Safety. The stalker in court facing 19 charges. Forget the dress. Is this the purrfect picture . The cat thats got the internet in an uproar. So is the cat climbing up or down those stairs . I hope our mikes werent on. Good morning, america. On this friday morning, as always a lot to get to starting with that Severe Weather tearing through parts of the country. A massive tornado crossing a highway in rochelle illinois. We have a live shot now from fairdale, illinois from our wls helicopter. That town hit so hard every single home in the town was hit and now the storms are moving east this morning threatening millions. Our extreme weather team has been tracking it all through the night. Ginger starts us off. This is an area where i covered for years. I used to work in chicago. So to see this and know the towns and watch a wedge tornado come across someone in tear backyard just watching it suck and vacuum. It was 1 of more that 230 severe reports from texas to North Carolina up to wisconsin and michigan but right there along the wisconsin state line in Northern Illinois the worst of it happened and thats where we find our gio benitez in rochelle. Reporter ginger good morning to you. What an unbelievable storm. Were talking about 20 homes destroyed. And just take a look here on this side weve got a semi truck totally on its side and on the other side of me youve got a restaurant completely destroyed. In parts of illinois this is a crisis. [ bleep ]. Hes over. Hes over. Oh [ bleep ]. Call 911. Go. Reporter overnight powerful tornadoes plowing through the prairie state. This things got to be a 3. Oh no its a 4 at least. Reporter a massive system ripping apart rochelle illinois. Please dont hit this town. Reporter the supercell crossing highways with commuters. I saw headlights go flying. Reporter barreling through neighborhoods. Thats going through subdivisions. Reporter even trapping a dozen people in this roadside restaurant. We pulled in here and ran inside. The owner said in the basement. 12 of us in the base many. When it hit, definitely we knew it hit. We didnt know how bad. Reporter rochelle authorities rescuing all trapped inside the leveled business. This time we dont have any fatalities were aware of. We do have several what we consider walking wounded. Reporter nearby fairdale, illinois not so fortunate. City officials reporting one death and at least seven injuries. The town hit hard. Theres some houses that were just basically pushed into a big pile. Some of the others all theres left is a foundation. Reporter storms popping up nationwide. This funnel cloud looming over texas and strong winds flipping over this semi in iowa. We even chased developing storms in missouri. We have that tornado warning. We have that rain. We have those heavy, heavy winds here. This morning, crews in Northern Illinois just starting to sift through the debris. Look at that. Reporter and here in rochelle illinois in the midst of all this destruction incredibly, george nobody was seriously hurt. That is so lucky. Okay, gio, thanks very much. We showed you that hard hit town of fairdale, illinois. Alex perez is there for us. Lets go to him. Reporter hey, good morning, george. That tornado tore right through fairdale. Now i want to step out of the way. Take a look at the scene behind me. There are huge piles of debris just like this all across town and if you look closely youll see not one but actually two cars underneath that mess there. Now, this is a small town population only about 200 and there are only about 50 homes here but Authorities Say that tornado, that storm damaged every single home in town as gio said there at least one dead and seven reported injured. Now, Authorities Say it will be some time it will take daylight to begin to assess the damage ear and really find out just how bad this situation is here. George. A lot of cleanup to go. Thanks very much. Back to ginger right now. Whats coming next . You could hear gio and alex say how cold it was so behind that front it is very cold and windy but what i want to show you ahead of the front more severe storms possible today. So afternoon and evening is the timing. Look from virginia down through the carolinas, georgia, parts of alabama, mississippi and louisiana. A Little Pocket back in texas could see damaging wind isolated tornado and yes, large hail so it is that swath that today we have one more day to deal with this. 24 hours, well finally be done with this system but it is the seeing and covering it all. A ways to go. Thanks very much. Now to new details on that tragic shooting in South Carolina. Police releasing dash cam video of the routine traffic stop that turned deadly. The officer now charged with murder and his mother is opening up to our Steve Osunsami saying shes heartbroken for both families. Steve joins us now from North Charleston, South Carolina good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, robin. This dash cam video shows just how quickly a random traffic stop turned violent. They were parked right here where im standing in this parking lot and when the two got out and started running, they ran in this direction towards an empty lot about a half block away. This morning, new dash cam video moments before Police Gunfire took this drivers life. It all started with a routine traffic stop. Here we see officer Michael Slager pulling over walter scott for a broken taillight on his black mercedes. Scott explains he plans to buy the car in two days. Okay, lets start with your license. Reporter scott is in the drivers seat and at one point he tries to get out. Gotta stay in the car. Reporter then perhaps worried about an outstanding warrant for unpaid Child Support he runs for it. Officer slager off camera chases after him. Get on the ground. Reporter moments later slager shoots him