The gas may be cheap. But a trip to the pump could cost you. Good evening. As we come on the air tonight, 50 million americans in the path of severe storms, making for a dangerous start to this holiday weekend. Flash flood warnings in tucson. Where torrential rain threatened to wash cars right off the road. In western utah, a dust storm blinding drivers. And here in the northeast, heavy rain and hail. Take a look at the map. Theres a severe storm threat all the way from virginia to vermont, including a tornado watch in six states. Its all happening as millions of americans are hitting the road. Heres linsey davis on the weather thats been slowing them down. Reporter tonight, just as tens of millions of americans hit the road for the holiday weekend, millions more are bracing for brutal weather. Oh, my god. Reporter in the northeast, nearly the entire i95 corridor is watching for severe storms. Roads are already flooding in new jersey. And backyards are getting pummeled with hail. Trouble for air travelers too. The faa ordering ground stops in d. C. And new york. And across the southwest, a second day of monsoon rains triggering more dangerous flash flooding tonight. You better hurry up. Reporter in tucson, this pickup Truck Driving against a strong current, more than an inch of rain fell in half an hour. Good samaritans helped stranded drivers at this intersection. Never in my life have i seen a hailstorm like this. Reporter the last 24 hours have brought punishing hail to the las vegas area. You cant even walk out there. That hurts so much. Reporter officials calling the rain unprecedented. First responders called to multiple water rescues, including these two teens stranded in this drainage canal, cut off from land by rushing flood waters. They asked not to be identified. I pretty much saw it rise up so quick. Reporter the storm sent this tree crashing onto jacob nieves home. It just rumbled. The house shook like an earthquake was going on and you see the tree just slowly coming down from the window. Reporter the monsoon also kicking up blinding dust storms in utah. We have been experiencing some really heavy downpours in new york city. A tornado watch remains in effect stretching as far north as 200 miles. Cecilia . It was a rough afternoon in new york. Linsey, thank you. And rob marciano is tracking this storm. Where might this tornado hit . Were in the middle of things still. The next several hours will be critical. The severe thunderstorm watch, out from d. C. To new jersey. New york city under a tornado watch until 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Several more rounds coming through. Heres the future radar. Not winding things down until after midnight. This weekend, rain in the plains, through the heartland, mostly staying south of chicago and new york. And d. C. And new york, looks to be pretty wet. And the next several hours are critical in the northeast. Rob, thank you. We want to turn overseas to a new terror attack targeting westerners, this time in bangladesh. Isis claiming responsibility. Attackers armed with guns and bombs storming a restaurant in the diplomatic district. Taking at least 20 hostages. Police officers are known to be among the dead. Alex marquardt has the latest. Reporter s. W. A. T. Teams tonight surrounding the cafe with around 20 hostages inside, many believed to be foreigners. Police tell abc news two have been rescued but up to nine gunmen stormed the restaurant. Which is in a diplomatic neighborhood just a mile from the american embassy. U. S. Citizens warned to shelter in place. Were still accounting for all private american citizens that may have been in the area. We dont have finality on that. Reporter the attackers exchanged fire with security forces. At least two Police Officers were killed, and dozens wounded. A short time later, isis claimed responsibility. Last year, a prominent american bangladeshi blogger was hacked to death. In april, a u. S. Embassy worker was murdered. Part of a wave of violent islamic extremism sweeping across bangladesh. Fueled by the barbaric ideology of isis, spreading around the world. Alex marquardt, abc news, london. And tonight the pentagon revealing that two senior isis military commanders killed in u. S. Military air strikes in iraq this week. All of this activity triggering security alerts this week, especially in the nations airports. Scenes like this at the terminal in miami. At the midwest main hub, chicagos ohare, armed guards standing watch, and bombsniffing dogs on patrol in l. A. This one giving us a tour thanks to the camera strapped to its back. Right here in new york, you will see police especially vigilant this holiday weekend. But as brian ross shows us, a rare look inside their secret command center, you wont always see them watching you. Reporter if theres an isis attack here, these are the speciallytrained, heavily armed officers who will respond. Obviously, our threat is to stop the shooting. Be cognizant of perps, possibly wearing explosives. Reporter extra security precautions for the july 4th weekend. But new york city, deploying a 24 7 