All of us here, thanks for joining us all of us tonight. Byebye. Well see you tonight, Breaking News. Dangerous storms as millions head home from the Holiday Weekend. New tornadoes, as the watch moves north, targeting cities. Chicago on alert. After more than 200 reported tornadoes in a week. Heavy rain, giant hail and the flood threat from rising rivers. Also breaking tonight, the growing everest disaster. A Second American Climber has died after reaching the summit. 11 people lost this season. Is the crowding on the path to the summit putting climbers at risk . Deadly shark attack. The desperate attempt to save a swimmer attacked off a resort beach in hawaii. The victim recently retired. A father and grandfather. His wife on the beach witnessing it all. Testing trump. The president s historic visit to japan. Full of spectacle and controversy. Parting ways with his host and his own advisers, praising north Koreas Kim Jongun while bashing 2020 rival joe biden. Plus, some of the rescue teams that just located that yoga teacher trapped in a dense forest for 17 days back out on another mission. New images from her amazing rescue, and now the new search for another missing hiker. And icon of the game. Bill buckner, whose long Major League Career was overshadowed by this play in a world series game. How hes being remembered tonight, and the touching words from the player who hit that ball. And good evening. Its great to have you with us on this memorial day. Im tom llamas, in for david. And we begin with the Tornado Threat on the move tonight. Tornado watches in six states and Severe Weather now targeting cities. Indianapolis, des moines and chicago all in the crosshairs. Travelers heading home on chicagos kennedy expressway tonight, driving through the
wind and the rain. A new tornado striking charles city, iowa, today, you see it there. One of more than 200 reports in the past week. El reno, oklahoma, still reeling from a powerful ef3. Two People Killed there, dozens injured. And there are flood alerts in six states from montana to missouri tonight. These homes in tulsa already under water. The National Guard rescuing people stranded by high water in arkansas. And tonight, 30 million americans from texas to ohio are in the storm zone and the system is now moving east. Abcs alex perez starts us off from chicago. Reporter tonight, dangerous storms striking as millions head home from the Holiday Weekend. Pingonchago. Ou can see where the rotation is. Its heading almost eastsoutheast. Right there. Reporter in iowa, the floyd county fairgrounds taking a direct hit by a twister there. More than 200 tornadoes reported since last monday. An ef3 twister, winds of at least 136 miles per hour, tearing through el reno saturday night, claiming two lives. Our rob marciano is there. The tornado coming from just over my right shoulder. Thats the hotel that got hit. The second story ripped off. Thankfully, nobody hurt there. This is a Construction Crane or radio tower. Honestly, so many things are demolished here, its hard to identify them. Reporter oklahomas governor touring the damage in el reno today, taking a call from the president. Pretty devastating. Weve got two fatalities. Reporter the state also facing historic flooding, after up to two feet of rainfall this month. Floodwaters reaching the rooftops of homes. People like carla ashton and her boyfriend losing everything. We have no idea. We dont know what were going to do. Reporter Two Lock And Dam operators stranded by floodwaters. The arkansas National Guard rescuing them by Helicopter Sunday outside of ft. Smith. And alex perez joins us now
from a rainy chicago. Alex, these storms continue through the night. Where are they headed next . Reporter well, tom, take a look behind me. You can see those ominous clouds have basically swallowed up the skyline here. There is a Tornado Watch that includes all of us here in chicago through tonight. And take a look. These storms tomorrow move to the northeast and a separate system heads back into the southern plains. Oklahoma, kansas, bracing for more torrential rain, high winds, hail and possibly even more tornadoes. Tom, this outbreak is far from over. Tom . Our teams will be tracking all of those storms through the night. Alex, thank you. We do move on now to the other side of the earth. A Second American Climber has died this week after reaching the summit of mt. Everest. Chris kulish is the 11th climber to die on that slope this season. His family says he died doing what he loved. Climbers have been warning about overcrowding. You can see it right there. A steady line of people heading towards the summit. Heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter chris kulish watched his last sunrise from the top of the world. But the 62yearold attorney from boulder, colorado, suddenly died today after heading down to camp. He is the second american and the 11th person to die during a climbing season proving both deadly and crowded. Were going to try to get ourselves up there when theres not so many people and the weather is good. Reporter with only a narrow window of good weather, and even narrower trails, logjammed climbers are forced to spend longer stretches in lethal socalled death zone conditions, where oxygen tanks can run out. You can see camp two in the background. Reporter british climber robin fisher died saturday. Days earlier, he warned on instagram, with a single route to the summit, delays caused by overcrowding could prove fatal. Nepal has issued a Record Number of climbing permits this season, at 11,000 each. Those who dont survive, Forever Entombed on the mountain. We saw a climber that had
