And more severe storms taking aim this morning. Bounce house horror. This frightening video captured on the beach. A waterspout sending this bouncy castle tumbling end over end, then soaring into the air with three Young Children stuck inside. Reality revolt. The duggar family under fire right now. Calls mount to cancel 19 kids and counting after those Sexual Assault claims against josh duggar revealed. One top sponsor pulls its advertising. Will the show survive . And good morning, america. We want to get right to the breaking news. The state of emergency in texas right now. Major flooding across the state. Youre looking live at the white rock spillway in dallas. Thats normally small creek, now a raging river. And these are the streets of houston. Highways shut down. Schools canceled. 50 million americans in the path of these severe storms. This dramatic image shows how quickly the water rises. This beforeandafter shot taken just two hours apart. And look at these cars on the highway all swept aside. More than 1,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. Thousands have been forced from their homes. We have full Team Coverage on the ground across the flood zone this morning. Abcs phillip mena starts us off. Good morning, phillip. Reporter robin, good morning. An incredible scene here in downtown austin. Rushing water pushing clothes and debris into trees. Even that dumpster near the creek. Another example of the severe flooding that is pounding texas. This morning in houston, traffic at a standstill. Hundreds of cars still submerged after at least ten inches of rain fell in just six hours in a flash flood emergency. Check out this car stuck under four feet of water on this houston freeway. Aubrey lane and her family heading home from a night out. Theyve been stranded two miles from their home since 10 00 p. M. It was really sudden. It was actually really scary. I knew it was a bad situation when the tow truck had a fivehour wait. So, i left my hazards on, we got to Higher Ground and actually found a bar. It was just insane. Reporter the Houston Rockets urged fans not to chance the weather after their playoff game win. Star Dwight Howard stayed behind for hours. And i cant go nowhere, so im with the fans. I hope everybody is safe right now and everybody stays off the streets. Reporter severe lightning coupled with the rain striking an apartment building, sparking a twoalarm fire. All across texas, record rains leading to torrential flooding. Raging water from swollen rivers spilling into streets, washing away homes and cars. This is unbelievable. Reporter in taylor, texas, highways disappearing under the blinding rain. In austin, thats a golf course, not a river. And that flooding closing schools in houston today. But every major city in this state, houston, dallas san antonio and here in austin, all being threatened by flooding this morning. George. Thanks, phil. Were joined now by the head of Emergency Management for the city of houston, rick flanigan. Mr. Flanigan, thanks for joining us this morning. It sure seems to have been a harrowing night. Let me tell you, we were hammered. Tremendous amount of rain, a lot of street flooding a lot of power that was out in different communities and it just made things just a madhouse to navigate around houston. What were the Biggest Challenges last night . Well, the Biggest Challenges was trying to apply the resources to the call volume. We had a tremendous amount of calls for help for police and fire. We had roadways that were inundated with high waters. And we could not get the emergency units to the citizens that were requesting help. We just have been busy all night long. We had stalled vehicles on the roadways, blocked roadways. The power lines were out so the signal lights were not working. People were attempting to reroute to get into the neighborhood and youre faced with high water. You cant move forward, so it was just a nightmare for many people on the roadway. And you had all those people stranded at the playoff game as well. You know, that was basically a good thing. The stadium or the arena stayed open. The people stayed there. They stayed there really theres some that i think are still there. That was the best thing so that they didnt really get into that traffic cycle. We have some of the lowerlying roadways for our freeways, and they were inundated with water. Some of them up to four or five foot. What are you look at this morning . Well, right now were trying to make a general assessment of where we stand. I talked to the police and fire. You know, we always have to make an assessment of what theyre able to do. Some of the agencies and loss units or units have to be repaired. Some of the fire stations and some of the facilities that Law Enforcement own and manage, they have been inundated with water. We have to make sure that we have roadway access to the hospitals. When is the last time houston had to deal with Something Like this . I do not recall that weve had one of this magnitude in years. I dont think there is anything in the archives that dictated we had anything of this magnitude. Some areas we had up to over 8 inches of rain since 9 00 last night. And, you know, when the rain starts to come down, and it gets into the waterways, and it starts to spill out, problems just get a lot larger. Well, good luck with it. Mr. Flanigan, thanks for joining us this morning. Okay. Have a good day. Be safe. All right, george, thank you. People are tweeting there are still some people inside that arena. It has been a horrible weekend all across texas. The severe storms leading to countless rescues. Crews are searching right now for that family washed away in a vacation home, and abcs matt gutman is in dallas with that part of the story. Matt . Reporter good morning, robin. I want to give you a sense of what rescuers are up against this morning, this spillway leads to the trinity river. Now, normally i would be able to walk right across the top of it. Obviously, not today. And over