And thank you wow, a standing ovation. All right. The chilling kidnapping on the street. A mother screaming for help. Her 8yearold daughter pulled into a car and the moment tonight officers burst into a hotel room to save her. The deadly house explosion. A husband and wife inside. One of them surviving. Debris scattered, homes damaged for blocks. The abc news exclusive. Climate change and what these humpback whales can tell us. Our correspondent in antarctica as scientists take a major step, and youll see it right here. The scare at the eiffel tower tonight. And after the multiple sightings off cape cod and that deadly attack, tonight, the great white now spotted off long island, just outside new york city. Good evening as we come on the air in the west tonight. And we do begin this evening with breaking news. A very tense night already for millions. There have already been tornadoes on the ground tonight, and authorities have issued their highest threat level in two years, predicting those longtractor nay does in the hours ahead, and reports coming in already. Look at this. This tornado touching the ground near oklahoma city. Two tornadoes taking shape there in oklahoma. A line of thick, black clouds. Thats actually a super cell hovering over spinning Wind Turbines nearby. This new fear of an outbreak comes after a terrifying weekend for so many. More than 40 reported tornadoes hammering eight states over the weekend. This monster tornado in kansas. And an ef2 shatters homes in oklahoma. Winds of 130 miles an hour. Reports of new damage already coming in, and tonight, the images of dangerous tornadoes already, and what were learning right now. Meteorologist rob marciano leading us off with breaking news now from oklahoma. Reporter tonight, a rare high risk tornado outbreak, now under way across the southern plains. Weve got two tornadoes that are now developing. Theres a tornado, theres a tornado. Reporter families bracing for potentially violent and deadly longtractor nay dopes as nighttime approaching. Dangerous situation. We have debris flying. We can barely see down the road. Reporter tonights outbreak is the culmination of a long weekend of powerful tornadoes and severe weather. 300 yards getting closer. Reporter Storm Chasers out in force. Oh, its on the road it knocked a semi over on the road in front of us reporter tractor trailers flipping south of dodge city, kansas. Its touching down reporter Accuweather Meteorologist reed timmer intercepting this twister tornado tornado reporter south of north platte, nebraska. He was caught outside his vehicle. I just had to point my back into the wind and hunker down. Reporter and in geronimo, oklahoma, this home was ripped apart by one of over 40 tornadoes that came through this area over the weekend. The couple that lives here were inside this house when the twister hit. The woman inside this room, these walls, collapsing in on her. She was pinned to the ground by many oklahoma schools closed today, and this is why. Its almost over its almost over reporter six years ago today, in complete darkness, Briarwood Elementary School teacher robin dziedzic capturing this video of her students riding out a violent tornado. Oh my god. p total destruction. Everyone surviving at this school. That ef5 twister, winds above 200 miles per hour, claiming 24 lives. Lets get to rob marciano, right now hes live in oklahoma, near the border with texas. And rob, i know youre monitoring a very active situation near you right now. Reporter thats right, david. Tornado warnings abound. We just had a cell come through our position about 20 minutes ago, with three areas of spin. It is just a few miles behind me. And now we have confirmation that that cell has dropped a tornado on the ground. Everything that develops in this part of the state of oklahoma will be heading east towards the highly populated area of i35, which includes oklahoma city, as nighttime falls. So, a very dangerous night ahead. David . Rob marciano leading us off tonight. Rob, thank you, stay safe. And as you know, rob, meteorologist ginger zee is also in the storm zone, shes in moore, oklahoma, tonight. And ginger, it was six years ago, we were standing there in moore after the devastating tornado, ill never forget that. And i know, years later, theyve already closed schools, as rob pointed out, ahead of this system, everyone taking this seriously. And youre in one of those storm shelters that saved so many people the last time. Reporter the last time, and this, david, is actually a brand new storm shelter that this family put in. Theyve got their food, their flashlights, their radios ready to go, because this is the type of shelter that will keep you alive in the type of storm that made its way through here six years ago today, and the type of storm thats going to be on the ground in parts of oklahoma and other areas of the plains tonight. Look at this. A particularly dangerous situation from midland texas, up through missouri, parts of arkansas tonight, and much of the state of oklahoma. Its not just the tornado warnings you see on the map, but the atmosphere that is violent right now and ready to erupt. So, as that line congeals, tonight, you could see 80plusmileperhour winds, you could also see flash flooding. I dont want to leave that out. If you are in tulsa or east of oklahoma city, five to eight inches of rain, thats how a lot of people end up dying in these tornadic situations, its not the tornado itself, its the water. Then the storms all move east tomorrow, mostly missouri and illinois. David, i have to tell you, im right across from that school where we met six years ago today, it is abnormally quiet, and im so glad to hear that, because people are really respecting the weather and prepared. And in fact they stayed home. All right, ginger, our thanks to you and to rob marciano and to our entire team in the storm zone. Of course, well stay on this throughout the night. In the meantime, were following that horrific scene in auburn, alabama, tonight. Three Police Officers were shot when they arrived after answering a call. One of the officers saying, ive been hit. I love my weapon. Officer William Buechner did not survive. Leaving a wife and two children