i feel you. yeah. myself as well and one of my daughters as well. jared bernstein, always learn something when you re on television, sir, thank you. coming up folks, we will continue our breaking news coverage of those severe storms that have wreaked absolute havoc on the mid-section of this country causing dangerous flooding in texas and oklahoma. deadly flooding in fact, in texas and oklahoma. and it would not be memorial day if we didn t talk about a little barbecue and a little beer. it s all about hops for heroes. it s a fantastic operation. we ll tell you about that and so much more ahead on this memorial day monday. stick around. my man amon on the other side of this break. the life behind it. those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. usaa. we know what it means to serve.
in the graduation audience. we continue with severe weather that ripped through the nation s mid section. 26 tornados reported on sunday uprooting trees, tearing off rooftops. storms brought heavy rain causing flash floods. two had to be air lifted in denton county texas. six have been killed due to the storm. one of the hardest hit was van, texas. a fire marshal says a third was damaged. two were killed in van, texas alone. we re work very hard to get van back to normal. please be patient with us. there s a lot of work going on behind the scenes. van is a strong city. strong community. we will rebuild. scared residents described what they saw and heard as these
cameras to begin by the end of the year. something needed to be done in baltimore to regain trust between the police on the street and the residents and i think this is the move the right direction, jose. adam riess, thank you. we re also keeping a close eye on this story throughout the rundown. we ll bring you that announcement as soon as it happens. we re following two major and potentially dangerous weather events. first, the threat of more destructive storms in the nation s mid-section with up to 16 million people at risk. and second nearly a month ahead of the start of the atlantic hurricane season the first named system has formed off the carolina coast. let s start in the plains where forecasters are predicting another bout of severe storms today and tomorrow as residents clean up after already enduring two days of destructive storms. got a load of shop tools to get out of there and get under my shed and get them in to dry. we re trying to do what needs to
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covered by dangerous sheets of ice. drivers had a tough commute. struggling to control the wheel. for more here s abc s matt gutman. reporter: the frozen ice gripping the country s mid section. the devil in drivers. this collision in pennsylvania between a school bus and minivan left both drivers and five students injured. in virginia, a close call. this van sliding out of control. icy roads to empty runways. nearly 2,000 cancellations and counting. treacherous travel along much of i-40. we set out from memphis. a city serviced by only 14 salting trucks like these for 6500 miles of roads. a few miles outside of memphis and everywhere we go we are seeing cars spin out. right here we saw a spinout that resulted in a collision between this bus and that car. the 200 miles to nashville, like driving on a ribbon of ice. outside of jackson, tennessee, we tried to help terry and sara johnson. i turned the wheel. whenever i turned the wheel to