stories as we come on the air. and we begin with the deadly tornadoes. homes wiped outrom texas all the way up to pennsylvania. more than 30 confirmed tornadoes now. this one in north carolina. another twister captured on camera right there, and word tonight that among the dead, three people in waverly, virginia, including a 2-year-old boy. this home in virginia torn in half by a powerful storm. the fierce winds, all the way up to new england. a dramatic rescue in the waters off new york city today. this boat overturning. you can see the coast guard lowering in from above, and then a coast guard ssz vessel in the water overturning, as well. abc s gio benitez, leading us off tonight. reporter: tonight, a trail of destruction ter 48 hours of terrifying storms. a rare tornado outbreak from texas to pennsylvania. it was like the whole house kind of shook. reporter: the first ever deadly tornado in virginia in the month of the february. the governor there declaring a tornado
man, 38-year-old cedric ford is responsible. ford has a long arrest record. he was killed at the lawn moor equipment maker where he worked but not before taking three lives and wounding more than a dozen. cluck sivertsen has details? gunfire and fear erupting in a small community. the gun was strapped to lim. he was ready to go. reporter: law enforcement says 38-year-old cedric ford, armed with what s believed to be an assault rifle and a pistol went on a shooting spree. the suspect opening fire at two the separate locations before walking into the excel industries plant in hesston, kansas. once he got into the excel industries, he shot a person in the parking lot. itself. reporter: that are building a lawnmower equipment company evacuated. outside employees lucky to be alive embraced. ford who was employed there was later killed by law enforcement. cowork others and neighbors are he was a really nice guy and that s for sure. i just can t believe that the guy th
morning and inside the theater with behind-the-scenenes secrets from hollywd s biggest night only on gma. and good morning, america. we have a lot of news overnight and we ll get to all that. plus, all that excitement building around the osca. robin and lara out in l.a. ready r all the action. hey, robin. hello there. we are inside the dolby theatre right now where the biggestst stars will watch the ademy awards. on the stage right over there, all eyes on chris rock. what will he do? what will he say? more on tt ahead. lara, i hear you were hanging out with the show s producers last night. yeah, no kidding, the executive oducers, the guys calling the shots and they gave me a few tidbits. some secrets, i ll share them with all of you coming up. back to you, rob. all right. we will have that and so much more ahead, george. all. note, that rampage overnight in kansas where a gunman killed three people, injured 14 before heas shot dead in a showdown with police. abc s c
sanders has struggled to introduce himself there. preliminary exit polls coming in, take a look. 6 in 10 voters are african-american, that could be a record. this primary testing the candidates popularity with that group. also 7 in 10 voters want the next president to continue barack obama s policies. voters there with just a few minutes left to weigh in, and abc s david wright starts us off from columbia. david, good evening. good evening, cecilia. with those polls about to close, hillary clinton is planning a big victory party right here in this room. but she and bernie sanders are already looking ahead to super tuesday. today, hillary clinton was in fairfield, alabama, looking past bernie sanders and straight at the republican front-runner. i m n going to ask taxpayers to provide free education to donald trump s youngest child. [ cheers and applause ] reporter: sande was in austin, texas, south carolina i think we have a surprise coming for some people on tuesday. [
at the oscars? we have stallone, right here tonight. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we have several developing stories as we come on the air. and we begin with the deadly tornadoes. homes wiped out from texas all the way up to pennsylvania. more than 30 confirmed tornadoes now. this one in north carolina. another twister captured on camera right there, and word tonight that among the dead, three people in waverly, virginia, including a 2-year-old boy. this home in virginia torn in half by a powerful storm. the fierce winds, all the way up to new england. a dramatic rescue in the waters off new york city today. this boat overturning. you can see the coast guard lowering in from above, and then a coast guard ssz vessel in the water overturning, as well. abc s gio benitez, leading us off tonight. reporter: tonight, a trail of destruction after 48 hours of a rare tornado outbreak from texas to pennsylvania. it was like the who