us for getting answers. we will be here every weekday at 3:00 answering que ♪ ♪ >> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. a deadly shooting in nashville. three children and staff members killed. we are on the scene of the deadly tornado emergency here in mississippi. one tornado alone on the ground for 59 miles. first tonight, that deadly school shooting at a christian grade school in nashville. three children and three staff members killed. the alleged shooter believed to be a former student. police racing into the school, hearing gunshots on the second floor. the suspect shot and killed by police. frighten children boarding school buses, holding each other, hand-in-hand, on the way to being reunited with parents.

authority is calling it a targeted attack and what we have now learned about the suspect. alex perez reporting from the scene tonight. also tonight we are on the scene in mississippi. the staggering path of destruction. at least 170 mile-per-hour winds on the ground for more than an hour. at least 22 people killed in these tornadoes. tonight, what we witnessed on the scene. the families, the remarkable survival stories, and what we have just learned about the victims, the lives lost. lindsey davis with their stories. and senior meteorologist rob with the forecast. we are monitoring the potentially dangerous situation in israel. massive protests in the streets of jerusalem. major unions going on strike. outrage over prime minister benjamin netanyahu. then fired.

tonight, what the prime minister has now done to try to restore order. in tel aviv. here in the u.s., the grand jury investigating former president trump, what does this signal? standing by tonight. resident biden briefed on the chemical spill, triggering a major water safety fear across philadelphia. deadly explosion at a chocolate factory. the blast captured, and tonight, the new discovery. and back here in mississippi tonight, the hope, amid so much pain. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. from mississippi. one tornado on the ground for 5.

70 minutes of horror. you can see the scene right here playing out in neighborhood after neighborhood. the remarkable survival stories. you will hear them in just a minute. we are also learning about the victims and their stories. unfortunately tonight we do begin with yet another horrific story playing out in the south. deadly school shooting at an elementary school. 39-year-olds and three staff members shot and killed by a shooter who police have just identified as a 28-year-old women armed with at least two assault style weapons. they say it was a targeted and premeditated attack. the suspect was shot and killed by police. the suspect shot through the door at the covenant school for some 200 children. at 10:30 this morning, police receiving word of an active shooter, rushing to the school, confronting the shooter. within 14 minutes, it was over. but now without the terrible toll left behind. tonight, the image of small children holding hands as they are taken by bus to be reunited

with parents at a different church. the haunting face of one of them, a little girl crying on the bus. and as i mentioned, the shooter has not been identified, believed to have been a student at that school at one time. investigators say tha they are looking at video from inside the school and that they have visited the suspect's home, looking for a motive. alex perez on the scene in nashville. >> tonight, investigators in nashville asking what led a 28-year-old woman armed with a stalled silo rifles to break into this christian school and killed three innocent children and three adult staff members. >> active shooter at the school. >> the first call coming in. law enforcement racing to covenant school. five officers enter and hear gunshots coming from the second floor. >> they saw as shooter. a female who was firing. >> there was multiple victims.

the shooter is down as well. >> 14 minutes after that first call, two officers confront and kill the shooter. >> even with a remarkably fast response, there was not enough time. and of those guns stole precious lives from us today in nashville he had >> late, police identifying those killed. evelyn, haley, william, all nine years old. catherine, 60, the head of the school, and cynthia, a substitute teacher. mike hill, a custodian. both 61. >> i was literally moved to tears to see this. and the kids as they were being ushered out of the building. >> the devastating images. small children moving single file, holding hands. terrified faces seen through school bus windows. parents anxiously looking for their kids, running through

parking lots, gathering at a nearby church and supporting each other in prayer. >> we just need to embrace those who are grieving because we grieve with them. >> police identifying 28-year-old audrey hale who may have been a student at the school. authorities say she identified as a transgender woman. investigators finding a woman nearby to identify the shooter. searching her home late today finding maps of the school property and writings that the shooter left behind. >> this tells you about someone whose total identity is wrapped into committing this mass shooting can't >> all doors of the school were locked. armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun and multiple rounds of ammunition, hale gained entry by shooting through one of the doors. moving through the first of second floor, firing multiple shots as she went until she was taking down in the lobby area of the second floor. tonight, president biden addressing the nation after he

had another school, calling it "sick." >> it is ripping this nation, the very soul of the nation, and we have to do more to protect our schools. >> alex perez joins us tonight. police say they do have the video from inside the school. what more are you learning tonight? >> this is a private school, so there was no resource officer on property, but they did have active shooter protocol in place. investigators have interviewed hale's father as they work now to pinpoint an exact motive. david. >> just an awful story playing out today. we have just learned tonight that the national weather service has now confirmed more than 15 tornadoes across the south here. the worst of them struck right here. windows of 170 miles per hour appeared one on the ground for one hour and 10 minutes.

