john muller and diana perez. good monday morning everybody. we begin this half hour with at least a dozen people killed in a dangerous storm system. moving across the middle of the nation. >> 17 states on high alert for at least the next couple of days. the system is driving damaging winds, heavy rains and even tornadoes touching down with deadly consequences. >> around 5:30 p.m., the first reports that a tornado touched down in quapaw, a small community in northeastern oklahoma. the destruction widespread. >> there is so much debris, it's hard to even tell what was what. this was a strong tornado. >> the extent of the damage is an indication of just how powerful this tornado was. residential and commercial buildings utterly destroyed, reduced to splinters. roofs lifted from structures still standing send residents walking through the debris trying to make sense of it all. another tornado on the ground in upland, nebraska. more funnel clouds reported in iowa, kansas and missouri. they're all part of a massive storm system that extends throughout tornado alley, from the central plains down to texas, louisiana and mississippi. heavy rain near odessa, missouri brought visibility down near zero, making driving virtually impossible. strong winds along i-70, knocked a semi over on ids side and damaged several homes. golf ball-sized hail pummeled arkansas and parts of oklahoma. cleanup was just getting started in north carolina in the wake of an ef-3 tornado this weekend. an 11-month-old baby was killed, more than 200 homes destroyed. >> it broke my heart because i lost everything. thank the lord for not having me here. i probably wouldn't be standing here right now. >> now they're hoping for the best and bracing for another round of violent storms. >> just so much devastation. 11 deaths in arkansas confirmed. one in oklahoma confirmed. 25 injuries in kansas confirmed. >> that's right. one death in kansas, although that's not linked to the tornadoes just yet. i mean, the information is sprinkling in. we may have more. there's a lot of destruction out there. there's no telling when the tornadoes are going to end. because now they're just moving east. >> we'll be watching. >> absolutely. the threat of severe weather far from over as the dangerous fronts move east. >> our coverage continues at accuweather with meteorologist jim dickey. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. we're entering the heart of severe weather season. as such, we'll see dangerous thunderstorms after an active weekend. area of low pressure responsible for all of that, more or less, will slowly crawl its way eastward, sparking off rounds of thunderstorms here. the threat slowly shifting its way eastward. soaking rainfall into the northeast, back in the upper midwest, plains, upper midwest could see snow mixing in, in spots as well. as far as the thunderstorms are concerned, the threat shifts a bit further eastward. through the early morning hours, still storms, missouri, arkansas, across louisiana, shifting eastward throughout the day. watch out in the tennessee valley, threat for tornadoes and damaging winds and large hail. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. the coast guard has been searching for a pilot in the northern part of san francisco bay area after two small planes collided in midair, the two aircraft had taken off about 20 miles north. one plane landed in the water. the other pilot along with his wife managed to land safely. neither were injured. calling it the most difficult search in human history, australia's prime minister announced the hunt for malaysia airlines flight 370 is entering a new phase. the underwater search will expand as soon as more sophisticated vehicles can be brought in. the aerial search is being suspended. the prime minister assured the families that searchers will do everything humanly possible to solve this mystery. the fbi joined in the investigation for a charleston, west virginia, man off the coast of south florida. he jumped off a cruise ship. 30-year-old james miller was a passenger on the bahamas celebration crews liner. he disappeared 27 miles off of delray beach. coast guard crews have been searching for him since sunday. nba players union and the -- onners calling for immediate sanctions against los angeles clippers owner donald sterling after he was allegedly caught on tape making racially insensitive remarks. the clippers players weren't commenting before the game against the warriors. as clayton sandell reports, they made their feelings crystal clear. >> just before tipoff, the l.a. clippers took to the court with their warmup shirts turned inside out, the team name hidden in protest. donald sterling was nowhere to be seen either. fallout over what tmz sports says is a recording appearing to catch sterling on a racist rant. he's allegedly heard arguing with girlfriend v. stiviano over her photo with nba great magic johnson. >> don't put it on instagram so the world has to see so they have to call me. don't bring him to my games, okay? >> the clippers have not verified if the voice on the recording is sterling. but say the team owner is emphatic that what is reflected on the recording is not consistent with his views, beliefs or feelings. the recording was first posted by tmz. stiviano's attorney says this is her voice. >> people call you and tell you that i have black people on my instagram and it bothers you? >> yeah, it bothers me a lot. if you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. >> a longer version popped up on dead spin.com. this is what you didn't hear. >> do you know that you have a whole team that's black that plays for you? >> you just -- do i know? i support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. >> why is the recording surfacing now? the clippers suggest revenge claiming stiviano said she'd get even because she's being sued by donald sterling's wife, rah she wants everything back he allegedly gave her. duplex, expensive cars and cash. stiviano wasn't talking. >> no comment. >> but has asked that the lawsuit be dismissed. magic johnson said it's sterling who should be dismissed from the nba. >> he shouldn't own a team anymore. he should stand up and say i don't want to own a team anymore. >> the nba promises a swift investigation into what has become a major distraction during playoffs. even basketball's first fan is weighing in. