for rounds two and three, you can watch abc seven news at four on abc seven news.com or on the news app. after the draft, a special edition of abc seven news at 830, and then abc seven news at 11 by by >> reporter: tonight, a tornado emergency in nebraska as a multiple tornadoes on the ground. a delta jet loses control over

land while in flight. first, the images coming in, the dangerous tornado outbreak at this hour. more than two dozen recorded. several injured in a building collapses. watchings and warning as cross six states from texas to iowa. a second system moving into the area tomorrow and sunday. we're timing it all out. the delta flight from new york to los angeles forced to return to jfk. the pilot reporting an emergency slide falling from the plane shortly after takeoff. here in new york, revealing new testimony in donald trump's criminal trial. his former executive assistant said she vaguely remembers seeing stormy daniels in trump towerer on the 26th floor and the suggestion to trump's lawyers as to why she was there. the we're outside the courthouse. the crackdown on campus protests across the u.s. dozens of people arrested at ohio state university. pro palestinian em campments on 48 campuses.

protests at columbia university and the ninth straight day. hundreds of pro-israeli counter demonstrators calling for the release of hostages in gaza. the race for the white house for the first time president biden now saying he'll be happy to debate night two of the nfl draft under way. what the future stars are saying and what to watch for tonight. >> and our series, the power of us. after a devastating storm heavily damaged their city, how planting trees will help protect the community from future storms. good evening. it's great to have you with us. several developing stories' we come on tonight. the mid air scare. a delta flight losing an emergency slide over new

20 million americans on alert for stormy bernl. a tornado emergency in nebraska. this massive twister crossing i-80 in lank r lincoln. nearby, workers at a damaged factory being treated for injuries. tonight, a tornado emergency in nebraska. a powerful system tears across multiple states. people racing to check on an overturned tractor-trailer. >> our lincoln, nebraska, affiliate broadcasting live. the massive tornado bears down on the

incredible, this is just northeast of the capitol city in waverly. >> reporter: pictures coming in from waverly, nebraska. workers gathering outside a damaged factory. not far away, several cars of a freight train derailing. >> reporter: west of omaha, storm chasers spotting this massive wedge tornado near rockville, nebraska. nearly 30 reported tornados and counting. this dangerous outbreak is far from over. frightening images to night. this severe weather threat stretching into the weekend. >> absolutely. we're looking at the next four to five hours to be really dangerous. we have multiple tornado warnings happening right now and watches extend across six states. look out, iowa, you're in two eastern parts of texas as well. these will wind down in the next five to six hours and move quickly to the east. we'll reset the table tomorrow quickly. the same areas, north texas up to the i-35 corridor and

oklahoma city and wichita pushing to the east on sunday. little rock and st. louis, even chicago getting some storms. we're in the heart of tornado season now. >> all right, rob, thank you. now to that other developing story tonight. a mid air scare onboard a delta flight from new york to los angeles. the crew and passengers reporting vibrations and banging noises. but so far, everything looking normal. the emergency slide had separated from the plane. we're at >> reporter: an emergency slide fell off the aircraft shortly after takeoff. >> once the floor started rattling, then i got nervous. >> i didn't realize the floor was rat snlg. >> yeah. >> a group of students among the 183 passengers and crew on flight 520 departing jfk around 8:30 a.m. today. >> delta 520. we have indication of the

right-wing slide latch on the door, one of the latches is open. >> reporter: moments later, the pilot declaring an emergency. >> there is flight vibration and banging noise on the right-wing slide. >> eventually, deciding to head back as soon as possible sfwlc. >> we're going to return and get a look at it. we're starting to get a vibration on the right side. >> reporter: the 33-year-old boeing plane landing safely at jfk a half hour after it took off. pictures showing them working on the plane. they say it was observed that the emergency slide had separated from the aircraft. delta is fully supporting retrieval efforts and will fully cooperate in investigations. tonight, those passengers finally reaching lax after they were placed on a different plane. >> it's one of the things you never want to hear. we have to turn our plane around because something is falling off. it is a scary thing to hear. >> reporter: now, nearly everyone we spoke with