70 minutes street of pure terror here. we have witnessed all of the images, the damage, devastation, now piles of rubble. the town's water tower on its side. massive trucks, tossed on top of one another. families today trying to save what they can, but every home here is gone. piles of wood and metal remain. we have spent the stay with the survivors, some who describe their homes being lifted off of their foundations while the families were inside, huddling together. they don't know how they survived this. just as we also learned it now about the lives lost. >> tonight as we walked through, it is inescapable. the unforgiving power of this tornado. winds reaching 170 miles per hour. every home destroyed. wood and twisted metal now serve as the only markers where homes once stood.

the families here have lost everything. >> you can literally see every tree snapped in two. and all of the homes, the roof tops off of them. most of the homes completely wiped away. and over here, one of the many cars in this neighborhood lifted up and now upside down on top of what was a homes. >> we see a husband and father, sam jackson, trying to salvage anything he can find. they were inside. they could feel the home lift and then collapsed. they all survived under mattresses. >> you found the flag? >> he shows me his flag that his wife got for veterans day. >> there is not a tear in it. >> one of their sons was on a college trip to washington, d.c. he first learned on social media that his home was destroyed, his neighborhood gon b wait to learn if his family have

survived. he raced on. >> what did you say to your mom? >> there is nothing you can say. it is just a blessing. >> a real blessing. >> yes. >> so this was your fireplace. and this is just about the only thing still standing. >> it is the only thing still standing be >> placed on top, his trophies found by his father. >> how much do these mean to you? this was one of the small churches here. what is left of it. and you can see out in front of the church, the bell. established in 1908. this is a familiar sight. a semiflipped over. just sitting on most of this church now, and if you look up from the sky, you can see it as a familiar thing, showing the sheer force of this tornado that blew through.

these tracto the grounndenroed t scene you see repeated over and over again. street after street here. the horrorervice issued a tornado emergency, the most urgent. the tornado was on the ground here in rolling fork. capturing these images. it is difficult to see in the darkness, glimpses of the massive tornado bearing down. >> hey! >> they would soon learn that many did not survive. southeast of mississippi, another tornado emergency. recognizing and real time while

on the air that the danger his viewers were about to face. >> oh, man. this is coming in. o, man., amen. okay. >> the power of the winds. the debris falling from the ceiling. tonight we now know here in rolling fork it was a powerful tornado that carves this devastating path of destruction. 59 miles straight. 170 mile-per-hour winds peered up to three quarters of a mile wide, and it was on the ground for 70 minutes can't >> everything is gone. >> yes, everything. >> they own two businesses. they were still open when the tornado hit. >> have you thought about what you are going to do? >> we are the only black

business owners in town, so we kind of grew with our community. we were actually still open and working when the tornado came through. it was a sound that i will never forget. it sounded like a train. a sound just coming right out is here and my husband said just get down. i got down, and he got on top of me. and it did not even last not even probably like 30 to 45 seconds. just all the glass busted. the roof collapsed. it was just horrible. it was... >> it's a miracle you're still here. >> yes, it is cute >> tonight with president biden already declaring a major disaster, or

during immediate emergency assistance. authorities are on the ground. >> i would just say that fema is here. we remain committed to the people of mississippi. we will be here for you now and next week. we will be here long after these cameras are gone to make sure that we are assisting you with all of your recovery needs can't >> antennae here, a powerful image we have been unable to forget. a man walking amid the devastation with a suitcase. all that he has left. >> what do you say to people who have seen that image now of you and just a >> your life can turn around quickly. just be strong and pick yourself up. i am still here.

