that sums it up, game, steph, match. it was a fantastic game seven, and the finals coming up. good tuesday morning, everyone. i m kendis gibson. and i m gloria rivera in for diane macedo. as many americans head back to work today, severe weather in many areas. it is not doing them any favors. yeah, take a look. first the radar. some strong storms are rolling through the middle of the country today. there is a potential for more scenes like this. a massive tornado yesterday afternoon near the colorado/nebraska border. really interesting one there. there were two more in that area. no injuries and only minor damage. unfortunately, that is not the case in southeast texas where record flood levels are expected today. details from abc s kenneth moton. reporter: this morning the floodwaters in texas still rising. we ve never seen it this high so and, of course, everybody thinks i m crazy for not leaving. reporter: the swollen brazos river has already invaded several s
yesterday. he landed his small plane on an interstate, 10 near jackson, mississippi after the cessna s engine failed. he was cleared for an emergency landing at a nearby airport, but then he realized he needed to land much sooner. i take off. i don t think i m going to make it. i m going to put this down on the road. they go, are you declaring an emergency. that s when i said affirmative. i am declaring an emergency. so mcknight signaled drivers that he was going to land on the highway by moving the wings and the motorists made room for him. what s amazing is what was written on his shirt right there. it says keep calm and land on the center line. i think he was close to it. he s got the right motto there. and coming up, the incredible journey on other side of the world. why three wounded warriors braved mother nature to climb five and a half miles to the top of the world. what they say was actually the hardest part of their amazing trek. later in the skinny, a
trump s tirade slamming the press as dishonest and even sleazy. trump held a combative news conference to explain exactly how much money he collected during his big fund-raiser for military veterans and where it all went. but trump railed against reporters who questioned him including our own tom llamas. what i don t want is when i raise millions of dollars, have people say, like this sleazy guy right over here from abc, he s a sleaze in my book because you know the facts brutal. hillary clinton couldn t wait to pounce on trump s comments. for more on the democrats and trump s tongue lashing let s head straight to ken tete moton who is a good guy all around. good morning. reporter: good morning. he is back on the campaign trail. the billionaire announced 40 veterans organizations received a total of $5.5 million. but things got downright contentious when trump was asked about the timing of the donations. this morning, the political talk is all about a defensive
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dangerous summer. and pool shock. the hidden danger. two holiday swimmers seriously europed after an apparent electric shock. what you can do to make sure this doesn t happen to you or your family. good evening. i m tom llamas, in for david. thanks for joining us on this mow more y all day. we begin with deadly flooding in the south, and torrential downpours effecting the holiday up and down the east coast. at least six people are dead in texas and kansas. flash flooding prompting evacuations and water rescues. officials keeping a close eye on the brazos river, still rising at this hour. and in colorado, a tornado near the nebraska border. tonight, several thunderstorm watches in effect in the plains. and in the east, remnants of tropical storm bonnie bringing drenching rains so heavy in south carolina that parts of i-95 had a to tempo abc s eva pilgrim gets us started tonight from south carolina. reporter: tonight, new evacuations in texas. the colorado river four feet