Nasty storms from kansas to new york. This tornado touching down in missouri and flash floods in pennsylvania overnight, emergency rescues, animals struggling to escape Rushing Waters now more flooding and hail on the way. Taylor swifts ex calling her out publicly after she reveals she wrote part of his song. Calvin harris says shes trying to bury him. Will she be able to shake it off . And good morning, america. What a night at the espys last night. Always so much fun. Always a huge spectacle. Last night something unexpected. Something very powerful. Yeah, it was a powerful moment indeed. The nba stars taking the stage in the wake of that deadly gun violence and racial tension. Were going to have much more on what they had to say later on. That is coming up. First breaking news, speakers for the Republican NationalConvention Just released as Donald Trumps veepsstakes draws to a close after one more round of auditions, he is set to make a decision today and appear with his pick tomorrow. The latest from tom llamas. Reporter good morning to you. We now have a day and a time for the announcement. Trump tweeting its going to be friday at 11 00 a. M. Now all we need is a name. Overnight Newt Gingrich making his case arguing he and trump are cut from the same cloth because and im not joking here theyre both pirates. Today could be decision day for donald trump. His search for a running mate now down to two people. Im at three, potentially four but in my own mind i probably am thinking about two. Reporter sources tell abc news, the two finalists are likely Newt Gingrich and indiana governor mike pence. I suspect sometime tomorrow that mike and i will both get phone calls, and one of us will be packing our bags to go to new york, and the other one will be going to watch it on tv. Reporter pence may have benefited from a mechanical issue that grounded the candidate in indiana. Pence ended up hosting the trump family at his home meeting with the trump children. Nothing was offered. Nothing was accepted but we had a great conversation about the country, challenges facing america and my firm belief that donald trump is going to provide the kind of leadership that america needs. Reporter but the indiana governor shouldnt pick his seat on Trump Force One just yet. Newt gingrich also flew to indiana wednesday to meet with the trump family. Newt, breaking down what trump may be considering. In many ways donald trump is like a pirate. Hes outside the normal system. He gets things done. Hes bold. Hes actually like a figure out of a movie. In a lot of ways my entire career has been a little like a pirate. Do you want a twopirate ticket or want to take a solid guy reporter trump who has play by his own rules from the getgo could end up with a surprise pick and going with his gut on this call. I want to pick somebody solid, smart. Im not looking for an attack dog. Reporter as the drama builds around the search, hes also dealing with yet another court matter. Trump demanding 10 million in damages from former Campaign Adviser sam nunberg saying he violated a nondisclosure agreement by leaking a story to the New York Post about an alleged screaming match between excampaign manager Corey Lewandowski and a female staffer. Trumps camp says the story is untrue. But nunberg claims he wasnt the leak referring to the matter in his filings as a lovers quarrel. Neither side is commenting. Nunberg is ask the court to drop the matter. We have the speakers list for the rnc and know that all of the trump Adult Children will be speaking along with Melania Trump and hearing from speaker paul ryan, ted cruz, Chris Christie and Newt Gingrich, guys. We dont know exactly when. We dont know when but hell be speaking. On the list. Will he be in the vp slot. No pirate patch over the eye, just newt. Good to know. Thank you. Now to the democrats and Hillary Clintons scathing new attack on donald trump saying her opponent is dividing the country and a threat to american democracy. Abcs cecilia vega is on the campaign trail in springfield, illinois, good morning, cecilia. Reporter amy, good morning to you. It was in this Historic Building behind me that Hillary Clinton made that case but she said shes part of the problem too, that some of her words have helped fuel division in this country. In the same chamber where Abraham Lincoln denounced slavery Hillary Clinton laid out her newest attack. This man is the nominee of the party of lincoln. We are watching it become the party of trump. Reporter in the Old State Capitol in springfield, illinois, where lincoln said a house divided against itself cannot stand, clinton accused donald trump of dividing the trump for this generation. His campaign is as divisive as any we have seen in our lifetimes. It is built on stoking mistrust and pitting american against american. Reporter the new attacks come as those polls show a tight race for clinton and trump in battleground states like iowa and ohio and she is now losing ground in florida. Her strategy, bring in the reinforcements. Clinton hits the campaign trail today with virginia senator tim kaine, rumored to be a potential vp pick and she is laser focused on hammering trump. He said that he understands systemic bias against black people because, and i quote, even against me the system is rigged, unquote. Even this, the killing of people is somehow all about him. Reporter and again clinton has what looks like it could be a vp audition today out there with virginia senator tim kaine. George, her campaign is still vetting possible running mate picks right now. Thanks very much. More on this from our political analyst matthew dowd. A lot to get to. Lets begin with this vee veepsstakes. Pretty transparent process if you take donald trump at his word and struggling between his head and