force that no city in the world can match. From the air. You see a lot of potential targets, dont you . You sure do. Reporter from the sea. Theyre looking for the components of a dirty bomb. Reporter and with the 525 officers of the newlyformed Critical Response command on the streets. Officers with radiation detectors. Dogs trained to sniff the kind of chemicals used by isis in its suicide bombs. Thats the waldorf there. All coordinated at a Counterterror Center that monitors some 9,000 video feeds from cameras across the city. At the click of a mouse, we can move from camera to camera. Reporter from the brooklyn bridge, to times square, where cameras picked me up and showed how clearly they can identify faces in the crowd. Its been referred to as a ring of steel. Its our coordination center. Its our way of protecting new york. Reporter plus 3 million vehicle license plates read every day, stored for five years. Youre essentially prepared to go to war with terrorists . Yes. Its inevitable, that therell be another attack in this country. But we are well prepared to respond to it. Reporter but for all its manpower, weapons and technology, police here say the one threat that remains the most difficult to stop is the single individual, selfradicalized, not on the radar, who decides today is the day he will attack. Cecilia . Brian, thank you. We move on to the political firestorm over the meeting between bill clinton and attorney general Loretta Lynch. Her Department InvestigatingHillary Clintons private email server. Tonight, lynch is calling that meeting a mistake. And donald trump saying this is proof his opponent can not be trusted. David wright on the campaign trail for us tonight. Reporter attorney general Loretta Lynch today admitted her private meeting with bill clinton on the tarmac in phoenix was a mistake. I certainly wouldnt do it again. Reporter lynch and clinton both insist the 20minuteorso meeting monday was just a friendly chat about golf and grandchildren, while their planes happened to be parked near each other. It seems like, he was talking about golf and grandchildren. I love my grandchildren so much but if i talk about them for more than nine or ten seconds reporter today in denver, donald trump mocked the idea they were so busy talking about grandkids that Hillary Clintons emails never came up. I love that one i love that one, and i love, love, love that one and look at their beautiful, i love these kids. After that, what are you going to say, right . Reporter as the nations top Law Enforcement officer, lynch has final say over the outcome of the fbi probe. Abc news has learned an fbi interview with clinton could take place within days. In some ways, she owes her Justice Department career to bill clinton. He appointed her as a u. S. Attorney back in the 90s, all of which, she now admits, contributes to a perception of bias. The fact that the meeting that i had is now casting a shadow is something that i take seriously and deeply and painfully. Reporter lynch now says, once and for all, shell follow whatever recommendations are made by the lawyers and agents investigating this case. While trump says bill clinton has managed to make his wifes email problem worse. He opened up a pandoras box and it showed whats going on, and it shows whats happening with our laws and with our government. Reporter so far, no comment from secretary clinton or her campaign about that meeting. Between the former president and the attorney general. Cecilia . David, thank you. We want to turn now to a sad first. The first fatal crash of a car using selfdriving technology. The drivers tesla had prevented a crash before. Here it is, veering to the right, when the white truck comes in from the left, nearly hitting him. But tonight, questions about safety. Did the technology fail, or did the driver do something wrong . Heres david kerley. Reporter joshua brown was a selfdriving enthusiast, posting videos on his youtube channel. Oh, jeez. Car is doing it all itself. What am i going to do with my hands down here . Reporter the 45yearold entrepreneur is the First American to die in a car in a selfdriving mode. Tonight, triggering an investigation by federal regulators. It was in early may when neither brown or his tesla car applied the brake. Tesla says the car could not differentiate between the trucks white side and the bright florida sky. Tesla ceo elon musk offered condolences in a tweet. He talked about the system before the accident with bloomberg. Were going to be quite clear with customers that the responsibility remains with the driver. Reporter the company says the fatality is the first in over 130 million miles where its system autopilot was activated. Brown, with at least one close call, talked about that on one of his videos. Especially if youre not on the interstate, where this is designed to be used, youre going to want to be able to take control very, very quickly. Reporter the truck driver involved said another witness told him they saw a harry potter video playing in the tesla. Police say they found a dvd player. Brown, who had served in the