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything. you just let them talk. >> in an ironic twist, sterling was set to receive a lifetime achievement award from the naacp. but the civil rights group now says that award has been canceled. clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. president obama is arriving in the philippines where he's expected to announce a ten-year security agreement allowing for laerj u.s. military presence there. the agreement would give american forces temporary access to camps and allow them to position fighters jets and ships. this is the last stop on the president's four-nation tour. the president is still closely watching the unfolding crisis in ukraine. he's expected to stiffen sanctions against president putin as early as today. a top security official says the sanctions will be against people in putin's inner circle and the companies they control that have a significant impact on the russian economy. >> a crowd of several hundred pro-russian activists stormed a broadcasting center demanding that russian state channels be put back on the air. the government blocked the broadcast of the russian channels calling them propaganda tools for the kremlin. israel's leaders are warning the world to learn from the mistakes of the past. the holocaust remembrance service. prime minister benjamin netanyahu likened it to iran. iran denies the holocaust happened. they have called for the destruction of israel. more events are planned for today. israel got surprising support ahead of the holocaust memorial day from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. he called it the most heinous crime of modern history. many israelis are skeptical of his intentions. there was a unity government formed with the palestinian group that wants israel's destruction. topping health headlines. new evidence that marijuana could help treat the symptoms of parkinson's disease. the study published in the journal clinical neuropharmacology. it involved 22 parkinson's patients. researchers found that smoking marijuana improved specific motor symptoms, including tremors. doctors say it eases pain and helps patients sleep with few side effects. a british surgeon discovered what could be a medical breakthrough for treating wounded knees. the new procedure is said to leave the knee stronger and more stable by using a ligament that doctors didn't know existed until just six months ago. that doctor is teaching the new procedure to surgeons worldwide. you may never need to visit a car wash again. nissan testing an exterior paint that repels water and oil. the paint is currently being tested on the european version of the nissan note. no word if and when it will be offered in the u.s. offering a ray of hope to 130,000 people in the u.s. employed at car washes. i don't know if that offers them hope. >> i don't think that's hope at all. >> that's a pink slip. >> that's hope for people who want to own white cars like me. >> there you go. a group of elementary students outside ft. worth, texas is making a splash in a talent show. >> their synchronized swimming routine is going viral because they do it without water or even a swimming pool. as you can see, they have all the moves. >> it includes diving, dancing, even the backstroke. that's right. it certainly beats juggling or even guitar playing. >> that's really clever. >> yeah. i don't know. i kind of like -- they're all in the fifth grade. this is in texas. good for them. i wonder what was prompting of this idea. >> who came up with this? they executed it great. the camera angles with this. >> i love it. >> and the tarp obvious. >> they got this great idea. never going to work. >> it worked. >> it's great, right? >> i want to know what's behind the tarp. is it just a bunch of trampolines. do they put down mattresses. >> i was thinking it was cushions. maybe there's a trampoline effect to get height. >> right. >> looks like they're bobbing in the water. >> good stuff. we'll do it next year. >> coming up race car drivers getting into a fistfight. what led to the rumble. and who is investigating. >> first history is made in the roman catholic church. two popes are officially named as saints. the ceremony and excitement among the faithful. you're watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by icy hot smart relief. ♪ ♪ roman catholic church has two new saints today. they were named sunday in a historic ceremony in front of nearly a million people. >> for the first time, two living popes celebrated mass and honored two of their most beloved predecessors. abc's terry moran has the story from vatican city. >> referee: what a. >> reporter: what a scene. stretching out from st. peter's basilica, pilgrims old and young, hundreds of bishops and cardinals, some unable to resist the temptation to take their own snapshots and this extraordinary sight. pope benedict xvi in a rare appearance out of retirement cheered warmly and greeted by his successor, pope francis, like two old friends. and this was the moment all had come for. