And the passenger jet. The one thing so many passengers did that helped them escape the this jet in flames. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a wednesday night. We have several breaking headlines. First the alert up right now, tornado watches across several states. A tornado hitting houstons. More than a dozen reported across the region already. A deadly line of storms on the move. Its not just tornadoes its the damaging winds. Some reaching 90 miles an hour. Straightline winds destroying homes. Ginger zee is live with the track tonight and abcs phillip mena is in hardhit rockwall, texas. Reporter a dangerous storm system triggering tornadoes in texas for more than 24 hours moving east. Oh, my gosh. Reporter 14 tornadoes reported across a nearly 250mile stretch of the state. This morning, flash flooding and a Tornado Warning in americas fourth largest city. College students in houston sheltering in place. Look at that, fell on top of the truck. Reporter powerful winds toppling trees. A confirmed twister knocking over this carport. One woman lucky to be alive after a roof shingle hurled through her car windshield. Relentless rounds of Severe Weather slamming texas. Overnight, baseballsized hail shattering car windows. It got glass all over my kids and it hit my daughter in the back of the head. Reporter storms roaring through the dallas ft. Worth area in the middle of the night. This Security Camera capturing the moment straightline winds struck rockwall. Driving rain waking up chris kinnamon, who raced to protect his family. I ran downstairs, woke them up, and got them into a closet as the windows were breaking and everything. Reporter thankfully, just one person injured. And east of lubbock three Storm Chasers were killed in a car crash after Police Say One of their vehicles ran a stop sign. Phillip joins us live. Phillip its not just the tornadoes a real concern of those straightline winds theyre just as destructive . Reporter thats right, david. Investigators are still out here surveying. At this point they do believe it was straightline winds that caused all of this damage. The only person who was injured in this neighborhood lived at the home behind me. But tonight, were told hes expected to be okay. David. Thats good news, phillip leading us off tonight. Several states in the path of this powerful system. Ginger zee is in the city of memphis. Hey, ginger. Reporter hey there david. A steamy night here in memphis. Ahead of the storms that will attack here tomorrow. But its tonight where we have south and west of me in louisiana, parts of texas, arkansas, parts of kansas and oklahoma where tornado watches have taken over. I want to bring you the con verdicted outlook. Damaging hail and the winds and of course, tornadoes. This all moves east. We time it out. Tomorrow afternoon and evening that i want to hone in on that line that goes through paducah, through memphis, to nashville between 3 00 p. M. And 7 00 p. M. Dont take this one lightly. A week of Severe Weather. We turn next here tonight to the scare on capitol hill. A driver slamming into a police cruiser. Officers then opening fire. The car had been driving erratically near the capitol. Abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas on the hill tonight. Reporter fear this morning that the capitol was under attack. A suspicious driver heading toward police. We heard a shot followed by two quick shots after that. Reporter this all started around 9 22 a. M. When Authorities Say an erratic and aggressive driver, during a traffic stop, made a uturn, nearly hitting officers, then rammed a police cruiser. Police opening fire in pursuit. Once the shots were fired, thats when the police converged. They were just coming out seeming like from nowhere. Reporter it was all over in seconds. Police arresting the female suspect. Sources telling abc news shes a history of Mental Illness. No one was injured today, but authorities are concerned about a pattern of unstable people drawn to washington landmarks. There was another vehicle incident involving gunfire in 2013, when another woman struggling with Mental Illness rammed a white house gate before being chased and then shot dead by police. Just last year, a suspect is shot after pulling out a gun in the capitols visitor center. Pierre thomas live with us from washington. Police just announcing charges tonight . Seven counts of assault on a police officer. This is an ongoing threat. D. C. Officials say every week two, three people are referred to Mental Health services. Pierre thomas covering this. The other major story on capitol hill tonight. The congressman under scrutiny. Some members of his own party now wondering if he can lead an independent investigation into any possible collusion with russia. Devin nunes, asked him about his mystery visit to the white house grounds. The intelligence he revealed to the white house first. Will he reveal his source . Abcs mary bruce on capitol hill. Reporter tonight, even republicans are losing patience with the man running the house investigation into russian interference in the election. Has he lost credibility . Concerned he cant lead an impartial investigation . I think so. I really do. Reporter and now, theyre looking to the senate to lead the charge. The issues become pretty polarized in the house. Reporter House Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes, who was on the trump transition team, came under fire for rushing to brief the white house on information he uncovered. We then learned that the day before he had a secret meeting with a source on white house grounds. Still not going to share your source . Look, ive answered these questions over and over again and will continue to do that but theres nothing new to report. Reporter on monday, White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer promised to look into who that source was. Today, he said he still didnt know. I have asked some preliminary questions and i havent gotten answers yet. But so no, i dont have anything further on that. Reporter on good morning america, even one of the president s closest allies is criticizing nunes. Do you think congressman nunes should recuse himself . Listen, thats a very, very personal decision about what congressman nunes thinks is best to do for him. So, governor, you dont have a problem with the congressman going to the white house first with intel before his own committee and no problem with his mystery meeting on white house grounds just 24 hours before that . It wouldnt have been the way i would have done things but i dont know if that means he has to recuse himself. Thats a personal decision that the congressman has to make on his own. Reporter nunes is pointing the finger across the aisle. Im trying to figure out whos serious about doing investigations