navy, had been cited for speed six times in eight years. This signals the technology is going to have to go a long way before we can buy a fully autonomous vehicle. Reporter tesla called brown a friend of the company. And says theyre now cooperating with a federal investigation. Cecilia . David, thank you. And we want to turn to florida, where theres a state of emergency after a toxic algae outbreak. Coating waterways, and forcing beaches and businesses to close. People nearby saying its making them sick. One family found a manatee struggling to breathe. They used a hose to clean him off. The contamination is being blamed on the release of fresh water from a lake into saltwater byways. And theres a new twist in the murder case that transfixed a nation through a podcast. Adnan syed, spending half his life behind bars, always maintaining his innocence. His story rising to fame in the podcast, serial. And now, a judge has ordered a new trial. His reaction to the news, and how this trial may be different. Heres eva pilgrim. Reporter tonight, convicted murderer adnan syed finally knows he is getting another chance to win his freedom after 16 years behind bars. As of this day, hes not convicted anymore. Reporter a baltimore judge granted syed a new trial on thursday, but his lawyer couldnt tell him until today. Tweeting, hes extremely happy about it. But we still have a long way to go. At 17 years old, syed was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his high school exgirlfriend. He has always declared his innocence. It is what it is, if someone believes me or not, i have no control over it. Reporter syeds saga was chronicled in the popular podcast, serial. Which raised serious questions. But for the podcast, we would not be sitting here today. Reporter the judge who reviewed syeds case shared some of the same concerns, including the fact that they did not speak to a possible alibi witness. When i found out that adnan was granted a retrial, i was shocked. I didnt think it was real. Reporter but the judges decision opened old wounds for victim hae min lees family. We continue to believe justice was done when mr. Syed was convicted of killing hae. Syeds lawyer tells abc news that his client should be allowed out on bail while they prepare for a new trial, saying he is neither a flight risk or a danger to anyone. Cecilia . Eva, thank you. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this friday. Targeted at the pump. A thief targets a woman at the gas station. And it happens more than you may think. And the 17yearold pilot that found just the right place to crash land a plane. Well tell you where. And the update just in after an orangutan escaped its enclosure at a popular theme park in florida late today. [ park rides, music and crooooh un [ brakes screech ] when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. Excuse me, try this. But just one aleve can last 12 hours. Tylenol and advil can quit after 6. [ cheering ] so live your whole day, not part. With 12 hour aleve. And i quit smoking with im chantix. I had a lot of doubts going in. I was a smoker. Hands down, it was, thats who i was. 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Most common sideaffect is nausea. Life as a nonsmoker is a whole lot of fun. Ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. Next tonight, an estimated 36 million americans are on the road this holiday weekend. If youre among them, a warning before you fill up. Dont turn your back on your car. As Lauren Lyster reports, one woman learned the hard way. Reporter its a brazen crime, caught on camera. Watch as this woman fills up at a los angeles gas station. A man creeps up to her car, opens the driver side door and snatches her wallet, tucking it into his pants and just walking away, all in less than 20 seconds. The victim, sara weinstein, is completely unaware. Thats pretty outrageous for someone to do that in the presence of the person who owns the items theyre stealing. Reporter its a crime so common, the crooks even have a nickname sliders, because they slide up to cars just out of view, boldly plucking purses from behind unlocked doors. When someone is hiding below where youre looking, it kind of goes unnoticed. Reporter this is a new trend here in l. A. , but nationwide, there are about 7,000 gas station robberies every year. From texas, to kentucky, to florida. The thieves can strike fast all while youre right outside your car. So experts say, bring your key, lock your door, and take your wallet with you while you pump your gas. The victim from the latest slider theft is now offering a 5,000 reward for information to help catch her thief. But theres no telling how many of these crooks are just sliding by. Lauren lyster, abc news, los angeles. When we come back, an orangutan on the loose. The families right there to capture it all on camera. That update, coming up. And a major environmental headline. Why Scientists Say the hole in the ozone is finally starting to shrink. D youre talking to your doctor about your medication. This is humira. 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