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> a simple ancient latin prayer, and immense and reverent silence in the crowd. the two popes had become two saints. st. john xxiii, an italian farmer boy who opened the church to the modern world, john paul ii. the pol who galvanized the faithful. cardinal timothy dolan of new york remembers praying with john paul. >> this is a man in such deep and profound prayer, you could hear him groan, you could hear him sigh and you could hear him cry. i thought i was seeing a saint. >> it's almost impossible to sum up what this day means to the catholic faithful, but i spoke with several pilgrims who boiled it down to a sweet, simple sentence. now they told me, we have two new friends in heaven. terry moran, abc news, vatican city. so interesting that these two popes on the same day, former popes, made saint because one was perceived as sort of the father of the modern, the liberal force in the church and then john ii was perceived as the one who put the lid back on, protected the more conservative. they really appealed to slightly different bases, of course, and both on the same day. >> that's right. in fact, pope john xxiii actually wasn't canonized for so long because there was a second miracle that was a requirement. but him and pope francis are so similar in their background, both from humble backgrounds. pope francis almost decided this was going to be his first line of business to eliminate that requirement. so that pope john -- rather pope xxiii could become a saint today. there you have it. >> they supposedly share that folksy style. so popular now. >> see how it goes. coming up, battle on the track. turns into fists flying after the flag. the after-race rumble caught on camera. it's raising questions about the behavior of drivers. ahead in the next half hour, another fight caught on tape. this one more inappropriate. a dad loses his cool with his son and sparks a surprising response from other kids. >> whoa. >> you're watching 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up, bumping, rubbing rubber as it's known in the racing world and movies like days of thunder. >> rubbing, son, is racing. >> it's not the first time tempers fueled nascar feuds beyond the track. a war of words erupted after brad keselowski accused denny hamlin of slamming into him during a 2010 race. >> it's not cool to intentionally wreck somebody at 195 mile an hour. >> take a look. last year joey logano confronts denny hamlin following a brush that sent logano into a tailspin. in phoenix, 2012, jeff gordon and clint bowyer go at it and crews pile on following their high octane bump during the race. after saturday night's trackside smackdown, nascar said it is launching an investigation. >> we have our own replay system and there's other cameras that are out there that we don't have available right away. it takes time to get all the proper information. >> michelle franzen, abc news, new york. there's no telling what caused this. one of them ended 18th, another one 19th. doesn't 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(tdd# 1-800-448-1433) this morning on "world news now," nature's worst ripping around the country. the astonishing number of deaths and why the threat is far from over. serious accusations recorded racist comments apparently from the owner of the los angeles clippers who released the recordings in the nba's investigation. stuck for hours. a difficult rescue for first responders who discovered a man wedged between two buildings. how did he squeeze in there? >> broadway backlash, valerie harper battling cancer. the outrage as she faces another fight. that's in court. that's in "the skinny" this monday, april 28th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good monday morning. we begin this half hour with that deadly storm system on the move heading east. >> 17 states on high alert this morning under the threat of heavy rains, large hail and tornadoes like this one in oklahoma causing widespread damage in quapaw killing at least one person there. >> another twister touched down in mayflower, arkansas. at least 11 people have been killed in that state alone. >> abc's alex perez has the latest from little rock. >> reporter: a tornado has turned deadly touching down in the town of quapaw, oklahoma. near odessa, missouri, visibility near zero. blinding heavy rain making driving nearly impossible. the strong winds along i-70 flipping this semi on its side and damaging several homes. from nebraska all the way to louisiana residents are preparing for a potentially dangerous storm that could spawn violent tornadoes and lead to heavy flooding. in the crosshairs, arkansas where a tornado watch has many on high alert. in arkansas and parts of oklahoma, golf ball-sized hail. across tornado alley, a rush on tornado safe rooms, virtually indestructible shelters that can survive the fury of an ef-5 tornado. in north carolina, the cleanup just getting started after an ef-3 tornado touched down on saturday, damaging or destroying more than 200 homes. some lost it all. >> it broke my heart because i lost everything. thank the lord for not having me here because i probably wouldn't be standing right here right now. >> reporter: with this new storm headed east, north carolina is hoping for the best but preparing for what could be another round of angry storms. alex perez, abc news, little rock, arkansas. >> of course this is the time of the year, yesterday was think third anniversary of that 122 tornado day that struck mississippi, alabama, tennessee virginia, georgia. killed 316 people, three years ago yesterday. now of course this. >> an amazing time back in 2011. by the way, april 25th to the 28th, those three days saw 358 tornadoes across 21 states from texas to new york, southern canada, just about everybody got it an 348 people were killed. >> wow. so many suffering this morning as well. wish them the best. >> absolutely. so many fatalities already, caution going out to a huge part of the country as a storm system moves east. >> let's get the latest from jim dickey. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. we saw dangerous thunderstorms on sunday and more where that came from. all from an area of low pressure. a pocket of colder air that is swirling across the mid section, the plains here. it will track eastward sparking rounds of thunderstorms through the next 48 hour at least. again, this slowly moves its way eastward. soaking rainfall for the upper midwest to the northeast. even snow in portions of minnesota, perhaps ice here too. as far as the storms are concerned, the threat shifts further eastward here today. through the morning hours across arkansas, louisiana into texas with gusty winds. in the tennessee valley in the afternoon and evening. john and diana, back to you. jim dickey, thank you. one pilot missing after two small planes collided over the northern part of the san francisco bay. one plane went into the bay. the other landed safely. the coast guard is searching for the second pilot near where debris was spotted in the water. both were taken off from a small airport north of san francisco. the latest on the teenager who survived a flight from san jose to hawaii hidden in the wheel well of a jumbo jet. the 15-year-old's father said he is planning to go to hawaii to reunite with his son and bring him home to california. the father insists his son is a good kid. he said the boy was struggling to adjust to life in the u.s. after the family fled from civil war in somalia. no classes at the connecticut high school where a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death on friday. a community-wide candlelight vigil is planned tonight to remember the victim, marin sanchez. the medical examiner said she died of stab wounds to the neck and chest. the suspect, a fellow student, remains under observation at a medical center. the nba could decide early as today whether to take action against los angeles clippers owner donald sterling. the scandal over a racist rant attributed to sterling is growing. according to tmz his estranged wife has come forward calling him small minded and despicable. here's abc's sandra bookman. >> reporter: as the l.a. clippers turn their warmup suits inside out in an act of silent protest, owner donald sterling wasn't in his customary seat. he's lying low. >> donald sterling has no idea what he's wrought. >> it bothers me a lot if you want to broadcast that you are associating with black people. >> reporter: tmz sports that released the recording claims that is the voice of donald sterling reprimanding his ex- girlfriend being photographed with nba legend magic johnson. >> don't put him on an instagram for the world to have to -- so they have to call me. don't bring him into my games, okay? >> he has to give up the team. nobody's going to want to play for the clippers ever again. >> reporter: the backlash has been sealed, especially from sterling's own team that considered and rejected a game boycott. >> racism and injustice of any kind should be always front and center and we should never run from it. >> in asia even president obama took note. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance you don't really have to do anything. you just let them talk. >> reporter: sterling has twice been sued by the justice department for racial discrimination over his alleged refusal to rent apartments to minorities. the cases were settled. a statement issued by the clippers says the audio is, quote, not consistent with nor does it reflect his views, beliefs or feeling. the nba promises a swift resolution. but to some it's a slam-dunk that sterling has to go. >> going to have to demonstrate zero tolerance and as much outrage as some of the players and fans are expressing now. >> reporter: abc news, new york. >> an addiction to facebook may be responsible for a fatal car crash. police say a 32-year-old north carolina woman died when her car crossed the median and hit an oncoming truck just a minute before the first emergency call reporting the wreck. she had posted on facebook how much a song made her happy. investigators also found she had been posting selfies while driving. >> my goodness. fire crews in lexington, kentucky, have rescued a man who was trapped between two downtown buildings for five hours. the space where he was trapped is a little more than a foot wide. rescuers believe he fell from the roof and couldn't get out. what likely saved his life is one of the building was the police department where employees do not take the weekend off from work. >> he's very lucky that he's alive. he's also lucky that somebody was able to hear him screaming for help. >> he was bruised and bloody but is expected to recover. investigators are trying to figure out what he was doing on the roof in the first place. coast guard crews have been searching off the coast of south florida for a man who reportedly jumped overboard while on a cruise ship. 30-year-old james miller is said to have jumped over the rail of bahamas celebration, the cruise liner, 27 miles east of delray beach. there are few details from investigators. we know this morning the fbi has joined that investigation. congress considering a bipartisan bill that could affect the way airlines advertise fares. the airline industry wants to do away with the all-in-one