that stuff does not matter. i'm still here. >> while talking with so many of the families here, the volunteers, the college student home hugging his mother first. now learning how to accept help. he says that's been difficult too. from operation barbecue relief. >> we did 300 on sunday, and we are working on more now. we are going to have supper for them later here too. >> she is not going to let you say no. >> she says she will be back. >> thanks y'all. >> angels walking around, right? >> yes, it is. a lot of them. >> the volunteers, the angels, they are going to need a country not to forget this tragedy, given the need here already. tonight we are also learning some of the names, the stories of the victims. lindsay davis is on the scene

with me for that part of the story. lives lost. >> tonight we are learning about some of the victims of the devastating tornadoes that shattered communities across mississippi. ethan's family says he was a gentle giant. his wife elizabeth and their two children are still in the hospital. mary was her grandmother. her niece told abc "mary was a sweet and caring soul with a beautiful smile that lit up the room." then there was melissa pierce. they were together for nearly 25 years and that melissa "turned my dads life around, and they were a great team." >> we finally found them over here. you know, he was on his back. she was just laying beside him with her arm on him. >> her daughter said "there was not anything you could not ask her." and that her mom was "willing to do whatever to help someone

out." >> you know that for the people who have lost loved ones, there are so many families here collectively embracing them because everyone knew everyone here. i know you just spoke with fema officials, and they understand there is enormous need here. >> they certainly do. for those still living in the midst of the mounds of misfortune really i think is what it is, fema wants them to know that help is available. they are on the ground. even for those who are uninsured, which is all too often the case in a number of these scenarios. one of the poorest counties in the country. 35% of the population is at or below the poverty line, which could make the recovery effort all too great. david viewed >> which is why you are going to be here this evening anchoring. we will have much more on "abc news live."

what you saw there behind and see moments ago also blew through a nearby town called silver city, and it was deadly there as well. that is where we find rob. i know you learned of loss there, and you're also concerned about the new storms on the way. >> yeah, three fatalities, the 2-year-old baby girl. she was in a mobile home with her family. her 7-year-old older cousin fighting for his life. just heartbreaking. it is hitting the west coast and a peered oregon. california. it will spin through the bay area. more flooding. possibly some power outages. then a huge chunk of a severe weather set up your tornadoes possible. that doesn't include mississippi. david. >> david: yes, the system potentially coming through again the same region. we thank you for your coverage tonight.

following all the way to this point. thank you. our coverage of course of the deadly tornadoes, we are going to have much more later right here during this broadcast. we are going to move on to the potentially dangerous situation after benjamin netanyahu tried to push through changes to the judicial system, taking some power away and then firing has defense minister appeared today tens of thousands coming out into the streets of jerusalem. major unions going on strike. late today, benjamin netanyahu postponing those changes in tel aviv tonight. >> tonight, people on the israeli streets. benjamin netanyahu dealt a rare defeat, finally relenting to pressure and agreeing to temporarily pause his plans to reform the judiciary. "not ready to tear the people apart. we are in the midst of a crisis that endangers the basic unity among us." after a night of violent clas

clashes, tens of thousands out protesting again. the country's largest union striking for hours. >> israel has never seen a movement to like this people feel they are finally on the cusp of something. >> this is a battle they say they cannot afford to lose. >> what is at stake? >> democracy. everything i was raised to hold dear. i was raised in the united states and i have studied law. i have my ideals that i grew up with. i am not willing to see them torn to shreds. >> there have been more clashes here on the street tonight. a temporary freeze is not eno enough. they want them gone for good. david. >> david: just extraordinary what we are witnessing in israel. james, thank you. back in the u.s., to that manhattan grand jury, involving hush money payments to stormy daniels. today, hearing from the former publisher of the

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[chainsaw] leslie: i'm leslie brinkley in the east bay, where experts say more trees are expected to topple. >> it is very likely that we will see more trees falling, impacting our infrastructure and disrupting service. >> we are just concerned that the public is getting a little bit numb to the hazards and the risks that these storms pose. dan: get another storm moving in, could be another strong one, and it could be dangerous as well. thank you for joining us for it on larry davis. dion: diane dion lim. abc 7 news reporters leslie brinkley and zack greinke -- zach fuentes has more. larry: but first, let's get to spencer christian. spencer: light rain is falling already. it will be here within a matter

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