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History of mental illness. he allegedly stabbed a nurse in the head with a pen. shes going to be okay. that is what theyre dealing with here. he is due here in court later in the afternoon. his father playing a key role in this arrest. thats the latest here in springfield, thomas. >> ron, thank you, sir. 67 million people are in the path of dangerous thunderstorms today. look at this. stretching from the ohio valley all of the way to the east coast. cars were swept away by fast moving waters i...

>> the impact is surprisingly gentle, but theyre not out of danger. fuel is leaking from the chopper and the fear is it could blow me minute. >> i was worried something was going to catch on fire. >> the pilot instructs everyone to stay in the aircraft until the rotor stops spinning. luckily he isnt hurt. whitlock stays put while continuing to roll. after a few seconds the pilot tells him its safe to get out. >> emergency workers stationed at the end of the race course are on the scene within se...

Of this went down. we talked about the investigation. were going to play that for you later this hour so you can hear about his feelings and the investigation he has ordered into this prison. he kept reminding me look no one has broken out before these guys in 100 years. he and everyone else concerned it could happen at all. tom, stay with me. deborah, i know youre working your sources here on set. tell me what you have uncovered. >> again, the big question is were the two individuals together w...

Them and officer ward, they were able to get me up and over the guardrail to where it was actually safe. >> the captain is transported to a local hospital where hes treated for broken ribs and a broken leg. the other drivers involved in the crash escape without injuries. six weeks after the incident, the captain is able to return to full active duty. after seeing the dashcam video, he knows that the outcome could have been different. >> i think this was a whole series of unfortunate events that ...

Hundreds of people waking up homeless. local officials calling this flooding historic and catastrophic. >> we do have whole streets that have maybe one or two houses left on them and the rest are just slabs. >> reporter: one more survived but wife and two children along with five other people are missing. they were staying at a house along the blanco river saturday night when a wall of water lifted the home off its foundation. the river reaches flood stage at 12 feet but it took just one hour to...

Dozen of emergency workers who showed up to help, and he was, you know, swept into, you know, a storm drain and very unfortunate, as he was one of the people there to help everyone. >> give us some sense of the area where all of this water is causing problems. youve got clairemore, and does it go as far as out as oklahoma city? some idea of the size of this problem. >> absolutely. it goes even west of oklahoma city. i cant begin to name all of the communities that are just seeing so much rain th...

He captures emergency workers spraying a special foam. the flames draw back belching thick plumes of smoke and steam. they disappear inside the cloud. as scary as that looks, in just two minutes the foam does its job, and the fire is out. they skofr remnants of toddlers clothing. they belong to the car owners toddler daughter, who was thankfully left home that night. tragedy was also avoided because ashley sthut shut the pumps off in time. >> when i talked to the fire department they said if the...

Site there was a small ceremony with dignitaries and emergency workers to honor all victims. in fact the u.s. transportation success tear was here and he said that the best way to honor the victims is to make sure that th kind of tragedy never happens again again. >> erin, thank you. still to come in the newsroom trying to crack down on police responses. the new ban that will prevent the feds from sending certain equipment to local police departments. well talk about that, next. >>who... is th...

>> there was a hesitation from everyone, just an unknowingness of what was happening, of where this gas was coming from, am i in a safe area. >> despite his uneasiness, nichols stays where he is and goes to work. >> i had a close-up shot of the two gentlemen walking out of the building and all of a sudden, you see this flash of light hit them in the face. >> right in front of his camera, the street blows sky-high and emergency workers start to scramble. >> theres just this sense of chaos that ju...

All of this just unfolding. the people in philadelphia the emergency workers, the city officials, all of them trying to get their information together and trying to get help for the folks who were sadly on this train when this happened. again, we are told it is northeast regional 188. it was heading from washington, d.c., to new york city when this all unfolded. there are multiple injuries here. we dont know of any fatalities. bedont we dont know the severity of any of the injuries. but we are s...