because it appears like democrats are not very serious about it. Reporter with his House Committee stalled, tonight the senate is plowing ahead with its russia investigation. The republican and Democratic Committee leaders eager to show a united front. I have confidence in richard burr that we together with the members of the committee are going to get to the bottom of this. Reporter they made clear to distance themselves from the circumstance. Any circumstance in which you wouldnt share with mr. Warner your sources on this investigation . He usually knows my sources before i do. And ive also got his cell phone. Reporter when warner and burr say they always share all their sources, they have each others cell phone numbers . I would question that thats the case. Reporter doesnt apply to your committee though . No. No. Thank you. Mary, it seems those two senators, democrat and republican standing by side by side, leading the investigation on the senate side, no such chaos in their committee, when do they hold their first hearing, tomorrow . That first hearing is tomorrow. Despite the president s claims that the russian story is a hoax, but they insist theyll go wherever the intelligence leads them. So far theyve reached out to 20 witnesses including jared kushner, the president s soninlaw. Mary, thank you. This question for the white house tonight, was he joking or not . After something President Trump said last night to a room full of senators at the white house. Someone else said something last night making news, the president s onetime rival, Hillary Clinton, whose own joke revealed what shes thinking right now. As we learn of a new official role for ivanka trump. Heres abcs jon karl. Reporter could there be a Second Chance at health care . Heres what the president had to say at a reception with democratic and republican senators and i know that were all going to make a deal on health care, thats such an easy one. So i have no doubt that thats going to happen very quickly. I think it will actually. Reporter but that drew laughs and the press secretary said today it was just a lighthearted comment. Just to clarify, was he joking when he said that making a deal on health care would be an easy one . I think if you watch the tape, it was a lighthearted moment, jonathan. He wasnt the only one joking a little last night. I am thrilled to be out of the woods and in the company of so many inspiring women. And there is no place id rather be than here with you, other than the white house. Reporter after the laughs, Hillary Clinton unloaded on republicans and their failed health care bill. When this disastrous bill failed it was a victory for all americans. Reporter nevertheless, republicans in the house are now saying they really do want to try again. I think were closer today to repealing obamacare than weve ever been before. Reporter the president isnt ready to take the lead, but he says he is willing to work with democrats. Today, a long list of Senate Democrats say theyre ready and willing to work with the president but only if repealing obamacare is off the table. Were willing to engage with people. I think they understand his principles. We need to repeal the law and replace it with Something Better. I understand what reporter but theyre saying they want to take full repeal off the table. I understand what they want. But again, its not just a oneway street. All right, lets bring in jon karl. Jon, you learned something else. The world saw that image of ivanka trump near angela merkel. You learned that shes getting a role . She was just coming to washington as a daughter but shes clearly has done much more than that. Last week the white house said she would have an unofficial role at the white house. Now, today, they said it will be an official role. Her title will be assistant to the president. She wont be taking a salary. Shell be considered a government employee, bound by the ethics rules. All right, jon karl at the white house. Jon, thank you. We interviewed new Jersey Governor Chris Christie from the white house today as he joins President Trump in the fight of opioid addiction. But his two top aides were about to learn their fate at home. After shutting down the bridge, trapping commuters, school buses, prosecutors have made the case it was all an act of political revenge to benefit governor christie that affected so many drivers trapped. Heres abcs linsey davis. Reporter as Chris Christie joined the president today at the white house to tackle the issue of drug addiction, back in new jersey two of his former associates were sentenced to federal prison. Two years for bill baroni, a year and a half for bridget kelly, for causing a fourday traffic jam at the nations busiest bridge. An act of political revenge prosecutors said, against a mayor who refused to endorse christie for reelection. Kellys fate may have been sealed in that nowfamous 2013 email time for some traffic problems in fort lee. Today the mother of four vowed to appeal. This fight is far from over. I will not allow myself to be a scapegoat in this case. Reporter at trial kelly and baroni each suggested governor christie knew more about the lane closures than he has publicly acknowledged. President trump making the case during the campaign. He knew about it. He knew about it. Reporter christie has long denied wrongdoing and he was never charged in the case. For prosecutors there was never a smoking gun that ever implicated him. Linsey, thank you. We turn now to breaking developments. A story coming in from texas at this hour. The Deadly Church bus crash on the highway there. Headon collision with another vehicle. Many of the passengers did not survive. Heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter pictures from the scene show the terrible aftermath. Colliding headon in the middle of this highway. The collision happening late this afternoon on a remote stretch of highway about two hours west of san antonio. The pastor at the church said they were coming home from a bible study retreat. Online, the church telling parishioners we understand there have been fatalitiefatalities. Police tell us the cause of the crash is still under investigation. One person on the truck. 14 people on that church van. There are multiple fatalities. Its just too early to know hourm. Clayton, our thanks to you. The deadly Home Invasion, three masked intruders. The homeowners teen armed. The selfdefense law being put to the test. 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Whose 1day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek thank you, johnny. [ cheers and applause ] welcome, ladies and gentlemen. So far this week, we are on a very positive roll here on jeopardy , so i dont wanna jinx it in any way. All ill say is welcome, ladies, and good luck. Here we go