price that carriers have been forced to adhere to the last few years. advertised ticket prices must include taxes and other surcharges. lobbyists say other industries are allowed to advertise a base price for products and service. millions of soccer lovers will be pouring in to brazil for the world cup this june. over the weekend another sport took center stage. >> 150 expert pole dancers >> hello. >> hello. around the globe showcased their talents in rio de janeiro over the weekend. they climbed, gripped and skillfully contorted themselves around the pole for the pole world cup. >> now we have everyone's attention. the three-day competition was open to men and women. oh, interesting detail there. and the winner took home a whopping $35,000. okay. >> holy moly. >> i have completely lost john's attention here. i will take the chat points here. >> can we keep the video while you chat? >> see if we can put in a special request to the control room. >> there we go. the championship began in 2011. competitors from 36 countries attend the event and though it began in strip bars and has become a popular sport around the world in all ages and genders. i have no more chat points but if you want me to keep going, blah, blah, blah so you can keep watching. >> i flew to brazil to attend the pole chancing championships would you understand? i'm a sports enthusiast. >> you should tell the woman in your life you are going for the world cup soccer championships >> then just go to the pole dancing championships. >> then just go to the pole dancing. see, we have all of the answers. >> not just a hat rack, folks. >> it really isn't. >> there's some stuff going on. >> absolutely. coming up, one of hollywood's most talented and eligible bachelors is taken. >> we already knew that, right? yeah. and the dad videotaped while giving his kid a good push in a skateboard park. the eye-opening scene and what other parents did to take action. you are watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by icy hot smart relief. powered by hydrogen peroxide action introducing finish power & free. to give you a sparkling clean with less harsh chemicals. because these are not just glasses. they're what your family drinks from. finish power and free. sparkling clean. less harsh chemicals. ♪ >> the next story is not exactly an example of stellar parenting. a father lost his temper with his son and it was caught on camera. >> the dad pushed the boy down a ramp at a skate park and despite many witnesses, it was another young boy who spoke out. here's more. >> reporter: a father coaching his 6-year-old son at the top of a skate ramp in jacksonville, florida, when suddenly the dad loses his patience and appears to kick the boy down the ramp. the moment caught on camera by another skater. this dad at the skate park watching later on a phone flipped. oh, man. >> kind of hit you here when you are a parent to see somebody do that to their kid? >> that is somebody who got way too aggressive. >> it was another skater, a child, who said he confronted the dad. >> i asked him why is he doing this? and he said because he needs to learn. i was like pushing him down isn't teaching him. >> reporter: we have all seen examples of parents being tough on little athletes. >> you're not on a holiday. like this dad coaching this 4-year-old tennis prodigy for three hours in 95 degree heat. sometimes it crosses the line. a father fearing his son is going to lose a wrestling match lunging at the other child, and these parents losing their cool on the sidelines. >> parents get so enthusiastic about their kids an their abilities they sometimes they take it too far. >> reporter: the skate park's owner said he told the dad not to come back to the park for a while. >> he said he was caught up in the moment. he seemed very remorseful. he certainly understands the gravity of the situation. >> reporter: the father told our local affiliate he's been contacted by the sheriff's office. others at the park say the boy was not injured and kept on skating. abc news, denver. >> eeww -- eh. >> violate a kid's trust how will they trust you again when you do that. pushed from behind. so young. one thing tough love, do it again, do it again. that's one thing but to do this -- he wasn't looking. come on, man. >> i don't have a lot of experience when it comes to teaching kids sports because mine are so little but you do and you said the thing to do -- even if you have to walk away because you are frustrated. >> yeah, right. >> walk away but don't do that. >> take five. i'm unhappy with the way this is going. whatever. but not that. >> no. by the way, just for the sake of giving the dad the benefit of the doubt here, apparently people who frequent the park say they have seen the dad before and never seen him display this kind of behavior. >> hopefully it was a bad day and he learned his lesson. we hope so. >> coming up next in "the skinny," big, big engagement news. one of the world's most famous and handsome bachelors is tying the knot. and a kind tourist who with helped out a homeless man without realizing it was richard gere. that's coming up next. