♪ >> david: tonight, breaking news, the tornado outbreak and severe storms. workers in one state capitol racing to the basement. also breaking tonight, the impeachment effort for homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas. the effort collapsing within

hours of reaching the senate. and tonight, the nba player banned from the sport tonight. first tonight, the tornado watch is up right now for severe thunderstorms, damaging winds, and hail. >> oh, my gosh! >> david: 16 confirmed tornados across multiple states tonight, tornado sirens sending people to take shelter. this system moving into the northeast. rob marciano has the track of these storms. the breaking news from capitol hill. the impeachment trial ending just hours after reaching the senate. and the developing headline involving speaker mike johnson tonight in the house with votes now coming on aid for israel and ukraine. what about the speaker's future? rachel scott live on the hill. also the breaking headline at this hour involving issue of abortion. arizona's 160-year-old abortion ban, one of the strictest laws in the country, will move forward. republicans in that state blocking the effort today to repeal the ban before it takes effect. tonight, the testimony from boeing employees past and present sounding the alarm about

safety issues. one whistleblower saying he saw workers literally jumping on pieces of a plane to get it to align. tonight, is black attacking israel in the north. prime minister, his first public comments since iran's direct attack on israel. when israel was set to retaliate against iran but then stopped. matt gutman reporting. back here in the u.s. tonight, authorities confirming they have found the bodies of two mising mothers on their way to pick up children for a birthday party. tonight authorities and the four suspects, including one of the children's grandmothers. president biden in his home state of pennsylvania tonight, a state he'll need to win re-election. what he said about the economy and about jobs created in that state. in upstate new york, the video tonight, a deadly police shootout during a traffic stop in albany. a police officer wounded in the ambush. tonight the nba player now

banned from the sport for life and why. the object that crashed into a home in florida. tonight nasa now confirming what that object was and where it came from. and america strong tonight, what happened at the plaza hotel right here in new york. it was definitely on point. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening. it is great to have you with us on a wednesday night. we do begin tonight with the severe storms moving east and the tornado watches as we come on the air tonight. severe thunderstorms, damaging winds andal hail, 16 confirmed p tornados across multiple states tonight. millions now bracing in the path this evening. severe storms already hammering the upper midwest and ohio valley, heading across the great lakes and into the northeast, with a new storm moving into the heartland. storm chasers capturing video of this massive twister forming in

iowa, an ef-2 with winds more than 110 miles per hour. those storm chasers finds themselves inside the swirling winds. and in nearby new london, iowa, a home destroyed by the winds. neighbors there showing up to help today. tonight this system moving east with a new storm already brewing. senior meteorologist rob marciano leading us off, tracking it all tonight. >> reporter: tonight, an outbreak of powerful storms barrelling east, targeting millions for a third straight night. high winds and torrential rain hammer hammering detroit's airport. tornado sirens sounding in michigan's capital, forcing house lawmakers to take shelter in the basement for a time. more than 100 damaging storm reports in the last 24 hours. storm chasers in iowa practically engulfed by a forming tornado. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: then riding alongside it as it regenerates into a monster ef-2, with winds

over 110 miles per hour. not far from there in new london, devastating damage to multiple homes. residents coming from miles around to help clean up. and just north of kansas city in smith field, missouri, families cleaning up after a 95-mile-per-hour ef-1 tornado ripped off a roof and upended kevin's life. >> this is all i had. >> reporter: a new system threatening the same area again tonight. >> let's get right to rob marciano with the latest track on the storms this evening. rob, take us through it. >> reporter: we've got the leading edge of the first one coming through right now. it has not lost its punch over three days. that's where that tornado watch is. we've had a number of tornadic cells there, one heading towards pittsburgh. look out for you in the next 30 to 40 minutes. that will die off after midnight. next one dropping into the plains. big time hail coming through the area. from omaha and kansas city, that

got hit with those yesterday. the biggest risk for tomorrow, waco, dallas, up through evansville, indiana. likely to be our fourth night in a row of seeing tornadic storms. david? >> rob marciano back with us tonight. rob, thank you. we are tracking the breaking news ton capitol hill late today, the impeachment effort involving alejandro mayorkas failing just hours after arriving in the senate. let's get right to rachel scott, live on the hill again tonight. this effort did not survive very long once it reached the senate, rachel. >> reporter: no, david. in fact, this republican effort to try to convict homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas went down in less than three hours. democrats quickly dismissing the charges before the trial even fully got underway. house republicans impeached mayorkas over his handling of the border but failed to provide evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. democrats argue that president biden was ready to sign the most