dead. This morning state investigators say the shooting seemed suspicious from the start because of multiple gunshot wounds in scotts back saying the cell phone video confirmed our initial suspicions. I miss my son. Reporter today there are two mothers grieving. Nobody likes to see their child sitting in prison you dont think its something that will ever happen to you. Reporter karen sharpe is one of them. Her son is the Police Officer in the video. I just i cant watch it. I cant read the papers. I just cant. And maybe to some people thats well youre being in denial. But im sorry, i just cant. Reporter and now this man has come forward saying he filed a complaint against the officer in 2013. I felt threatened. I tell you that. Reporter police are planning to review all cases connected to slager including this one. Despite what people are saying karen sharpe says she has to stand by her son. But she also cries deeply for the family of walter scott. I just have to let it be and hope god takes care of everybody involved. Reporter walter scott will be buried tomorrow. Slager remains in jail. His family says that hes been asking about his unborn child due next month. How the doctors appointments are going and if the baby is healthy. Robin. As was reported earlier despite being fired his family is still receiving Health Care Benefits until the child is born. Were going to bring in abc news legal analyst dan abrams with more. Does the dash cam video change anything . No. Look it makes you wonder what led him to become so enraged. So quickly. But all that really shows is what seems like a routine stop. As you know there have been other cases where theres videotape and also in the case of South Carolina there have been officers there that have been indicted but no conviction. Any difference you think this time around . Yeah this video is different. This video changes everything i think. Look i think hes still would have been indicted if there had been no video but it would have been a very different case. You would have been talking about bullets in the back and fights over ballistic, et cetera. This videotape is devastating in a way that ive never seen before. In the context of any case and so i think that to those saying why will this case be different, the answer is that video is so clear and so convincing. To those saying why the charge of murder . Look i think its the right charge in the context of this and watching that. Is it possible that a jury could later on find it was manslaughter . Sure thats possible. I think the only way thats really going to happen, though is if this goes to trial and if he takes the stand. Meaning i dont think the authorities are going to make a deal with him. They wont say well cut you a deal in order to avoid a trial. That videotape prevents them have having to do that but if hes going to get a lesser charge i think hes going to have to get up on the stand and explain frame by frame what were you thinking . What was it that led this to be a heat of passion shooting as opposed to simply murder . Even if he is charged with murder the jury could come back on their own with a lesser charge. Yes, there will almost certainly be one in this case. Thank you, dan. We turn to politics and the long tease almost over for democrats. Hillary clinton expected to make her second run for the white house official this weekend. Jon karl covering it and this wont be a traditional big rally kickoff. Reporter no this is going to be quite different, george. We are told to expect something more low key, likely an announce many over social media, probably on sunday and including a video message. That will be followed by a trip to key battleground states but, again, george not big rallies, not big crowds the aim here we are told is for mrs. Clinton to have interaction oneonone with voters in the key states at least in the beginning. And jon, the clinton team knows they have some work to do since Hillary Clinton left her job as secretary of state, her poll numbers have taken somewhat of a tumble. Reporter this has been a long drawn out process getting to this point of announcing and it has not been good to her popularity. Our poll when she left office as secretary of state, she was one of the most popular political figures in america. Now our latest poll shows her less than 50 viewing her favorably so shes had some problems of late and they hope now that she gets out officially as a candidate she can turn that around. Yeah although some of that is inevitable when you get into the political fray. I know youll be on top of this and well cover it sunday on this week. Okay there, george now to that deadly shooting at the u. S. Census bureau. The suspected gunman kidnapping a woman shooting a guard and leading police on a car chase that ended in more gunfire. Abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with the latest on all this. Good morning pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. It was terrifying at u. S. Census Bureau Headquarters with a running gun battle in the nations capital. The violence began at 6 15 p. M. During rush hour. A suspect gunning down a Security Guard. The main entrance at the u. S. Census bureau outside the nations capital. Within minutes local police and federal agents swarmed the scene including snipers with rifles drawn. The neighboring metro is shout down and concerns that he may be barricaded inside the massive complex that employs more than 4,000 workers. They told us to stay away from windows and stay in a secure area but we werent allowed to leave. They had the whole facility on lockdown. Reporter then reports surfaced that the suspect had escaped the scene driving a green honda sedan. A highspeed chase begins the suspect firing shots as he and police race through d. C. We have a shooting at 1121 h street