The newest member of the royal family revealed. And the other member who turned around to the cameras and melted hearts. Good evening, and its great to start another week with you. And we begin tonight with that horrific attack today in downtown toronto. A Driver Barrelling down a crowded street in a van and appearing to aim for pedestrians. That van coming to a halt on a sidewalk, but not until after so many had been struck and killed. A trail of the injured along the street, too, more than a dozen hurt. Then, the confrontation between the driver and police. Playing out in broad daylight. Tonight, that suspect is now in custody, his identity just released. And abcs tom llamas leads us off from toronto tonight. Reporter tonight, the race to save lives after the deadly van attack. Nine dead and more than a dozen wounded after a driver in this white van jumped the curb, plowing through pedestrians on a major street in toronto. Vehicle, personal injury,
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tornados to the south before racing up the east coast late today. tornado watches still in effect in parts of the south at this hour. at least four deaths linked to this storm already. the sprawling system, you see it there, more than 800 miles long. more than a dozen reported tornadoes. heavy rain and winds now hammering the i-95 corridor from washington, d.c. to new york city right now. set to worsen overnight. wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. threatening power for millions. a dangerous tornado striking panama city beach, florida. homes knocked off their foundations. homes damaged, roofs ripped off. the real concern heading into the overnight hours from philadelphia into new jersey, from new york, up to boston. ginger zee times this our, and rob marciano first tonight with the images already coming in. reporter: tonight, states of emergency in the northeast, as dangerous weather threatens millions from d.c. to new york to boston. power s out. reporter: the system spawning mul
update fruity the national hurricane center was at midnight. it s moving off of just east of due north at about 17 miles per hour but as you kind of eyeball test look where this is going. you only have this small portion of northern florida. this is a sprawling system that will quickly move off to the north. it s expected to still be a well-formed cat one moving across southern georgia. jane: which is incredible because earlier forecasts were keeping it at maybe tropical storm strength and i think in the little time that we ve really had to prepared for this, how quickly it s ramped up, there might be some people who have maybe let their guard down but now as we go into the main event, you really need to make sure you re hunkering down into place especially in these overnight hours. we were talking with our one van dillen live on the beach in clear water, he said a couple people are coming through to the beaches when the rain let up and that s the danger that, with these tropical sto
tuesday taking down huge trees 1-year-old chi al ca on afusteldr ra heredwood d ttrt into a home. and in los angeles county, their rsfi we are talking ab to 12 dari5 et.fe osnf reporter: extreme snotolsta israing the already high risk of avalanches in the west. mireya vlailreal outside salt lake city. reporter: across the west, major highways are shut down so plows can clear the roadways and crews can do avalanche mitigation, including right here in utah, where up to 2 feet of snow fell just overnight. reporter: the sprawling system s also snarling air travel.
in the upper midwest, clearing snow at the minneapolis/st. paul airport. and tonight, those dire warnings already about what is behind this now.eree is standing by wi lecalifornia r us. toght. reporter: tonight, a relentless, multi-day severe weather outbreak firing up across the south. accuweather capturing the torrential rain pelting alabama. in lexington, kentucky, streets becoming rivers. south of louisville, first responders rescuing a person from a flooded pickup truck, guiding them to safety. the system already spawning multiple reported tornadoes. enclulding a twist er west of little rock, in garland county, arkansas. surveillance footage showing it crossing the football field. our mireya villarreal on the ground. that massive line of storms barreling through jessieville, arkansas. you can see right here, this metal light post snapped right in half. the students inside the school behind me forced to shelter in place just to stay safe. reporter: on the northern side of thi