heart. Indiana governor mike pence consensus pick of his advisers, it appears would pacify some conservatives at the convention, solid safe choice. Newt gingrich, a lot more like donald trump, unconventional choice for sure. Where do you think he goes . What difference will it make . Well, george, you and i have watched this for a year. Theres no telling where he goes and theres no telling even if it is these two, we think its these two but theres no telling. I thought actually i cant let go of Newt Gingrichs pirate reference. Theres so many things i could say about pirates of the caribbean on stranger tides will they call their plane the black pearl. Whos captain jack sparrow, who is barbosa, no telling. My bet, my gut says he goes with mike pence. It seems the safer choice and it seems the choice that will unite the party which is the main goal i think of his vp pick at this point, uniting the party. He needs to have a good Convention Next week. We got this list of speakers released by the rnc. You know, well see the trump kids every single night and donald trump at least once, maybe more than that. You did get the big Republican Leaders in the house and the senate. But he really needs to find some way to get that bounce out of the convention. Its usually about a four to fivepoint bounce. Well, donald trump i think better than anybody and you and i have both been at conventions and around them. He understands that a convention is a broadway production. It is about interesting characters with a compelling blot and driving message. I think donald trump understands that and i think hes going to produce this convention in a way that hell probably get maximum bounce but Donald Trumps already got, it looks like, some bounce coming into the convention. Thats right. In fact a new poll out backs that. Cbs and the New York Times have a new poll showing the National Race tied at 4040. We know these polls will bounce around but whats striking is that the two major candidates both at 40 . Thats pretty low. Absolutely and i think not only do you see these National Polls now converging to even, youve seen all those state polls now converging to very close and within the margin of oreo. It is an amazing thing that the president of the United States again weve seen this in the past could get elected with under 40 and even in this election close to 40 of the vote. It means a very divided country. Boy, it sure does. Matthew dowd, thanks very much. All right, george, now to the espy awards, the top nba stars lebron james, Carmelo Anthony, chris paul and dwyane wade issuing a big challenge to go beyond the game and act to end violence and t. J. Holmes was there for it all in los angeles. T. J. , what an incredible night. Reporter its not what anybody expected, robach. Not even the espn producers of the show originally. This wasnt the plan. But what we saw last night on the biggest night in sports was four nba superstars take the stage standing side by side and calling out their fellow athletes for not saying enough and doing enough when it comes to gun violence and race in this country. A night to celebrate great athletes started instead with lebron james issuing a direct challenge to them. Its time to look in the mirror and ask ourselves, what are we doing to create change . Reporter lebron, dwyane wade, chris paul and Carmelo Anthony sieged the stage to address it. The endless gun violence in chicago, dallas, not to mention orlando, it has to stop. Enough. Lets use this moment as a call to action for all professional athletes. Reporter wade later told me they came up with the idea to do this themselves. Then asked and got the okay from espn. We said, listen, we have to do something. We have a platform, you know, what can we do and perfect time and espys is coming up so, we all wrote our own piece of what we wanted to say and we wanted our voice to be heard. You guys ready to have some fun . Reporter the show soon after turned to celebration. Lebron didnt get to sit much. He won three individual awards including best male athlete. Vice President Joe Biden was there too, he presented the jimmy v perseverance award to craig sager. He teaches us how to live with perseverance and passion, fearless, hopeful, together. Reporter the longtime nba sideline reporter whos been battling leukemia. I will never give up and i will never give in. I will continue to keep fighting. Reporter sager was mobbed by his tnt colleagues after his speech. Wherever youre from, whatever you think, whatever your politics are, you cant forget is that every one of those people who dies has a story, this is one of them. Reporter one honoree couldnt be there. Xavier dobson killed when he tried to shield three girls from bullets. His mother and two brothers accepted the arthur ashe courage award on his behalf. Now, i urge you to think tonight about why he died and what you can do tomorrow to prevent the next innocent young man or woman from being lost, as well. Reporter a celebratory night that struck a serious even somber tone at times. With this lasting message. We all have to do better. Reporter and, of course, the espys is always were a celebration, a celebration of great athletes but i have to tell you its what everybody was talking about last night, that moment at the top and it was a different type of tone to the evening and even lebron james said last night on a guys were honoring muhammad ali we do a disservice to his legacy if we dont speak up more. T. J. Holmes, thank you so much. Boy, and that hero xavier dobson, what a story, what a selfless, selfless act. That should be celebrated. It certainly was last night and hopefully it will continue to be so and the espys touched on the Heated National Debate over race and policing as that was happening a service for