significant bipartisan border security legislation in decades, but it was republicans who rejected it under immense pressure from former president donald trump. >> david: rachel, the other story, the other developing headline from the hill, speaker mike johnson and house republicans moving forward with votes coming on aid for israel and aid for ukraine as well. speaker johnson knowing is pushed to vote on all this could put his own future in jeopardy. where does this stand at this hour? >> reporter: just moments ago the speaker of the house was asked why he believes it's worth risking his job to provide additional aid to ukraine. he said, because it's the right thing to do. he is moving forward with the complicated plan to bring the $95 billion package and separate it into four different bills. we are expecting votes on that in the house by tend of the week. and as for this push to try to oust him as speaker, it's unclear when or if those republicans are going to make

good on those threats. david. >> david: rachel scott following it for us. the major headline tonight involving the issue of abortion as well. in arizona tonight the near total ban on abortion dating back to the civil war, before women had the right to vote, before arizona was even a state. this ban will move forward. republicans in that state today blocking efforts to repeal it. elizabeth shul zi from phoenix tonight. >> reporter: tonight arizona republican lawmakers refusing to repeal one of the toughest abortion laws in the country, a law written during the civil war more than 160 years ago, banning abortion in all cases, except to save the life of the mother. >> the last thing we should be doing today is rushing a bill through the legislative process. >> reporter: democrats outraged. >> we're talking babout a bill that was passed before arizona was even a state, before women had the right to vote. >> reporter: but republican lawmakers tonight defending the law. >> we have the best law possible on the books right now. >> reporter: the 1864 law is the best law possible? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: a law that is --

makes abortion impossible for women in every circumstance except to save a mother's life. >> arizona is a pro life state. and that law was put into place by people that believe in the sanctity of life. >> reporter: arizona, one of 21 states to ban or severely restrict abortion since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. donald trump has boasted of nominating three of the five justices who overturned roe. >> we broke roe v. wade, and we did something that nobody thought was possible. we gave it back to the states. and the states are working very brilliantly. >> reporter: still trump says arizona went too far. he knows that voters will likely have the last word on the matter. arizona, one of 14 states where abortion could be on the ballot this fall. abortion rights has won wherever it's gone before voters, including in conservative states like kansas, kentucky, and ohio. today, republican lawmakers told me they're not worried. >> voters are smart. they would rather vote for somebody they respect and

disagree with than somebody who doesn't believe in anything. >> reporter: david, arizona is of course a key battleground in a presidential election. arizona, again, one of 14 states where voters are expected to decide on abortion. we know in the past when it's on the ballot, turnout has gone up. and in every instance, the abortion rights position has won. david? >> david: will be a major issue this november along with the presidential race. tonight the testimony from boeing employees past and present, sounding the alarm about safety issues they say at boeing. one whistleblower today saying he saw workers literally jumping on pieces of a plane to get it to align. tonight boeing fiercely declnyi the claims. >> reporter: tonight boeing scrutinized on capitol hill, the company under fire for months after that door plug flew off a boeing 737 max 9 at 16,000 feet. >> i have serious concerns about the safety about the 787 and 777

aircraft. >> reporter: sam salehpour, an engineer worked with boeing for seven years, alleging dream liners with at risk of breaking apart in midair after extensive use because, he says, the fuselage is not secured properly. >> i have raised these issues for three years. >> reporter: he was eventually moved from the program to the 777, where he says he saw more issues. >> i literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align. >> reporter: but during the hearing, the whistleblower provided no evidence to support his claims. boeing halted 787 deliveries for nearly two years to address these issues. the company standing behind its fleet saying a 787 can safely operate for at least 30 years before needing expanded maintenance routines. ebs tensive and rigorous testing of the fuselage and heavy checks of 700 in-service airplanes to

date have found zero evidence of airplane fatigue. and they are fully confident in the 777, which has safely flown more than 3.9 billion passengers around the world. >> boeing has been pushing back hard against these claims saying these aircraft, they are safe. do you believe them? >> the aircraft as a whole may be safe inso far as people getting on planes shouldn't panic. but they need to be made fully safe. >> reporter: and david that whistleblower first went to the faa in january with his concerns. the faa tells us it is investigating those allegations. david? >> david: gio benitez at the capitol tonight. thank you. in israel tonight, hezbollah striking israel from the north. prime minister benjamin netanyahu making his first public comments since iran's direct attack on israel. tonight what sources are telling abc news ■about two separate moments since that iranian attack, when israel was set to retaliate against iran but then stopped. matt gutman in israel again

tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with israel vowing to retaliate against iran, tensions ratcheting higher as hezbollah launched this attack on an israeli military base in northern israel. the drones crashing into this village, then that fire ball. hezbollah releasing this video of the drone in the death dive. wounding 14 israeli soldiers. and as the world waits to see how israel responds to iran, sources telling abc news that on at least two nights this week, israel prepared then aborted retaliatory strikes against iran. in his first public comments since iran's massive missile attack saturday, a defiant prime minister netanyahu signaling israel will do everything necessary to defend itself. tonight israel's president revealing new video from october 7th to remind the world that there are still hostages being held by hamas. you see the kidnapping of the father of the two youngest children abducted by hamas.