ne. Police had guns drawn. We heard gunshots and then everybody hit the floor. Reporter the chase coming to an end at 7 20. Police crashing their patrol cars into the suspects vehicle. They collided with the suspect here. The suspect again opens fire on police and theres an exchange of gunfire between mpd and the suspect. Reporter Police Discover the ins deptsdz was a domestic dispute that came to a head with the suspect and victim in a car near the census bureau. When the guard approaches the car, the guard is shot. Reporter overnight the Security Guard died at a maryland hospital. An officer was wounded in the exchange as was the suspect. Their conditions this morning unknown. Robin. All right, pierre thank you. To you to gma weekend anchor dan harris in for amy with the other top developing stories. Some Major Concerns with a Major Airline. The faa is taking a closer look at United Airlines because of concerns about pilot qualifications. This comes just weeks after an internal memo revealed major safety lapses and even some near misses at airports. Abcs david kerley is on the story. Reporter faa inspectors this morning are stepping up oversight of United Airlines citing risks from repeated violations of mandatory pilot qualification and scheduling requirements. The wall street journal reporting it viewed a letter the faa sent to them citing 12 apatient violations in 13 months. This comes on the heels of uniteds own safety warning in january to its pilots the airlines top safety officials worried about four recent and separate safety events and near misses including one incident in which a flight crew had to make an emergency pullup to avoid crashing into the ground. That stern warning concluded that all the incidents were preventible. Every Major Airline has lapses at times. Its whether they have a system thats going to catch it in time thats the most important question and here thats the way it worked. Reporter united tells abc news its already implemented changes to ensure the safety of its passengers and provided the faa with a, quote, full outline of corrective actions and continues to believe Safety Management system programs are the best solution to identifying any issues and addressing them. For good morning america, david kerley, abc news, washington. David, thank you. In Southern California this morning, a Violent Arrest caught on camera has provoked at least two investigations. Watch this man on a stolen horse. Hes thrown off the animal when a Police Helicopter flies by. Deputies move in using a taser then pummeling the man kicking him and pumping him for about two minutes. The suspect was arrested and later treated for undisclosed injuries. His attorney is calling this beating, quote, worst than rodney king. The Utility Company pacific gas and electric has been fined 1. 6 billion for this massive gas pipeline explosion near San Francisco. Back in 2010, it killed eight people and destroyed dozens of hopes. This is the largest penalty ever imposed by state regulators who noted a continuing pattern of safety problems at pg e. President obama has arrived in the country of panama for what could be a historic meeting with the president of cuba raul castro. The two expected to meet this weekend at a regional summit where mr. Obama is likely to remove cuba from the u. S. List of state sponsors of terrorism. Just ahead of this summit, secretary of state john kerry met with his cuban counterpart. This is the highest level diplomatic meeting between these two countries in more than 50 years. A remarkable discovery along the coast of oregon. Take a look at whats left of this fiberglass boat. It is believed to be debris that was carried across the Pacific Ocean after that tsunami in japan four years ago. Crews are trying to retrieve the wreckage before it reaches shore. Finally the Vice President , joe biden is known for occasionally putting his foot in his mouth but this this is a whole new level. If you look closely at this picture you will notice that biden has taken this childs pacifier and put it in his own mouth. The little boy is the grandson of the former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg on the facebook rather on her Facebook Page the childs mother said what is a boy to do when the Vice President steals your pacifier . As the father of a 4monthold baby i can solemnly vow daddy will never let you near the Vice President of the United States of america. Come on. That was cute. You would think the secret service would get in there for germ reasons. Vice president , thats a gift now. Thats a keeper. You keep the kid too or the pacifier. Just the pacifier. Okay. Were still smiling. Want to go back to ginger. Weve seen the tornado, the rain keeps cominflash flooding and lightning are concerns we dont get to mention when we talk about severe storms. Cincinnati ohio, 2 to 3 inches in a lot of places. Ohio rivera foot above average. Warning and advisories where they had rain almost now cold enough for snow. Storms move through the southern apartment of them the most severe in new york city up to boston it will clear out by tomorrow. Weekend get way getaway cities brought to you by edward jones. Reporter good morning, everyone, david murphy here with an update from accuweather. We had morning showers and thunderstorms off the coast but low clouds and drizzle across the region. Temperatures are cool, too in the low to mid 40s. This afternoon we zoom up to 73. The tradeoff after a little bit of sun mixes in is a lateday shower or gusty thunderstorm. I could see that coming in in the western suburbs and getting off the coast by 8 00. Sunny this weekend. This system. Up to almost a half foot in wausau. You are a busy girl. Theres plenty to talk about. When does spring start . May. If were lucky. Thank you, ginger. Coming up on gma, Sandra Bul