Philando Castile who was killed by an officer in minnesota will be held today and thousands of mourners attending Funeral Services on wednesday to honor the dallas officers, president Obama Holding a marathon fourhour meeting at the white house on police and criminal justice reform. Abcs jon karl is at the white house with more on all that. Jon, the president meeting with Law Enforcement and black lives matter activists. Tell us what happened . Reporter good morning, amy. This was an extraordinary meeting, first of all, as you mentioned, it was long, more than four hours and the president was there and engaged in the discussion for all of it. It included an extraordinary breadth of people including as you mention black lives matter activists, several Big City Police chiefs, mayors, community leaders. After the meaning was over, the president said that there must be an extended effort to what he said, quote, grind it out to improve relations between police and the communities that they are there to protect. But he said this is going to be frustrati frustratingly slow in the coming weeks and months and will continue to see more tension between the two. The president has been speaking about it all week and gave a twohour meeting with police with Law Enforcement on monday. He gave that powerful speech in dallas on tuesday. And then he will be present at that town hall meeting this evening. This is the top priority for him. Reporter absolutely and spent an hour and a half with the victims, with the families of the murdered Police Officers in dallas. I expect that this will be a sustained commitment for the president that goes beyond his presidency. This will be one of his major causes after he leaves the white house. All right, jon karl at the white house, thank you so much, jon. President obama as we just said will join our town hall tonight to discuss the recent tragic shootings and how we can move forward. You can see the president and the people starting at 8 00 p. M. , 7 00 central right here on abc. Okay, well move on to those powerful storms creating flash floods in pennsylvania, hundreds of thousands without power in missouri, ginger, more is comeing. Almost 400 severe storm reports in the last 24 hours from florida to wisconsin. Kansas to virginia. This may look like a busy game of poke go, it is not. It was a dangerous afternoon in the midwest. Torrential rain, and relentless hail. Oh, my gosh. Reporter terrifying winds gusting to more than 0 Miles Per Hour in the midwest. Hundreds of thousands without power as trees smash into homes taking out traffic lights. Watch as a breathe spinup takes shape in this timelapse video from st. Louis, missouri. In lancaster, pennsylvania, four inches of rain falling in less than two hours. Emergency workers rescuing people from their homes. Highways shut down in both directions. And the cows, watch as they helplessly bob in the Rushing Water struggling but finally emerging safe on the other side. And in pensacola, florida, folks on the beach running for cover. Three waterspouts swirling over the gulf of mexico. Now youve seen how powerful the storms could be. That energy moves to the south along the southern part of the cold front. If youre driving i40 or 35 up to wichita watch out for dangerous winds and, of course, hail possible. Same thing as we go into the afternoon and evening, parts of new england get into the Severe Weather threat. Ill have a whole lot more coming up. Thank you. We move on to the latest on the zika virus. A new report from the cdc that concludes the upcoming Olympic Games are unlikely to spread vehicle ka worldwide. Dr. Richard besser is here with details encouraging. Yes, the cdc looked at the numbers and a number of travelers and what they estimate 500,000 people will travel to the games. But if you look at overall travel to the region thats affected by zika, it represents less than a quarter of 1 of overall travel. For most countries including the u. S. It should not increase the risk. At the same time we have this report out of texas that of a baby born with microcephaly. Its a sad situation. This is what were triering to preve prevent. The mom had been in latin america and acquired the infection there. So far the cdc reports 320 pregnant women in the u. S. Who are infected with zika. 7 so far that have birth defects. People who are traveling need to take precautions because this is what were trying to avoid. Still a danger of spread here in the summer. Well, it is. We have the mosquito and so theyre expecting that some of the travelers will bring it in. Thats why theyre trying to build up the surveillance. Be able to defect when its here to try to knock it out. Okay, rich besser, thanks very much. You will take questions on twitter. All morning long. Fantastic. Back to ginger. The heat advisories from up through new jersey an excessive heat warning in philadelphia because we dont get cooler at night. Thats a big reason. Quick look at what it will feel like this afternoon. The heat starts in boston tomorrow. Lets get the local weather in 30 second, but first the heat index brought to you by capitol one adventure card. Reporter good morning everyone, david murphy here with an update from accuweather. Nothing showing on Storm Tracker 6 live, although some of the roads might be wet from rain overnight. Looking outside, a lot of clouds around we expect to introduce sunshine in the morning and afternoon. Later this afternoon a passing thunderstorm cant be ruled out. The big story though today, oppressive heat and humid. Steamy high of 94 feel like over 100 and more of the same tomorrow high of 96. Better for the weekend. Ex after revealing she helped hit his hit song. Calvin harris saying she is trying to bury him. A new report reveals nearly 80 of america is gett