the past couple of days across texas that biblical rain making for some apocalyptic scenes. Fatal flooding across texas, leaving at least six dead and more than a dozen missing. In texas, the blanco river rising 26 feet in a single hour bashing through bridges and homes. Its there that rescue teams are back out this morning searching for laura mccomb and her two children. She called me. She said, im in a house. Im floating down the river. Tell mom and dad i love you and pray. Reporter their house breaking apart as it was swept down the river. Somehow husband john mccomb survived. He is absolutely devastated. He did everything he possibly could to save them. Reporter also on the blanco, this suv swept away. Here we go. Here we go. Reporter you can see the driver inside. My god. Oh, my god. Reporter suddenly, it capsizes, but somehow the driver escapes. Theres the tornado. Reporter and its not just flooding. At least 15 tornadoes touching down in the region. Just a few miles from the texas border in mexico, a twister flipping cars onto houses. Pancaking buses. 13 people were killed, including a baby, reportedly ripped from its mothers arms. Back near san antonio, 18yearold homecoming Queen Alyssa Ramirez on her way home from the prom, losing her life when she got caught up in floodwaters saturday night. She did the right things. You know, she called 911. She called her father, but it was just too much and too quick. Reporter experts tell us that if you feel your car is being swept up in a flood or being submerged, do not call 911. Help may not get there this time. What you should do roll down the window unbuckle your seat belt. Get out of the car. Youll have to try to save yourself. George. Okay, matt, thanks. Boy, those stories are just heartbreaking and the storm is not letting up. Moving right through the middle of the country now targeting chicago and minneapolis. Ginger tracking it all. The great lakes, the midsouth. Now going to get that heavy rain and eventually the severe storms this afternoon and evening, but the heaviest rain happening in central mississippi and eastern louisiana. New orleans seeing strong storms moving through and a few still plaguing east texas. Yes, houston, not quite done. Well have a few days of reprieve. And then the heavy rains come right back to the same area. Remember, its not just texas, but flash flood watches all along the gulf coast there from arkansas to oklahoma city. Weve got cities that have not only had their wettest month or may ever but their wettest month ever and then the severe storms, the tornado, almost 200 severe storm reports and, remember, it is indianapolis, detroit, parts of nashville, louisville all included in the severe storms and also west texas or north texas especially and west oklahoma, so theres so much to talk about. I have a lot more coming up. All right. Ginger, thank you. Now to dangerous wind creating that scary scene on the beach in florida. Take a look at this. A waterspout suddenly coming ashore sending this bounce house flying injuring three children inside. Abcs gio benitez is in ft. Lauderdale, florida, with that story. Good morning, gio. Reporter robin, good morning to you. That waterspout about 30 feet wide coming ashore right here, picking up that bounce house, and just slamming it into this concrete basketball pole. Amazingly, all of those kids inside surviving. This morning, frightening video captured on the beach. Watch. Thats a waterspout spinning its way towards ft. Lauderdale beach. Within second look closer its on the sand becoming more of a dust devil. Oh, bounce house reporter the spiral of wind heads right for a bouncy house with three kids playing inside, all under 8. The bouncy house rolls over and over until it soars right into the air. Next thing you know, you see kids flying out of the bounce house. The girl hits the floor. The boy hits the floor, and the bounce house takes off. Theres kids. Reporter watch again. Beachgoers terrified. As the waterspout takes that bouncy house 15 feet into the air. A mother watching in horror. I was scared. It was frightening. I was like, oh, my god, i cant believe this. Reporter all three kids conscious and alert, injured but incredibly okay. This is one of the children, a. J. Dent, released from the hospital overnight. Waterspouts, known as tornadoes over water, are eerie columns of rotating air. They can quickly spin up in the calmest weather. Theyre common off the florida coast and can be several hundred feet wide. Oh, my god. Reporter last summer, wind turned another bounce house into a bucking bronco. This 11yearold stuck inside. And in upstate new york, a gust of wind sends this bouncy house soaring with two children inside both seriously injured. But in ft. Lauderdale, police saying there was little they could do to stop mother natures wrath. It was fast it was furious and there was no way for us to prevent or respond any differently than what we did. Reporter and the good news here in florida, those kids in that bounce house do not have any serious injuries, george. That is just unbelievable. Okay, gio, thanks very much. Were going to move now to breaking news in the war against isis. A major offensive launched today against the brutal terror group. Iraq fighting to take back key territory it lost earlier this month. Abcs jon karl at the white house and, jesse palmer, this comes after that explosive accusation from defense secretary ash carter. He said iraqi forces are losing because they lack the will to fight. Thats right, george. Defense secretary carter said theres not. The United States can do if the iraqi army has no will to fight isis. The iraqis pushed back hard on that and this morning they are calling this a major offensive to take back anbar province. That is the largest province in iraq, one thats been controlled in part by isis for more than a year. We are told, george, the fighting has already begun and it involves not so much the iraqi army but shiite militias that are supported by the government of iran and also over the weekend, george, the iranian government said that the problem with isis is that it is the americans who lack the will to fight. And after that after that accusation from the defense secretary, the Vice President actually had to apologize to the iraqis. Reporter thats right. He placed the call over the weekend. Okay. Jon karl, thanks very much. All right there, george. Now turning to a frightening day of air travel. Terror threats made against about ten flights. Air force fighter jets scrambling to escort one of those planes to new york and Abcs David Kerley has the story. Emergency vehicles. Change to frequency 121. 