and good monday morning to you all. we have to start with severe weather that's hitting several states producing strong winds, hail and tornadoes. >> the radar showing that strong line of storms moving east overnight heading east moving across to detroit heading toward pittsburgh and albany right now. >> and this image here showing what the storm system is capable of producing. a strong tornado was spotted just west of des moines iowa, some reported damage there. >> oh, my god. oh, my god, no. i'm going to shut the gas off. >> you're okay. >> panic in eastern michigan as a tornado rolled through that area. the twister damaged several buildings including a school. >> severe storms turned deadly in illinois. high winds caused a tent to collapse at a festival. we get more now from abc's bazi kanani. >> this is horrible. >> reporter: festivalgoers described the frightening moments that led to this. at least 15 injured and 1 person killed when a sudden storm barreled through the annual prairie fest near chicago. powerful winds sent the main tent and its 30-foot poles flying. rescuers had to cut holes in the tarp to free those trapped inside. >> i saw one of my friends on the floor. her whole arm right here was cut. >> reporter: in another part of town the storm sent thousands scrambling to take shelter at the annual lollapalooza musical festival. the sharp winds pierced this dome over two indoor softball fields. the youth league playing there got out just in time. >> all of a sudden you could see the rip in the dome, and it just kind of blew down. >> reporter: the system of severe thunderstorms moving across the upper midwest with rain, hail and even some reported tornadoes. >> oh, my god. oh, my god, no. i'm going to shut the gas off. >> reporter: tense moments as a twister approaching in owendale michigan. this family races for shelter. >> let's get into the bathroom here. >> reporter: the violent winds flung around whole trees in northern michigan. >> literally saw trees being uprooted before our eyes. >> reporter: trunks and branches crashing down on power lines, cars and leaving crews with hours of work to get roads re-opened. bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> incredible pictures. and our other major weather story, dry conditions fueling dozens of wildfires in northern california. the largest fire, the rocky fire more than doubled in size yesterday to 54,000 acres. the blaze has destroyed homes and other buildings. another 6,000 homes are threat more than 12,000 people ordered to get out of there. >> we had seen a couple of spot fires, and those pretty much escalated and got pretty big and took off the whole side of the mountain. >> doomsday. that's what it looked like. >> officials say the brush in that area is the driest in at least a century, and they don't know what the rocky fire will do next. also fires burning in oregon and washington. the 9,000 firefighters working the blaze in northern california aren't going to get any help today from the weather. >> yeah, we get the complete national weather from accuweather's molly cochran. good morning to you. >> thanks, t.j. and reena. now for monday, we do have the threat for some severe storms across the northeast. the i-95, it is going to be a hot and steamy afternoon. that severe threat does include syracuse and near pittsburgh where flooding downpours and damaging winds will be some of the main impacts. meanwhile, across northern california we continue to have wildfires burn, not the great news coming in for monday. we have dry thunderstorms in place and some additional gusty winds. t.j. and reena, back to you. >> thank you, molly. another close call between a drone and a passenger jet in the country's busiest airspace. sources tell abc news that the pilot of a shuttle america flight spotted a drone while coming in for a landing at jfk airport in new york last night and the drone, well, it came dangerously close to the plane packed with passengers. >> there is a drone incident runway. >> location please. >> right behind -- [ inaudible ]. >> altitude? >> 30 feet. >> this was the third drone sighting near kennedy airport since friday. the faa has launched a campaign warning people operating drones to stay away from airports. malaysian investigators are hoping to find more aircraft debris after confirming the wing flap that washed ashore is, in fact, from a boeing 777. the part called a flaperon will be analyzed this week by experts in france trying to determine if it came from the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. they're also trying to figure out how it broke off. so far no other wreckage has been linked to the plane including a metal object found on reunion island which turned out to be a ladder. well, police in memphis, tennessee, are trying to track down a cop killer warning he is armed and dangerous. they're looking for this man, 29-year-old tremaine wilbourn. they say he was a passenger in a car pulled over by 33-year-old officer sean bolton. he allegedly struggled with the officer before shooting him multiple times. the mayor of memphis says the shootings highlight the danger of police work and the ease of getting a gun. well, breaking political news overnight, a first glimpse of hillary clinton's first tv ads set to begin running tomorrow in iowa and new hampshire. they focus on clinton's work on behalf of families and relationship with her late mother, central themes of her earl campaign. and clinton may be facing a challenge from another veteran of the white house, joe biden's chief of staff has been quietly talking to supporters and democratic donors about the possibility of the vice president jumping into the 2016 race. while biden has not authorized any specific moves, his advisers say he is seriously considering a run. well, plunging prices. when $2 a gallon gas is expected to make a return. and scary scene at sunday services. two explosions at two churches just minutes apart. but are they connected? and another american doctor accused of hunting down a lion. the growing big game poaching investigation. a surprise at a south florida beach. rocket