141 passengers racing to get off this plane as the boeing 737 goes up in flames then skids off the runway during a forced landing. The investigation this morning. And swimming with the sharks . Is Michael Phelps gearing up for the toughest race of his life. Pitting the fastest swimmer of all time against a great white, the possible summer showdown that has everyone talking. Good morning, america. Great to have david here with us again. So, whats this about Michael Phelps and sharks . Somebody saying he may race a shark. Im still trying to figure it out. How do you race in a cage . Thats a good question. Why do you get in the water in the first place. A lot of news to get to including President Trumps big announcement today and well hear from new Jersey Governor Chris Christie as we ask him should the republican congressman leading that russian meddling investigation step aside . How the governor answers that. A lot of questions to answer that but before we get to that well begin with dangerous storms across the south. Take a look at this scene from our dallastation, wfaa, the tornadoes, hail and heavy rain destroying homes, 18 million americans at risk and, ginger, youve been tracking it all. A very strong to severe line of storms blowing through east texas, still well west of houston. But these were the vivid images that grabbed our attention overnight. Those tornadoes, at least 14 reported tornadoes in west texas, plenty of hail and damaging winds still happening this morning. Violent tornadoes cutting across west texas. [ sirens ] oh, my gosh. This twister in stamford ominously hovering nearby. Windshields shattered across the state. In aiken, you can barely see the car headlights through the fog and rain. In seymour, one mother says the hail blew through her back window, the glass injuring her baby girl. I have to take her to urgent care to get that checked out. Reporter this driver in lubbock forced to pull over. The hail hammering her car. Outside of spur, texas, three Storm Chasers involved in a fatal accident after Police Say One ran a stop stein and they collided. Every tornado i see is amazing. Reporter one of the men, kell Kelley Williamson was Live Streaming before the crash and more than 200,000 are without power in texas. We heard the bang and could hear the debris. Reporter that line of storms still marching east. That powerful jet stream will move east once the air destabilizes this afternoon and evening, arkansas, louisiana, southern missouri that finds themselves in the hot spot. Along the warm spot you could see isolated tornadoes especially in southern missouri. Watch this then because this time of year its very easy to get Severe Weather fatigue. You show this every day but this is serious. West of nashville to memphis, this is thursdays threat region, robin and ill have much more coming up in a couple of moments. Thank you. Now to new fallout in the russian republican. Even a republican joining the calls for devin nunes to step aside after that secret meeting on white house grounds. Our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce has more from capitol hill. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. Well, this morning the House Committee investigating russias meddling in the election seems to have ground to a halt. Meetings canceled. Hearings postponed but the chairman men devin nunes is standing his ground and faces a new round of questions about russia. This morning the embattled chairman of the House Intelligence Committee isnt going anywhere. Why not recuse yourself from this investigation . I still dont know why. If you guys give me a reason to recuse myself i might consider it. Your critics say youre too close to the Trump Administration to lead this investigation. I dont know that theyve actually said that. Reporter despite even republican concerns, devin nunes is defying calls to recuse himself while the white house is frustrated that questions about russia arent going away. If the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad somehow thats a russian connection. Reporter now theyre pushing back against a report that the white house blocked former acting attorney general sally yates from delivering what could be damaging testimony. To suggest in any way, shape or form that we toad in the way of that is 100 false. Reporter nunes postponed that hearing but says it was not because of pressure from the white house but democrats arent buying it. In this is what a coverup looks like. There are just too many questions about whether he is representing the white house or conducting a fair and independent investigation. Reporter even republicans say its time for nunes to reveal what he knows. To repair the damage i think he owes it to his Committee Members to tell them who he met with and what he saw. Reporter but House Speaker paul ryan, the man with the power over nunes chairmanship is standing by him. Asked if nunes should share his source and recuse himself from the russia investigation, the speaker answered with just three words. No and no. Reporter this morning the white house is facing challenges on another front. The president yesterday signing an executive order to roll back president obamas Climate Change record with the hopes of reviving the coal industry but this morning environmentalists are vowing to fight it. One group describing it as the single biggest attack on Climate Action in u. S. History, period. Mary, the president is saying that executive order is going to create jobs. Do we have any idea how many they say will be saved . Reporter no, we