taken a fall, had obviously hit their head, lost their life, and that climber was fixed to the safety lines, and every Single Person that had to climb that night had to step over, you know, that persons lifeless body. And its horrific, you know, its devastating. Reporter experienced climbers tell us that while overcrowding is an issue, they are also seeing more unprepared, inexperienced climbers and they can put their own lives and the lives of many others at risk. Tom . Clayton sandell with that new update from mt. Everest. Clayton, thank you. Now to japan. President trumps historic visit, as the first foreign leader to meet the countrys new emperor. The president and first lady welcomed as guests of the emperor and empress at a lavish banquet inside the imperial palace. But the president also parted ways with his host, praising north Koreas Kim Jongun and making light of his nuclear ambitions, while also getting a dig in against his 2020 rival, joe biden. Abcs tara palmeri is with the president in tokyo. Reporter tonight, President Trump breaking with his own advisers and his host, the japanese prime minister, by
downplaying north koreas recent missile tests. Youre not bothered at all by the small missiles . No, im not. I am personally not. Reporter japans prime minister, shinzo abe, and Trumps National security adviser, john bolton, have both warned that north koreas Missile Launches earlier this month violated a u. N. Security council resolution. Trump, Standing Shoulder to shoulder with abe, publicly contradicting that. My people think it could have been a violation, as you know. I view it differently. All i know is that there have been no nuclear tests. There have been no Ballistic Missiles going out. There have been no longrange missiles going out. And i think that someday well have a deal. Im not in a rush. Reporter President Trump also weighing a deal with iran, just days after his administration ordered 1,500 additional troops into the middle east. Were not looking for regime change. I just want to make that clear. Were looking for no nuclear weapons. Reporter the president s fourday state visit to japan has been marked with spectacle. As sumo grand champion, i hereby reward you the United States president s cup. Reporter he presented an award to sumo wrestlers, took selfies with abe on a golf course and met with the new japanese emperor, who trump toasted with champagne. But while the trip was meant to show solidarity with japan, the president sided with north korea on another issue, praising kims attack on one of his democratic virals, former Vice President joe biden. Kim jongun made a statement that joe biden is a low i. Q. Individual. He probably is, based on his record. I think i agree with him on that. And tara palmeri joins us live tonight from tokyo. And tara, the 2020 election is still more than 17 months away, but it seems like President Trump has set his sights on one candidate in particular, even attacking him from as far away as japan. Reporter tom, its an unspoken rule that when you are abroad, you dont attack a
political rival. But President Trump is back at it again tonight, tweeting about Vice President joe biden, calling him sleepy joe. As for the biden camp, theyve declined to comment. Tom . Tara palmeri reporting from tokyo. Tara, thank you. Back here at home now, to the new fears about sharks after a fatal attack in hawaii. A california father and grandfather who had just retired was attacked while swimming in the waters off a maui resort. Rescuers rushed him to shore on a jet ski, preforming cpr, but they were unable to save him, all of it while the mans wife and witnesses watched from the beach. Heres abcs adrienne bankert. Reporter tonight, vacationers are on edge after this horrific scene. Rescuers on jet skis work in vain to save a man killed in a vicious shark attack. Report of a shark bite. I have calls still coming in. Reporter thomas smiley, a father and grandfather to six, had just retired, enjoying a vacation on maui. He was swimming 60 yards off the coast when he was mauled saturday. His wife on shore, in utter panic. We were watching the man get