complimented the crew. they said they kept everything calm. that aircraft has been taken out of service. but that slide that fell out, still hasn't been located >> now to donald trump's criminal trial in new york. trump's long time executive assistant taking the graff also testified she entered contact information for karen mcdougal, a former "playboy" model who claims she had a year-long affair with trump. that she typed in two addresses, a cellphone number and an email address. >> she was hired by the trump organization in 1987. >> reporter: becoming a familiar face to tv audiences on "the apprentice" as the ever president outside his office. and today's personal assistant walking with a cane entered the man hat encourtroom passing her

old boss. trump dropping his head when her name was called. her testimony was brief. all the years of record keeping, packing a punch. she kept trump's calendar and contacts and she entered information for porn star stormy daniels including her mobile phone number. and there was nor. of she testified she had a vague recollection of seeing daniels in trump tower in the reception area on the 26th floor. trump denies he had an affair with daniels. but prosecutors say she was p $130,000 to keep quiet before the election and trump falsified business records to cover it up. she also had contact information for karen mcdougal, the former "playboy" model who had an affair with trump. she typed in two addresses, a cell phone number and e-mail address. trump denies that affair, too, but former "national enquirer" public er publisher, david pecker, has testified that at trump's direction, his tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it to protect trump's campaign. and after the election, pecker

told the jury trump thanked him. on cross examination, trump's lawyer, susan necheles, suggested stormy daniels visited trump tower because she was being considered for a role on the apprentice. graff said there was office chatter about that, adding "i vaguely recall hearing trump say that daniels may be one of the interesting people who could be on the show." but no ambiguity on one point, when trump's lawyer asked graff if she wanted to be there in court, her one word answer, "no." and as she left the stand, donald trump rose up out of his chair to greet her, whispering some words and extending his hand. >> reporter: the first week of testimony ended with a banter of testimony. the jury heard the granular details about the shell company, michael cohen used to pay stormy daniels her hush money. remember, prosecutors have to prove that when trump paid cohen back, he falsified business records so voters would never know. >> aaron, thank you. now to the campus protest officials the war in

at columbia where students are facing a deadline, late word on the status of the talks. stephanie ramos at columbia tonight. >> reporter: -- to washington -- -- to texas tonight, campus protests against the war in gaza spreading, with no end in sight. >> free, free palestine! >> reporter: at ohio state overnight, police clashing with pro-palestinian protestors, 36 arrested. >> let us in, let us in. >> they're being labelled as anti-semitics which is really, really a false statement in so far as so many of the student organizers, myself included, are jewish. >> bring them home! >> outside columbia university, pro israel protesters calling for the release of hostages. >> the release of hostages must

come first and foremost to end the suffering on both sides. >> today, jewish stundz called on columbia to keep every student safe. >> on this campus, people chant that zi onnists are not welcome, calling on, quote, death to the jewish state. >> be grateful that i'm not just going out and murdering zionists. >> reporter: back in january, this student protester live streamed the comments after a disciplinary hearing with the school probing similar posts. today, protest organizers distancing therapyselves from him. >> he apologized. and he asked for space to reflect and learn and grow and that he will step away the spokesperson. >> reporter: tonight the university addressing the video posted by that student calling it extremely alarming, adding that calls for violence are unacceptable. as for talks between university officials and student

protesters, those talks are on going tonight. >> thank you, stephanie. now to the race for the white house. president biden tonight, for the first time, saying he's willing to debate trump. biden's speaking with howard stern who asked the president if he is going to his opponent. >> i am, somewhere. i don't know when. i'm happy to debate him. >> our senior white house correspondent joining us now. this is a first for the president. >> it is. i mean, this is a major change for president biden. they've been dodging that debate question. donald trump has been dialing up the pressure, urging biden to debate even though trump himself refused to debate his opponents during a republican primary. dur th during that interview, i did speak with the campaign tonight, they say they have no update on when or under what conditions there could be a debate only telling me that biden's comments speak for themselves. >> all right. will we'll stand by for news on that. thank you. overseas to the war in gaza.