debris from the european union's satellite galileo washed up behind a hotel in ft. lauderdale. it was about the size of a mattress. police hauled the debris away and the faa will take a look at it later today to confirm that it's from galileo. motorists in some states could be paying less than $2 for gas by the end of the year. aaa says the national average this morning is 2.65 a gallon. that's 12 cents less than a month ago and nearly a dollar down from a year ago. gasbuddy.com says 20 states could see prices below $2 by christmas mostly in the south and midwest. >> that's good news, but if you don't feel like driving, try flying. airfares could hit a four-year low. in the next few months the travel app hopper predicts an average domestic fare of $248 through november. nearly 4% cheaper than last year. the reason, fuel is down about 30%. and your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to guess what movie was tops at the box office this weekend. nope, it's not impossible or even hard. 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roads are also likely in the western mountains. if you're flying, airport delays likeliest in kansas city and denver. well, back to the news now and the frightening attacks on two churches in new mexico. >> bombs went off about 20 minutes apart, one at a baptist church, the other at a catholic church during sunday services in las cruces. the buildings were evacuated. bomb-sniffing dogs brought in. >> i couldn't even see the place. i walk up to the altar and heard, everyone out of the church. i was like what happened? what did we miss while we were -- lots happening. >> because of that timing investigators think the bombings were linked, but they're not revealing any other possible evidence. well, the government of zimbabwe claims that a second american doctor illegally killed a lion. investigators say dr. jon seski, an obstetrician/gynecologist from pittsburgh shot a lion with a bow and arrow back in april. authorities say seski shot the big cat without approval and on land where the hunt was not allowed. seski is apparently well known in big game hunting circles and is said to have killed six elephants. over the weekend zimbabwe suspended the hunting of lions, leopards and elephants in the area where cecil the lion was killed by a minnesota dentist. his whereabouts are unknown. public health investigators in new york are trying to reassure residents after a fourth person has died of %-plegionnaires' disease. at least 65 people have gotten sick. five cooling towers in the south bronx area have been cited as a possible source of contamination and now a city leader is calling for cooling towers to be inspected regularly just as elevators are. a dramatic drag race came to an end in texas with a reality show star having to be rushed to the hospital. daddy dave of discovery channel's "street outlaws" was in that car and lost control and slammed into a wall. you can see the car flipping over several times. his wife posting that he's recovering from a concussion, a bruised lung and lots of bumps and bruises. his competitors actually pitched in to help with the medical bills. well, also nascar driver brad keselowski says he's to blame for this pit road accident in which three -- you see them there -- three of his own crew members were hit by his car. all three were just fine. keselowski said afterward he felt pretty bad about this whole thing. he went on to finish second in the race. from the nascar track to the horse track, where american pharoah picked up right where he left off. pharoah cruising to victory yesterday in his first race since winning the triple crown in june. >> yeah, the jockey said the win was actually pretty easy. that's a direct quote. the big question is, when will he race next? his owner isn't saying but his final race will likely be at the end of october. continue with the sports theme here in time for some other winners, but these are from major league baseball. >> highlights now from our guys at espn. >> two johns for the price of one, buccigross, anderson. the mets came into sunday night's game and a chance to sweep and get into first place. >> the game was on espn, sunday night baseball. curtis granderson. bottom of the third, this was the inning, this was the whole game. he homered and then daniel murphy crushes one way up there, seventh of the year, 3-1 mets. then cespedes singled and then duda homered. three homers in like five minutes of realtime. that's all noah syndergaard needed. check out this. wow! 99 miles an hour at the kneecaps and the mets just a game back in the loss column to beat the mets. another potential sweep, andre ethier, the dodgers against the angels. a lot of l.a. stuff going on there. bottom eight, we're tied at two. ethier's solo home run off joe smith. that's really his name. we're not just trying to protect the innocent here. dodgers up, 3-2. we go to extras. ethier gets up again. in the tenth, go home. two-run homer, his 12th of the year. dodgers, 5-3, they sweep the 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>> yeah, rousey overwhelmed her brazilian challenger, who had angered rousey by speaking about her father's suicide. rousey knocked her out in 34 seconds. that started a twitter hashtag, things shorter than a rousey fight. >> yeah, those things include the distance seattle had to go in a second goal, a reference to february's super bowl, of course. and the amount of time kanye west keeps a smile on his face. >> yes, the the brazilian woman who rousey beat taking to instagram, as well, she thanked her fans and asked them to, quote, wait for her. she says her dream of being a champion continues. >> that was a big fight. >> 34 seconds. i mean, the story we just did about her was longer than the fight, as well. she is a bad sister. well, swimmers enjoying the beaches along the southeast have been plagued, of course, by sharks. they've been worried about that, but now they have something else they need to worry about. >> yeah take a look at this seven-foot-long alligator decided to swim 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