Only on gma this morning. And good morning, america. Happy thursday. We are looking forward to welcoming diane sawyer back to gma. Of course, she has that interview with Jennifer Lawrence. Two kentucky women and theyre going to dig into that pay gap issue, an important debate for women everywhere. That is a little later. Always great to have diane in the studio with us. We begin with that large storm sweeping across the country. Ten reported tornadoes, nearly two feet of snow in some areas and wind gusts topping 80 miles an hour. Abcs rob marciano is in chicago this morning and starts us off. Good morning, rob. Good morning, robin. The winds howling all night long in chicago. The flags along Michigan Avenue for the most part have been 0 horizontal. 49mileanhour wind gust at the airport. 53 in west chicago. Even the big skyway bridge, flying debris. Thats just the win. This storm is whipping up snow and Severe Weather across the midwest. [ sirens ] reporter overnight, a massive storm sy
Friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mph by then. Our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week anks k. A woman is ddad this mornrnnt a semitruck t hewnhe wasaingo highway 30. The linn unty sheriffs offi a woman is dead this morning after a semitruck hit her when she was walking along highwaa30. The Linn County Sheriffs Office responded to an accident at highway 30 eastbound and this was around 9 30 last night. It closed off highway 30 eastbound from highway 13 to cedar river drive. 28yearold Michael Obrien of belle plaine was driving the semi truck east on highway 30 when he hit her. The Sheriffs Office is still investigating. Strong winds will complicate tornado cleanup in southwest iowa this morning. The National Weather service confirmed an ef1 tornado near avoca. Thats a town in pottawattamie county. Last nights twister packed winddat about 110 miles per hour. It damaged a grain
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a very windy day. Well have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. If today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. Give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. The wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mph by then. Our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after Severe Weather crossed the state. Most of eastern iowa was on watch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. In des moines, people found widespread damage across much of the southwest side. High winds blew through and in seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. Strong winds shattered the glass on the seco
Give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. The wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mp by then. O weekd still lookk great with highsswell into thh 50s bbh days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week thanks kaj. Crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after Severe Weather crossed the state. Most of eastern iowa was on tch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. In des moines, people found the southwe side. High winds blew through and n seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. Strong winds shattered the glass on the second floor an Elementary School. It s base. Y heart just stopped i couldn believe how much damage happened in uch a short amount of time itss unbeliebable. Whether the damage there was the result of Straight Line winds or an actual tornado is up for debate. The nntional Weather Service will be surveying the area to make that official determina
Charging theft and the other alleging favoritism, both campaigns set the stage for what could be a fiery debate. Obviously, it was totally unethical to steal our data. Reporter Clinton Campaign manager rooby mook said they still dont know if the Sanders Campaign kept the voter data they accessed earlier this week. Theyve now agreed to have an independent odd toit make sure they no longer have any of our data and provide a full explanation of what their staff did. Reporter sanders Campaign Manager jeff weaver focused his fire on the d. N. C. For temporarily cutting them off from their own voter files. The decision of the d. N. C. Chair woman to issue a Death Penalty to the Sanders Campaign is a real concern. There is no data we are aware of that is in the possession of our campaign or the possession of any of our staffers. Reporter sanders and fellow democratic candidate Martin Omalley have long argued the d. N. C. Has favored clinton. But until this later has largely premaind civil. Li