the u.s. is holding off on imposing sanctions on israeli military units accused of human rights violations. those incidents in the west bank happened before the war with hamas. some of them captured on video. we are in israel tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. declining to sanction three israeli military units accused of abusing palestinian civilians, including the one seen in this 2019 video shown in an israeli court and to convict five soldiers of abusing detainees. soldiers from that same unit also seen kicking two palestinian men in this video from 2022 which led to an idf investigation and suspensions. in a letter first obtained by abc news, the secretary of state saying because israel has taken steps to address the issues, the u.s. will not delay the delivery of any assistance to the idf despite an investigation determining the units wore credibly implicated in a gross

violation of human rights against palestinians in the occupied west bank prior to october 7th. a palestinian human rights activist in the west bank town of hebron has israeli soldiers posted next to his home. >> they threaten to shoot me many times. >> he says the biden administration's failure to act will make things worse for palestinians. >> they're not going complete actions to reduce violence, the minimum. >> they say they account to address any incidents that deviate from the values expected of the soldiers adding alleged criminal offenses are investigated. >> tom, thank you. back here in the u.s. and the nfl we have many of the top players watching their dreams come true. >> reporter: it's night two of the nfl draft. >> caleb wiliams! >> reporter: overnight, the number one pick, caleb williams. the chicago bears drafting the heisman winning quarterback.

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we're back with a family damaged by a storm and working together to protect themselves in the future. >> reporter: in the dark of night -- i wouldn't be doing this if i didn't think this was a very, very, very serious situation. >> referee: . >> reporter: a line of life threatening storms on the move. it was a destructive straight line winds extending over 60 miles wide, slicing through shreveport, louisiana. >> back to rachel will. wind gusts 104 miles an hour. easy enough to take out this massive tree along with thousands of others across northwest louisiana. more than 200,000 losing power across the arklatex region. many without electricity for days. families sweltering in the deadly heat that followed. >> trees are more important than they've ever been to battle that extreme heat that we're facing not just in louisiana but in every community around the country. >> referee: nearly one year

later, dan lahm and the arbor day foundation, among those helping give away 250 trees. >> enjoy it. >> reporter: replacing some of what was lost. >> they're shading our communities, helping to reduce temperatures like 10 degrees fahrenheit in the shade. those trees can protect you. they help reduce flooding and storm water runoff. >> reporter: dozens lining up early. in that crowd we meet paula o'neal. >> how long you have lufd here? >> 69 years. >> worst wind i've ever seen. >> reporter: telling us about that night when the trees toppled in their yard. good it looked like a war zone. >> reporter: they takes her tree home. >> my neighbors houses were damaged to not livable. >> reporter: we see the scars of the storm left behind. as she picks out a spot to plant her new tree. wow, is this where the tree was? >> this is where the tree was.

>> refe . >> reporter: huge hole. her neighbor still not able to live in his home. >> it fell right at our chimney. >> reporter: the storm sending a tree trashing through the roof. these are the photos he took after it happened. repair work not yet done. but he and his wife hope to move back in soon. we traveled across town. >> this park was damaged the most. >> reporter: lauren jones is with shreveport green, helping plant two trees for every one that was lost we're. >> we want to create a system that is resilient. >> reporter: the community here working together to build a better future. >> it's hard work. but i don't mind. >> reporter: a lot of work. yeah. >> the volunteers and the organization we met down there say this is not a one huff time planting or give away. they're going to be around the months ahead to care for the trees so that they thrive in the years to come. >> inspiring dedication. great to see, rob.

thank you. don't forget, night two of the nfl draft is next. i'm whit johnson in new york. have a great night.

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