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stat ♪ >> all right. time for "the skinny." ladies if you were holding out for george clooney, time to move on. the long-time bachelor is engaged. >> i'm so upset about this. clooney has apparently proposed to his girlfriend amal alamuddin, an accomplished human rights attorney. he's 52. she is 36. there are no specifics but it happened recently. she was spotted last week with a ring on her finger. this would be the second time the sexiest man alive gets married. he married in talia balsam '89 and they were divorced in 1993. congrats to the happy couple. congrats to them. next up, actress valerie harper still battling brain cancer has been hit with a $2 million lawsuit. >> get this. broadway producer matthew lombardo charges harper and her husband hid information about her lung cancer until it spread to her brain forcing her to bail out of last year's national tour of "looped." >> a countersuit that harper filed demanding she be paid for the production. lombardo said she cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars as he scrambled for her replacement. so far, there's no comment from harper. >> i'm going out on a limb and say this lombardo guy deserves the most insensitive man on the planet award. >> two sides to every story and i don't know it but it doesn't sound good when you are suing a woman with terminal brain cancer. >> doesn't sound good. >> richard gere shooting a movie in character on a street in new york when a french tourist saw him sifting through the garbage, and she offered him some of her family's leftover pizza. she was stunned to find out he was richard gere. she didn't find out until two days later when she saw herself in a newspaper photo. gear, by the way is worth about $100 million. nowhere near homeless, but still this woman says she is shocked because she thought he was homeless. >> good for her kindness. >> yes. justin bieber back in "the skinny" taking time out from his rabble rousing to remind us what made him famous in the first place. ♪ ♪ >> sounds like a robot. that is his new song. he tweeted over the weekend. it is called hard to face reality but bieber maybe facing reality in the near future. >> prosecutors in l.a. are deciding whether to charge the 20-year-old pop star stemming from the egg attack on his neighbor's home. meanwhile biebs has been hanging out in new york. "hollywood life" reports he may be doing a photo shoot for calvin klein. >> it may look like the one he posted on instagram showing off his calvin klein boxer briefs. should we see who is celebrating a birthday today. >> let's do it. >> jessica alba is 33 today. >> my favorite, penelope cruz 40. never looked better. former tonight show host jay leno turns 64. >> singer and actress anne margaret 73. happy birthday to all of them. ♪ i cthis year aloneore places offi hit new york...ist. and texas! see, hotwire checks the competition's rates every day... so they can guarantee their low hotel prices. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com ♪ ♪ all right. it was an event most of us will only see once in our lives. the day that a pope canonized two former holy fathers. >> it was witnessed by hundreds of thousands in st. peter's square and millions around the world. here's abc's jeffrey kofman. >> reporter: two living popes honoring two past popes a day for the history books in vatican city as pope francis declared pope john xxiii and john paul ii saints. history also because for the first time a reigning pope francis and retired pope benedict celebrated mass together. an estimated 800,000 people gathered in st. peter's square and spilled in to neighboring streets to watch the ceremony. they were joined by the king and queen of spain and prime ministers and presidents from more than 90 countries. for catholics it's a day with special meaning as john paul, the polish pope, was canonized. >> pope john paul always been my hero. i'm overwhelmed. there's no words for it. >> i was actually here. it is something that millions of people will only see on tv. like my mom will be one of those people and to say i was here, i can't explain it. it will be beautiful to share back home. >> reporter: by elevating the two popes at the same time, francis is walking a careful line in a divided church. john xxiii, the pope of 50 years ago, a liberal who threw out the latin mass. john paul ii considered a theological conservative. >> francis is saying i'm a little tired of these divisions in the church. i don't like all this arguing. so he says, guess what, i'm going to build a bridge and bring them together and bring the church closer together. >> reporter: in doing so francis made this very much his own day as his young papacy continues to reshape the catholic church. jeffrey kaufman, abc news, london. pope benedict had promised to stay hidden away from the world after he retired, which was a shock to the entire world at the church, but pope francis coaxed him in to coming out for this event and take part active part in the church. there was pope benedict sitting with a group of cardinals next to the altar very much a part of the process today. pope john paul ii, the second longest serving pope in history. >> he led the church from '78 until his death of 2005, native of poland, first non-italian since adrian vi in 1523. pope john led from 1958 until his death in 1963, best known for ordering the second vatican council which was a liberalizing force of the church. >> interesting stuff and beautiful day. >> what a day. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades making news in america this morning, breaking right now, deadly tornadoes tear through the country's midsection. new video just in from those twisters and all that damage they left behind. taking a stand this morning, growing outrage over alleged racest comments by the owner of the clippers as the team's players make a public show of solidarity. caught on camera, an impatient dad takes matters into his own hands when his son hesitates to go down a skateboard ramp. the video that now has law enforcement asking questions. and brave woman. she saw a bank being robbed and wasted no time in putting an end to it. >> it just happened, and he's thinking, this woman is nuts.