, authorities say two skiers are now dead after becoming trapped in an avalanche in the steep terrain of utah's remote back country. a third skier able to escape. >> notify search and rescue, as well as dps, to see if they have an airship available. >> reporter: multiple departments responding around 10:00 a.m. today after getting calls about three friends trapped in an avalanche near the popular lone peak summit, just outside of salt lake city. >> we have not gone up yet, because it's unsafe for our folks to go up there. so they're going to be doing some mitigation to make it safe for our folks to go up. >> reporter: all three skiers equipped with avalanche gear. authorities say one of them was able to dig himself out and call for help. first responders seen transporting him from a helicopter to an ambulance. >> he was in pretty fair condition, other than mentally, you know.

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>> i'm meteorologist sandyha patel live on the roof. feeling the heat today. i'll show you who's getting hotter tomorrow and where relief will arrive. the forecast is coming up. >> from abc seven live. breaking news. >> that breaking news. a fight for the future. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm j.r. >> stone. it's official. the oakland international airport will be renamed despite major opposition, including a lawsuit from san francisco. >> let's take a live look at the abc seven oakland airport camera. just a short time ago, the port of oakland, which is in charge of the airport, voted on moving forward with the name change, and they released this new logo. it will be called san francisco bay oakland international airport. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan is live at the port's headquarters in jack london square. answer jr and umma. >> we don't have a new airport, but like you said, we do have a new name and it takes effect immediately bse