dont, robin. The white house insists this action will create jobs but they wont say exactly how many. Now, those opposing environmentalists say the white house is overselling it. There are currently fewer than 75,000 remaining coal jobs in the u. S. But by comparison, there are more than 650,000 Renewable Energy jobs. Robin. All right, mary, thank you. All right, robin, thanks so much. Joining us now from the white house for more is new Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Good morning. Good to have you back. Good to be back. I know youre at the white house for a new effort. Well get to that in a moment but wanted to tackle the major news. First devin nunes under fire. Youve got democrats calling for him to recuse himself. Republican Lindsey Graham says his objectivity is in question and now the first republican, congressman walter jones averaging him to step aside. Do you think congressman nunes should recuse himself. Thats a very personal decision about what congressman nunes thinks is best to do for him, his constituent answer the good of the investigation. What i will tell you though is that i think the setup in the congress both at the senate Intelligence Committee and House Intelligence Committee has been traditionally bipartisan and i theyll be able to handle it appropriately. Governor, you dont have a problem with the congressman going to the white house first with intel before his own committee and no problem with his mystery meeting on white house grounds just 24 hours before that . Wouldnt have been the way i would have done things but i dont know if that means he has to recuse himself. He has to make that on his own. Health care for americans and the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. It was just a few weeks ago on this issue you said that President Trump is a dealmaker. That he knows how to bring people together and close deals, thats his greatest strength as a leader, you said. Did you overestimate his ability to close the deal on this. Not at all. Listen, the fact is this is far from over. You know, this is their first shot at doing it. Its a very, very important issue to the American People and what matters more than anything else it gets done the right way. The president cant be focused on just one thing. And so well move on to issues like tax reform and rebuilding the infrastructure in our country and taking care of creating jobs all across this nation and those are the things that the American People care about too and dont care just about one issue so the president will do what the president does. But, governor, you know what the critics will say, that republican has seven years to come up with a plan. Was this a major failure . Listen, it didnt go the way they wanted it to go and theres no way to put a sugar coating on that but on the other hand were nine weeks into an administration. Let everybody take a deep breath. You talk about taking a deep breath after this rocky start on health care and the temporary ban blocked and mike flynn out. Whats the one thing you would do at the white house to turn things around . Listen, you know what, im not in the white house and so i really cant answer that question. Ill tell you that my faith and confidence is in the president of the united states. Do you want a job in the Trump White House when your term is up in january . Now, listen, the president and i are great friends. Im doing things like chairing this Opioid Commission for the president , why im here today and ill continue to help him in ways i can but my first important job is to be the governor of the state of new jersey and i love it and been doing it for the last 7 1 2 years. You brought it up. I know youre at the white house to help lead the fight against the Opioid Epidemic in the country. Whats your role . To take a look at what were doing across the entire federal government and country to deal with this epidemic. Just to give People Perspective in the audience, david, in new jersey last year, fuhr finals the number of people died of a Drug Overdose than were murdered. Three times the number of people died of a Drug Overdose than died in an automobile accident. This is killing our families in every corner of our country. I do want to ask you about part of the president and speaker ryans Health Care Bill that would have eliminated the requirement that medicaid cover basic addiction services. Was that a good idea. As i said at the time with the bill, it was the beginning of a negotiation. That bill is going to go back to the stat and be worked on then in a Conference Committee if it moves the way it was going to move. The bottom line, what American People want is to stop paying the skyrocketing premiums they have from obamacare and dont want the government controlling what doctor they see and when and we know that obamacare has not worked. And so it took the president of the united states, president obama, 15 months to get obamacare negotiated and passed. Were talking about 60 some days here. So, you know, were not going to micro analyze every one of these things. The president believes in this issue. He believes that the American People respect struggling with an addiction that they need help. And i know this president will stand behind helping those people and hell make sure the government does as well. Thats part of my job to give him the suggestions he needs along the commission were setting up to tackle this for real American Families every day. Thats exactly what the president will do and wont back down in governor, its reported youve been working with the