behind. Then, over the night and into the morning, the search for this man, armed with a semiautomatic weapon. Abcs Victor Oquendo is in auburn tonight. Reporter Alabama Police responding to a domestic disturbance call when chaos breaks out. Shots fired. Shots fired. Reporter the suspect hitting three officers. Im hit. I lost my weapon. Unit on scene. Im coming. I have a tourniquet. Reporter authorities on the scene saying the gunman was heavily armed. Hes got an a. R. On him. Hes wearing a helmet. Hes got body armor. Reporter officer William Buechner shot and killed. The gunman fleeing. A massive manhunt ensuing. Police capturing former military veteran grady wayne wilkes. In his mug shot, his face battered and bruised. He faces multiple charges, including capital murder. Officer buechner, a 13year veteran, leaves behind a wife and two children. This is probably the worst day of my time here and, you know, just you know, words cannot express the loss for this family and our family. Reporter the other two officers expected to survive. The suspect had no previous interaction with police. The District Attorney says theyll pursue the death penalty. David . Victor oquendo tonight. Victor, thank you. There is a breaking headline involving President Trump m mustt. Turn over those financial records. This, as the president heads to pennsylvania tonight, where joe biden is from. The president making it very clear that he believes biden is his biggest threat. Heres abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega tonight. Reporter with his supporters lining up to see him, tonight, President Trump heads to pennsylvania with one man in mind, democratic frontrunner joe biden. The president tweeting hes in the white house because of biden and the man who took him off the 1 trash heap, president o. President trump won pennsylvania by just one point. Biden just held his first rally there. So, if you want to know what the first and most important plank in my climate proposal is beat trump. Beat trump. Beat trump. Reporter some democrats frustrated by bidens momentum. Senator Kamala Harris has faced questions about whether shed be bidens running mate. She says hes the one who would make a great number two. I think that joe biden would be a great running mate. As Vice President , hes proven that he knows how to do the job. Reporter also grabbing the president s attention, south bend major pete buttigieg. President trump mocking his age on twitter. Buttigieg is 37. How would you handle the insults and the attacks and the tweets and all of that . The tweets are i dont care. Reporter buttigieg brushing off the president s attacks in a fox news town hall, later bringing the crowd to its feet. Thank you, mayor, and thank you wow, a standing ovation. All right. Thank you, mayor. Reporter President Trump didnt like that, tweeting, hard to believe fox news is wasting airtime on mayor pete. Lets get to cecilia, live at the white house tonight. And cecilia, the president as he heads to pennsylvania, is likely aware that the federal judge has now ruled that the president s longtime Accounting Firm must hand over those financial records that democrats in congress were asking for. Reporter yeah, david, this is being seen, really, as a test case for this white house, as they refuse to comply here with this growing list of congressional subpoenas. A judge today ordered this Accounting Firm to hand over ten years of President Trumps financial records, for just the president and his businesses. The president just a few minutes ago, david, weighed in right here at the white house. He called this, quote, totally the wrong decision by an obamaappointed judge. Hes vowing to appeal now, david. And cecilia, former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn was also subpoenaed to testify before the house judiciary committee. That was supposed to be tomorrow. But tonight, the white house telling mcgahn to defy that subpoena . Reporter exactly. The white house says they are doing this for what theyre calling constitutional precedent, they say to protect future administrations. But democrats have, you know, a lot to talk to mcgahn about. Remember, he was mentioned more than any other witness in the mueller report. As for what mcgahn does next, he had previously indicated that he would follow the white houses instructions. All right, cecilia vega starting another week at the white house for us. Cecilia, thank you. Next here, to the abortion battle in this country, now widening tonight. It appears this evening louisiana is the next battleground, a new law restricting abortion is in the works. Ten states, the ones in red on the map there, enacting strict abortion limits into law. Alabama essentially outlawing abortion last week, while three more states, in blue there, have new legislation pending. And tonight, both Vice President pence and President Trump are weighing in, with very different messages. Heres mary bruce. My body, my choice reporter as the abortion debate takes center stage, tonight, in louisiana, the democratic governor stands ready to buck his party and sign a bill that would make abortions illegal once a heartbeat is detected, before many women know theyre pregnant. Abortion rights now reporter if it passes, the only exception will be if the Mothers Health is at risk. Like the law re alabama and a bill passed in missouri, there are no exceptions for rape and incest. Missouris governor giving his seal of approval. Well sign it. And, you know, ive always supported the Pro Life Movement here in this state. What do we want . Veto when do we want it . Now Reporter Court challenges are already in the works, but but Vice President mike pence says hes thrilled to see many states around the country are embracing life. Im proud to stand with this president , proud to be apart of a pro life administration. Mary bruce with us live tonight from washington. And mary, we heard there from the Vice President , but the president himself now indicating that some of these abortion restrictions he believes have gone too far . Reporter well, david, the president is distancing himself from some of these strictest new bans, tweeting over the weekend, i am strongly pro life with the three exceptions, rape, incest