The mystery mom who vanished, the husband breaking his silence right here. Revealing what happened to her. Good evening on this wednesday night. And we begin with those tornado sirens ringing out across several states. Real concerns late today we would see even more. And difficult weather into the night. These twisters have been deadly. More than two dozen reported tornadoes from louisiana to tennessee. Many striking as people slept. Those who were awake sharing their stories now of racing into shelters. One of those tornadoes leveling parts of rosalie, alabama, including a Daycare Center where families had taken shelter. Tonight, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast, and we begin here with abcs phillip mena in alabama. Tornado warning. Reporter tonight, a fullon tornado outbreak is hammering the south. This massive funnel cloud caught north of miramar beach, florida. Water spouts crashing ashore. In atlanta, tornado sirens sound the alarm, as residents shelter in place. You need to seek shelter immediately. Reporter this, after more than two dozen reported twisters overnight. It looks like a war zone up here. Reporter residents emerged from storm shelters to utter destruction. The damage here is absolutely awful. Reporter at least three killed in the town of rosalie, alabama. A tornado, a massive ef2. Wind speeds over 110 miles an hour. This daycare in flat rock, flattened. You can see the toys among the wreckage. Three adults and three children who took shelter here seriously injured. The storms cutting a deadly path from mississippi were really lucky nobody was hurt here tonight. It could be the other way. Reporter to tennessee, where two more people were killed in the storm, as they still deal with raging wildfires. David, this debris, and the foundation, is all that is left of this Daycare Center. Neighbors telling us, this was one of the few places they could take shelter when the storm hit. Tonight, residents here are still shellshocked. David . Phillip mena leading us off. Phillip, thank you. And as the deadly tornadoes move through, another disaster playing out at incredible speed tonight. Several major wildfires out of control. The death toll late today rising to seven now. Thousands of families and tourists racing to get out. But these fires have been moving so fast that families found themselves surrounded by flames. Abcs linzie janis now from tennessee. Reporter tonight, those heavy rains are helping, but high winds sparked at least eight new fires in the great smoky mountains. These firefighters taking their first break in 30 hours. Theyve not wavered. Even the ones thats lost everything. Why is every cabin on fire . Reporter the death toll rising. Now at least seven killed since the fires exploded sunday night, forcing thousands to flee for their lives. Go, go, go. It appeared to be humancaused. Reporter several still missing. Michael reed is searching for his wife and daughter. I told her to call 911 and i havent heard from her since. Reporter reality setting in, as displaced residents survey the damage. Everythings gone. Reporter we went with travis cogdill, as he got a look at his parents home of 43 years. The Kitchen Table was right there. Reporter the rubble still too hot to search for his fathers purple heart. Fire cant take memories. And, so, we still got those. Reporter david, more than 700 buildings have been damaged or destroyed. All thats left of this home is the chimney. And many of these homeowners dont have fire insurance. This could not have happened at a worse time, with the holidays just weeks away. David . All right, linzie janis, thank you, on the fires, the tornadoes. And as i mentioned, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast. Difficult driving along the i95 corridor, right at the rush hour tonight. So, lets get right to meteorologist rob marciano, tracking it all for us. Hey, rob. Reporter hi, david. Another day here in the northeast of soaking rain. But the rough stuff is in the south. So, we begin there. Severe line of thunderstorms rolling across into the carolinas. And a Tornado Warning out right now for charlotte, north carolina. A dangerous situation there. You certainly want to be taking cover. And these storms roll all the way down into the florida panhandle. With the bad has come the good, though. Five inches, nearly five inches of recordbreaking rain in knoxville. Some of that getting into the fire zone, helping that situation for sure. Tomorrow morning, the heavy rain moves into the northeast. Some wintry precip in through maine and heavy rain through boston. By tomorrow afternoon, it all moves offshore. And finally, some quiet weather for two days. That will be good. David . Rob marciano, thanks, as always. We also have new reporting tonight after that deadly plane crash. The horrific scene, that team celebrating a cinderella season, then almost every one of them dying on that flight. The charter flight going down in bad weather in colombia, with that Brazilian Soccer Team onboard. This video from their journey before that flight. And