if the phone rings, the one question they warn you not to answer. good evening and it's great to be back with you here on a monday night. more on that secret and controversial meeting at the white house, our team is standing by. but we do begin tonight with another major headline playing out right now. severe storms hitting at this hour. 15 million americans warned that this could be a dangerous night on the roads. reports of tornadoes already, this large twister in mississippi. giant hail smashing into this windshield in texas. authorities in several states now warning of storms bringing damaging winds. abc's adrienne bankert is in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight, sounding the alarm in tennessee. >> we have tornado sirens going off in adamsville. >> reporter: a dangerous system moving east after pummeling the heartland over the last 24 hours. funnel clouds forming in oklahoma. >> oh, it's roping out now. >> reporter: this twister dropping and tearing through the plains.