he's terrified and bloodied. these gripping images of his children, those red-headed toddlers, clutched in their mother's arms, as they were taken. and in gaza, where the hostages are still being held, the israeli military continuing its relentless assault, striking multiple targets in gaza, body bags lining the sand, dozens reported killed over the last 24 hours, includes at least four children. david, israeli and u.s. sources telling us tonight that at this point, if israel decides to retaliate, it's unlikely to do so until after the passover holiday is over at the end of the month. david? >> david: matt gutman in tel aviv tonight. thanks, matt. authoritying confirming they have found the bodies of two missing mothers. this evening on the four suspects they say are at the center of this plot, including one of the grandmothers. here's maria villarreal. >> reporter: in oklahoma today, the first court appearance for four suspects accused of

kidnapping and murdering two mothers who vanished on their way to pick up children for a birthday party. >> it's very sad. >> those two ladies should still be here with their kids. >> reporter: investigators say the children's grandmother was at the center of a plot to kill her former daughter-in-law, veronica butler, after a long fight for custody of the children. today the victims' family lashing out at those suspects in court. >> so much anger and frustration. how can you hate the mother of your grandchildren so much that you would end her life? >> reporter: veronica butler and jillian kelly were driving from kansas to pick up kids for that birthday party, kelly riding to along to supervise a court ordered supervision. police finding their car abandoned with blood and a broken hammer nearby. their bodies found two weeks later. >> this case did not end the way we had hoped. it has certainly been a tragedy for everybody involved.

>> reporter: tonight, veronica butler's family heart broken. >> everybody needs to know how great of a mom she was because there should have been no reason she had to have that custody battle for so long. >> reporter: and david, reporters in that oklahoma courtroom actually say that the father of veronica butler had to be held back he was so full of anger and rage, as he watched those suspects get charged in his daughter's murder. we turn now to the race for the white house. president biden in his home state of pennsylvania again tonight. a state he'll need to win this november. biden aiming to draw the contrast between him and donald trump, who has spent much of this week in court. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, fully aware that donald trump's attention is focused on his criminal trial in new york, frie president biden lasering in on pennsylvania. speaking to steelworkers, biden touting his work on the economy and taking swipes at his opponents. >> 492,000 new jobs so far in pennsylvania alone.

under my predecessor, who's busy right now, pennsylvania lost 275,000 jobs. i mean, let's look at the facts. on my watch, unemployment hasn't been this low for this long in 50 years. >> biden leaning in to his working class routes on a three-day swing through this must-win state, greeting construction workers in pittsburgh, visiting his childhood home in scranton, where he told voters he understands them in a way trump never will. >> donald trump looks at the world differently than you and me. he wakes up in the morning and mar-a-lago thinking about himself. >> reporter: the president well aware that the polls are tightening and that he is gaining ground, has spent more time in pennsylvania than any other battleground, visiting the state more than 30 times since taking office. >> mary bruce in pennsylvania,

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>> david: finally tonight here, the ballet dancers and their technique. america strong. tonight in new york city at the famed plaza hotel, an incredible sight. 500 ballerinas from across the country to coming together, and all for a good cause. raising awareness for the nonprofit youth america grand prix, a ballet scholarship program helping dancers across america. all the dancers getting ready to similarly perform that famous ballet move, dancing together on their tiptoes all together for 60 seconds straight. ages 9 to 19 tying their ballet shoes, each with their own number, and then the countdown. >> three, two, one, go. >> david: their hands in the air, smiling the entire time. on their tiptoes for one minute. >> three, two, one. >> david: they did it. >> hi, david. >> hello, david. >> hello, david. >> hi, david.

>> david: 10-year-old adrianna. >> it was a special moment. >> david: 14-year-old kei i can't. >> it was a proud moment for all of us dancers. >> david: 10-year-old jennifer. >> i have never broken a record before. it was really exciting. >> david: it was a beautiful moment. their talent on full display. i'll see you tomorrow. good night. and word that people stuck due to the protests may get some compensation. >> i'm really glad to see sfmta restarting parking enforcement throughout the city. >> not all drivers will agree. san francisco is about to get tough on road rules and is launching a parking citation. citation enforcement blitz. >> hey, everybody, i'm chris alvarez at chase center with the

warriors. held their exit interview. you're going to hear from klay thompson on his future moving forward. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. it was warmed by spring standards today. but that is going to change for some of you. i'll show you where. coming up abc seven news at six starts right now. >> always live with abc. seven news starts right now. >> those who were stuck for hours by protests in the bay area could help determine whether protesters face criminal charges. san francisco's district attorney wants to hear from them. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz. >> if you didn't get stuck in those protests, no doubt you heard about them. pro-palestinian activists monday blocked lanes of 8-80, the golden gate bridge and southbound 8-80 in oakland. more than 30 people were arrested for the shutdown, but san francisco's district attorney has delayed charging the cases that are making their way through her office. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan explains how she wants to talk to people affected by the road closure