tonight, we are now hearing recordings of the pilots desperate words in the final moments. Heres abcs david kerley. Reporter tonight, the clues to this crash that killed 71, including that Brazilian Soccer Team, come from the last words of the pilots. Their shorthaul jet had flown nearly 1,900 miles, right at its maximum range. But it was put into a Holding Pattern above medellin. The pilots radio the tower, asking for priority landing, were having a fuel problem. A little more than seven minutes later, the pilot calls out, total failure, electric, total and fuel. The jet is now apparently gliding on battery power. Then they didnt have any navigation system. So, they had no way to point themselves at the airport, they had no way to intercept a safe glide path, mountains all around, very hilly. Vectors, vectors reporter pilots desperately calling out for directions, vectors. A minute later, the final plea for help. Vectors vectors reporter while investigators examine the black boxes, an outpouring of grief and love for the cinderella soccer team from brazil, which was headed to its first finals tournament ever. Three of the players survived. And so did two crew members. One told a south American Sports network he tucked luggage between his legs, assumed the fetal position and says that is the reason he survived. Just incredible. And david kerley, who covers aviation, david, lets go back to the fuel question for just a moment. All passenger jets are supposed to fly with plenty in reserve, as youve reported before. So, how did this happen . Reporter its unknown, how did these pilots not plan to have 45 minutes of extra fuel . Putting in that Holding Pattern could have caused a problem, but this will be a focus of the investigation, david. David kerley with us again tonight. Next this evening, to an explosive case that made national headlines. Tonight, the d. A. In charlotte has now revealed there will be no charges in the Police Shooting of keith lamont scott. Prosecutors concluding the officers acted lawfully. Abcs eva pilgrim with their reason why. Dont you do it reporter tonight, no charges for that officer who fired the fatal shot, sparking days of unrest in charlotte. It is my opinion that officer vincent acted lawfully when he shot mr. Scott. Reporter the District Attorney today saying all credible evidence uncovered points to scott being armed, something scotts family had disputed at the shooting scene. His wife saying he wasnt armed. Drop the gun he doesnt have a gun. Reporter the d. A. Now presenting this radio call before the shooting. There was a guy that was parked next to us, that was rolling a joint and had a gun. Reporter and releasing this Surveillance Video from a nearby 7eleven, right before the shooting, showing mr. Scott with a bulge around his right ankle. In previously released police video, his pant leg pulled up, an empty holster revealed. But in that police video, you can never clearly see Scott Holding the weapon, sparking the controversy. Now, the d. A. Concluding scott failed to comply with commands to drop his gun. The family disagreeing, asking why a father, waiting to pick up his kid, ended up dead. We still have real questions about the decisions that were made that day in terms of how they confronted keith and whether they used appropriate deescalation techniques to end this situation in a way that didnt result in the loss of keiths life. Reporter david, the family says its still not clear if scott was holding a gun, and they are profoundly disappointed with the d. A. s decision not to press charges. They are now considering pursuing a civil case. David . Eva pilgrim, thank you. We turn next tonight to president elect donald trump, and that dinner with mitt romney. Their second very public meeting. So, is mitt romney going to get the job as secretary of state or is this just a very public effort before hes passed over . Also tonight, weve learned sarah palin could be up for a major role. Abcs david wright on that, and mr. Trumps new promise to separate his business from the white house. Reporter tonight, donald trump is vowing to quit the trump organization, in order to fully focus on running the country. Trump tweeted today, the presidency is a far more important task. That sounds more like the donald trump from the campaign trail. If i become president , i couldnt care less about my company. Its peanuts. Reporter recently, he suggested he could do both, telling the new york times, the president cant have a conflict of interest. Nothing is written. In other words, in theory, i can be president of the United States and run my business 100 . Reporter since then, hes been besieged by headlines raising concerns about his ongoing business deals. Today, trump tweeted, while im not mandated to do this under the law, i feel it is visually important, as president , to in no way have a conflict of interest. He now says he is leaving his business in total, promising details in a press conference with his kids next month. But having his children take over the business may not be enough to avoid conflicts of