65. Reporter this air france jet surrounded on the ground at jfk after it was shadowed in the air by two u. S. Fighter jets. Air france 22, shut down at your discretion. You may be there for awhile. Okay, shutting down. Reporter passengers had no idea a thread had been phoned in. You see the police, you see the federal agents. Whoo i saw the fire departments, and we said, something must have happened. Reporter but this was just one of a rash of what Authorities Say were hoax threats. Phone calls claiming a chemical weapon or bomb was on the plane. The threats made to local authorities. Three flights into jfk, two into newark, one into boston. And fighting landing in oregon and illinois too. In all ten flights threatened. At jfk, passengers were on the tarmac, all clear, after dogs and security personnel go through the cabin and their bags. Those fighter jets were scrambled and followed the jet as it approached the u. S. Coastline. For airlines and local authorities, there is little choice but to respond to these threats and that is not without a cost. Other aircraft might have been to be delayed. It provides a disruption to the system far beyond one or two flights that may have received the threat. Reporter several of these threats have been made since 9 11. None of them have been real but they do have to take them seriously and so are the consequences. If this person is caught, it is a federal crime. Robin, the sentence is up to five years in federal prison for threatening a jetliner. All right, david, thank you. Now amy has the mornings other stop stories starting with breaking news that will affect possibly millions of cable users . Thats right, robin. We begin with another media megamerger in the works. Charter communications is set to acquire Time Warner Cable for 55 billion making it the nations second largest cable tv provider. The deal will likely face tough government scrutiny. And this tshirt sparked a memorial day controversy for the Clothing Company pacsun. One shopper offended by the upside down American Flag posted it online and that sparked a flood of outrage. Late yesterday, pacsun announced it is no longer selling that tshirt. More breaking news overnight. A deadly shooting at a walmart in north dakota. At least two people were killed. Several others injured just after 1 00 a. M. Inside the chains 24hour store in grand forks. Theyre still trying to figure out what sparked the incident but say there is currently no public threat. A manhunt for a suspect responsible for killing a Police Officer in new orleans. The 45yearold officer was shot and killed while sitting in his marked car while keeping an eye on a construction site. He is the first Housing Authority officer of new orleans ever killed while on duty. And some surprising news from the vatican this morning. Pope francis is revealing he hasnt watched tv in 25 years after making a promise to do that to the virgin mary back in 1990. In a new interview, he also admits he misses going out for a slice of pizza. Asked about getting a delivery, the pope said, its just not the same. Take a look at this. Demonstrations of a selfparking feature from volvo, it might be a little tough to watch. The observers are very confident. Oh, yeah, so theyre just standing there as the car speeds up and plows into them. Dont worry, they just got a few bruises. Apparently, the operator forgot to switch on the cars other safety feature, automatic braking. A frightening scene from the nba playoffs. Steph curry of the warrior, the leagues most valuable player, oh, look at that. He crashed to the floor. He was checked for a concussion. He was okay to return remarkably. Although the warriors lost, curry said hell be ready for tomorrow nights game. And finally, maybe youre getting ready for summer. You need to work on that buff beach bod you want. Michael strahan isnt enough inspiration. Oh, boy. So take a look at this guy. Just take a look. Yep. Thats a kangaroo. Oh, wow. Hes clearly pumped up. He stands about six feet tall. Hes been doing pushups. Look at that. Hes making himself at home in one of australias neighborhoods. And no one is trying to kick him out. Got to give him some credit. He sure is one muscular marsupial. Whoa. Pretty impressive. Have you ever seen anything like that . Hes a kangaroo version of mike tyson. Dont box him. Never see it coming. Ginger, so much flooding everywhere. 234 of their annual average. Thats where austin is at. Quick look at that river. Its just incredible the pictures coming out of there and, no, it is not done by the end of the week. More rain coming. Weve got to get to that local cutaway now. O, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area microclimate forecast. Another great start with drizzle through the commute. Then it will be brighter but, still, keeping us cooler than agency. Less drizzle and warming trend will miss the coast later this week. We are in the upper 50s to 60 in San Francisco and up to the 70s inland tonight we are back in the lowtomid 50s. The sevenday outlook shows warmest on friday much more still ahead on gma. The new clues that have police now searching for accomplices in that brutal washington mansion murder. And the duggar family under fire. Growing calls to cancel their hit reality show. And a dramatic start to the beach season. 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