pulled up, we could hear her screaming, she was saying, thats my husband, thats my husband. Reporter witnesses say the shark inflicted some gruesome damage. We could see that they were trying to do cpr on him, but as we got closer, i saw some blood. His entire left leg from his knee down was just missing. Reporter hawaii has already seen twice as many shark attacks this year than all of last year. This most recent case is the 16th u. S. Shark attack and the first deadly one of 2019. While fatalities are rare, Shark Sightings are up. Last week, this great white was seen near new york. Cape cods Fatal Shark Attack last summer was its first in 81 years. Officials are now installing new warning signs, emt stations and Emergency Phones on shore. I think the publics starting to get their head wrapped around the fact that this is a pretty serious situation. Reporter and tom, authorities are looking into what type of shark may have killed smiley. Experts say the highest number of Shark Sightings are between july and october and in november. Tom . Adrienne, thank you. Next, to the invisible
threats on americas beaches. Rip currents have claimed two lives just this Holiday Weekend and two more swimmers are missing in waters where there were rip current warnings in place. Abcs Gio Benitez On what you need to know to stay safe. Reporter tonight, an alarming start to the summer beach season. Two teens missing off beaches near galveston, texas, since last night. It looks bad. Real bad. Reporter red flags flying today. The rip current danger so great, the beach patrol warning children not to go in past their ankles. It looks like its something that you shouldnt go into, even if you are a strong swimmer. Reporter on north carolinas outer banks sunday ive got a body under the water. Yeah, hes not moving. Reporter a father of three drowned in a rip current. The eighth death there in just a week. Theres been too many drownings in the area, just recently, and its easily avoidable. Reporter rip currents form when waves break fiercely at the shore. A stream of water moving away from the beach then takes a
swimmer with it. Thats where the rip current is, so, were going in. To learn more, i swam into a rip current with the watchful eyes of ocean rescue in ft. Lauderdale. It took just a few minutes to get out here and now were starting to feel it. I intentionally swim against the current. Oh, thats hard. Thats hard. When you have little kids, people that have never been to the ocean, thats where it becomes a problem, thats where were making a lot of our rescues. Reporter so, tom, if you get caught in a rip current, dont panic. Just let it carry you out, then swim parallel to shore to get out of it. But most critically, make sure youre at a beach with a lifeguard on duty. Tom . Such an important tip. All right, gio, thank you. And Major League Baseball losing an icon tonight. Bill buckner died today after a struggle with dementia. There was a Moment Of Silence at fenway park before the game tonight for the former red sox player. But buckners relationship with the fans there in boston complicated, all because of one play that Haunted Buckner his whole life. Tonight, how he moved on and what he meant to the game. Shea stadium, game six of the 1986 world series. A play that no one would forget. Little roller up along first. Behind the bag it gets through buckner here comes knight and the mets win it reporter First Baseman bill buckner missing that ball. Even more torturous, he said this in an interview less than three weeks before the game and the nightmares are that youre going to let the winning run score on a ground ball through your legs. Reporter and for a time, the nightmare would not end for buckner. Heckled, harassed, even death threats. Red sox fans unfairly blaming him for losing that world series. Most of the time when its shown on tv, which, you know, i see at least once or twice a week for 23 years. When it comes on tv, i switch the station. Reporter imagine one mistake defining your whole life. But buckner pushed on, playing four more seasons. Please welcome back to boston, number 6, bill buckner reporter and in 2008, he returned to the city that shunned him. Invited to throw out the first pitch. The cheers bringing a tear to his eye. And later in life bill buckner. Yeah. Reporter even able to poke fun at himself. In a classic episode of curb your enthusiasm, buckner saving the day when he catches a baby from a burning building. Nice catch, bill. Reporter and tonight, mookie wilson, the mets batter on the other side of that play, saying, bill was a great, great baseball player, whose legacy should not with defined by one play. For a man who had such a complicated relationship with the public, he had simple request for his legacy. Hopefully its bill buckner, 86 world series, but he was a pretty good player. Leave it at that. And buckners wife issuing this statement tonight, saying he had fought with courage and grit as he did all things in life. Bill buckner was 69 years old. 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