interest. One piece of americas business trump claims to have already accomplished . Keeping close to 1,000 jobs at this carrier factory in i indianapolis. Workers were outraged when Company Officials first outlined their plan. To move production from our facility in indianapolis to monterey, mexico. Reporter candidate trump threatened to call the ceo personally. Its not president ial for the president of the United States to call up the head of carrier, hello, this is the president. But i dont care, its so much fun for me. I love doing it. Reporter president elect trump did call, and worked out some sort of deal. The details still unclear. But the workers are thrilled. This is a victory for us little people. Reporter trump plans to celebrate with them tomorrow. The president elect is not yet ready to celebrate his choice of secretary of state. Last night, a second audition for mitt romney, over frogs legs at a fancy restaurant at one of trumps hotels. He did something i tried to do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing, he won the general election. Reporter never mind what romney said back in the primaries. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. Reporter but even after these two very public getting to know you sessions, no deal yet. All right, well wait and see. In the meantime, david wright joins us live from trump tower. And david, were learning that sarah palin is now under consideration for a spot in the trump cabinet . Reporter she could be our next secretary of veterans affairs, david. Palin has not yet been here to trump tower for a meeting, but the two obviously know each other well. And shes said she would love to use the megatone shes been given to help veterans. David . David wright, thank you. Outgoing cia director john brennan with some strong advice for the president elect about one of his Campaign Promises involving iran, telling the bbc it would be, quote, disastrous, to pull the plug on the nuclear deal with iran, because he says it would be empower tehrans hardliners and trigger a Nuclear Arms Race in the region. Brennan also warning mr. Trump to be wary of russias promises. Next tonight, back here at home, and to an exclusive interview right here on abc with the husband of that california woman, a mother that vanished while jogging, found by the side of the road weeks later. Abcs matt gutman tonight with the husband, now describing what happened to his wife. Reporter tonight, sherri papinis husband keith is speaking out, sitting down for an exclusive interview with 20 20. In chilling detail, describing aspects of his wifes captivity. She was bound. She had a metal sorry, a chain around her waist, that is correct. She had a bag over her head, that is correct. Her left hand was in the vehicle, chained to something. Reporter to make sure she didnt jump out of the car . Yeah, she was always she was chained, any time she was in a vehicle. They opened the door, she doesnt know, because she had a bag over her head. They cut something to free her restraint that was holding her into the vehicle, and then kind of pushed her out of the vehicle. Reporter until now, police only giving this description of her abductors two hispanic women, armed with a gun, driving a dark suv. But today, after another round of interviews with sherri papini, the sheriff revealing new details about those suspects. Suspect number one was the younger of the two suspects. She had long, curly hair. She had a thick accent. She had pierced ears. Suspect number two. She had straight black hair with some graying color. She had thick eyebrows. Reporter police artists now working on a composite sketch. She was held against her will and was isolated. And at times, sherris head was covered. Reporter david, in the four hours i spent with keith papini, he revealed details about sherris abduction, but also, about the harrowing moments just after her release. But he expressed most emotion about seeing her for the first time after 22 days. David . Matt gutman, our thanks to you tonight. And much more of matts exclusive interview with keith papini on a special edition of abc news 20 20, thats this friday night, 10 00 p. M. Eastern. Matt will take us step by step through this ordeal. In the meantime, there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this wednesday. The massive home explosion, going up in flames. The mother of three, the family dog, crawling out from the debris. Firefighters now investigating the cause and the early word tonight. Also, new developments in the urgent manhunt for two escaped prisoners. The dramatic capture of one of them, and where police are still searching tonight. And you have to see this. The thief stealing a pot of gold, right out of an armored truck. You heard me right. The container so heavy, he had to keep putting it down. The reward tonight to find the gold now worth more than 1. 5 million. Well be right back. Well be right back. Well be right back. When i was diagnosed with pneumococcal pneumonia, it was huge for everybody. 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