and protecting the life of the mother. So, while the president is taking issue with parts of these new laws, david, he has also promised to make sure that roe v. Wade is overturned. David . Mary bruce live in washington. Mary, thank you. We are also monitoring tensions between the u. S. And iran tonight. That Carrier Group now in the arabian sea after the u. S. Said there were new threats from iran. President trump tweeting, if iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of iran. The Iranian Foreign minister tweeting back that genocidal taunts wont end iran. And tonight, President Trump now denying reports the u. S. Is looking to negotiate with iran, but adding, quote, iran will call us if and when they are ever ready. Back here at home tonight, and to that kidnapping horror playing out in ft. Worth, texas. A mother walking her 8yearold daughter when a man in a car grabbed the girl and drove off. A doorbell camera capturing the mother being knocked down there. She then runs for help. Abcs marcus moore on the Moment Police burst into a hotel room to save the girl. Reporter Salem Sabatka was missing for eight hours when a tip from good issamaritans sent officers bursting into this ft. Worth hotel. We got her, we got her, we got her. Hes in custody. Reporter that hotel, just ten miles from the quiet street where Authorities Say a stranger, 51yearold michael webb, took the 8yearold from her mother in broad daylight. Help me help me, please my daughter just got kidnapped reporter the community responding to an urgent call to find that car, the word spread to jeff king, who spotted the sedan at the hotel. When my friend texted me that his daughter had been kidnapped, i was like, well, lets go. Lets do something. Reporter the police chief praising king and all those who helped search for salem. Theyve become the heroes here in the city of ft. Worth and were damn proud of it. Reporter david, late this afternoon, the police chief we met earlier was relieved of his position. The city manager saying his firing is unrelated to this case, but everyone is just thankful that salem is back safe with her family. David . Marcus moore with us tonight. Marcus, thank you. Were going to turn next this evening to an abc news exclusive. Our journey to the bottom of the earth tonight, where scientists are convinced that humpback whales can tell us a lot about Climate Change and its widespread effects. Abcs James Longman is in antarctica as scientists take a major step tonight. Reporter a journey to the ends of the earth. Speeding across the frozen wilderness of antarctica, were tracking groups of humpback whales. American scientists and the World Wildlife fund here using speciallydesigned drones leading the search. We have sleeping whales up here. Can we get the tag pole ready . Reporter we approach these awesome giants and get a view from above, gathering Vital Information to better understand the impact of Climate Change. So, this is the whole point of this mission, to get as close as possible to these whales and tag them with these gps systems that can tell us so much more about their behavior. Across the antarctic peninsula, 87 of the glaciers here are receding, creating more open water, which has actually helped grow the humpback population. But warming waters are threatening a small crustacean called krill, the main food supply for humpbacks and the bedrock of antarcticas entire food chain. They represent the health of an ocean ecosystem. To be able to have enough food to support a whale, let alone a population of whales, all of these things have to combine together to promote life and promote food being there. Reporter after days of attempts to tag a whale, the scientists zero in. This camera attached to the tracking device is successfully planted on the humpback. Brilliant this work is also uncovering other dangers. Researchers finding plastics, heavy metals, even flame retardants in their systems. The science being pioneered here is some of the most important for the survival of our planet. This place is stunning, but more than that, it can tell us so much about the risks we all face. David . All right, James Longman, our thanks to you and our team. And james will have much more on those contaminants they discovered inside the whales, plastics, those heavy metals james mentioned, thats later tonight on nightline, on the journey to the edge, right here. In the meantime, theres still much more ahead on world news tonight this monday. The surprising discovery in the waters just outside new york city. A great white shark has now been spotted, and of course it comes after multiple sightings off cape cod and that deadly attack. What were now learning tonight. Also, news coming in about the measles, and its not good. The alarming new numbers out tonight. Well have them for you. And the major scare playing out at the eiffel tower. Authorities rushing to the scene today and we have news on that front, as well. A lot more news ahead on a monday night. Stay tuned. Actually, youre stik for a fatal heart attack or stroke. Even if im taking heart medicine, like statins or blood thinners . Yep thats why i asked my doctor what else i could do. 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Reporter an ominous alert has residents near the Long Island Sound rattled tonight, as a great white shark is believed to be lurking just off the coast of greenwich, connecticut. The sharktracking organization ocearch says this is the first time the organization has ever gotten a ping from a great white in the Long Island Sound. The researchers tagged the male shark off nova scotia last year with a digital monitor which theyre able to use to track its whereabouts. The shark has been on the move in recent months, from florida to delaware. The organization announced the new location of the 98, 533pound shark named cabot with a tweet, using the sharks handle. Hello greenwich, how are you today . New England States are concerned about shark activity going into the summer months after last summers deadly shark attack on cape cod. I have a report of an unknown shark bite, male party. Reporter the first fatality there in more than 80 years. 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