president s soninlaw Jared Kushner on this opioid effort. Many who follow the campaign know that you prosecuted squareds father, helped send him to prison for a time. Now working with his son. Has that been tense . Not at all. Listen, that stuff aancient history. Its over 12 years ago and jared and i have worked incredibly well on this issue and by the way on a whole bunch of other issues during the campaign, and so we are working hard because we know our job is to try to make sure that this white house is successful as it can be for the people of this country who elected donald trump to bring change to our country and bring change to this town and anything i can do to help i will and jared and i get along just great. Governorer, good luck in your role of fighting on the Opioid Epidemic. So Many Americans do need the help. Thank you. Thank you very much. They do need the help and this white house is going to step up to help them . Perhaps one of the things americans can really agree on. I think so. That they need to tackle this. Youre right, david. Now to Hillary Clinton back in the spotlight. The former president ial candidate taking aim at the Trump Administration in a rare public appearance since the campaign. Abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega has those details for us. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter good morning. Hillary clinton has kept a low profile since her loss. She said that she had a lot of time over the past few months to think about everything during those long walks in the woods and she is coming out swinging hitting her old opponent on everything from health care to diversity in his administration. Hillary clinton overnight wading back into the politics of the day. Womens representation in the Current Administration in washington, for example, is the lowest its been in a generation. Reporter her tough talk on her old foering her a standing ovation from business women in san francisco. And there is no place id rather be than here with you other than the white house. Reporter the former secretary of state in a rare center stage appearance after losing the presidency to donald trump in november. Sure, the last few months havent been exactly what i eninvestigated although i do know what im still fighting for. Reporter clinton not holding back. Cheering the failure of the republican Health Care Bill. When congress and the administration tried to jam through a bill that would have kicked 24 Million People off their health insurance, defunded planned parenthood, jeopardized access to affordable birth control, deprived people with disabilities and the elderly and Nursing Homes of essential care, they were met with a wave of resistance. Reporter she also took aim at a lack of diversity in washington calling out photos like this, a sea of male lawmakers in the Trump White House and it didnt end there. Clinton taking a jab at this Contentious Exchange yesterday between White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer and journalist april ryan. No, i well, no, thats i appreciate your agenda here its not an agenda. Hold on. At some point report the facts. The facts are every Single Person who has been briefed on this subject has come away with the same conclusion. Republican, democrat, so im sorry that disgusts you. Youre shaking your head. I appreciate reporter clinton calling spicer patronizing. Too many women, especially women of color have had a lifetime of practice taking precisely these kinds of indignities in stride. But why should we have to . Reporter so, i reached out to an aide close to clinton and asked if all of this signals new political ambition, the response, quote, this is a woman who isnt going to stand by and watch other women be bullied, insulted and demeaned. Michael, i will leave it to you guys to read those tea leaves. Wow, left the door open right there in my opinion. Feels like four months ago all over again. Here we go. You know, now to that terrifying moment for passengers for a plane that went up in flames in peru. David kerley has the latest on the investigation. Good morning to you, david. Reporter good morning, michael. This is incredible video showing the seconds after an emergency fire and at response of firefighters and passengers and we can all learn something from this. Watch this. The peruvian boeing 73apparently made that Emergency Landing and veered off the runway to the right side and flames. You can see the passengers evacuating over the wing, jumping off that wing, the slides deployed and then it appears that the fuel leaking from that right side had gone all tou saw the fire truck come in and start to put that fire out. They were within the scene within a couple of seconds and passengers did move across the runway away from the jet as the firefighters worked. No serious injuries reported according to the airline and, michael, this is why when youre told to leave your bag behind and get out quickly, you get out quickly. You dont know if that fuel tank is going to explode. Those are some remarkable pictures and shows how to evacuate an aircraft. Your hurt. Thank you very much. We want to get to amy tracking the overnight developments and you have a story on internet protection for all of us, a lot of changes ahead. A little scar soon going to be easier for internet providers to collect and sell your internet browsing history. Thats because the house has now joined the senate in repealing privacy rules passed by the fcc and President Trump is expected to follow suit. Critics argued they place an undue burden on internet