speaking of president obama, it's commencement speech season. he offers advice to college graduates over the weekend as his team goes on the offensive on the sunday talk show circuit. the new message coming from the white house and the response from his critics. >> we were almost right under the tornado at this point. we can hear the roar. we can still see in contact with the ground farther off to the northeast. >> an amazing path of destruction cleaning up after another run of powerful tornadoes. the midwest braces for another round of storms. and buying back into relevance. the deal yahoo hopes will bring back the glory days and what it means for users of the popular blogging service tumblr. you got it. it's monday and it is "way too early". it is monday.

good morning, everybody. before i try to read 1500 stories in nine minutes of news, i'll start with your monday assignment. soccer icon david beckham hung up his cleats over the weekend. his teammates showed their appreciation for his storied career. all right. this shot is from saturday's game. we saw this. we immediately thought "way too early" caption contest, right? that's what you think. tweet us at hashta hashtag #waytoowitty. we're putting the best ones on later in the show. but right now we do have to get to the news on this monday, may 20th. and we begin with tornado season which has gone from quiet to deadly in just a matter of days. over the weekend, tornado after tornado struck the middle part of the country and the pictures are absolutely stunning. this video is of a tornado that struck right outside of wichita, kansas. a weather chaser captured this photo of the same exact storm. in oklahoma, at least four separate tornadoes hit across

the state prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency in 16 counties. one person has been killed. 21 injured. nbc affiliate kfor shot this video of a truck that apparently was literally blown off of a highway overpass. that tornado was reported mile wide ef-4 which i believe bill karins confirms is the second strongest on the scale, i believe. yeah. up to 200 miles an hour in terms of wind. that touched down not far from oklahoma city. there was also widespread flooding as far south as georgia at seven inches of rain did quite a bit of damage. a little canoeing going on out there. some of the biggest cities in the midwest could see more severe weather today. let's go to bill karins. bill, this severe weather it like from wisconsin all the way down to the south, right? >> yeah. now we go further south. the dallas area is included into today. i'll show you how far north it s

it is absolutely amazing. the storm tracker technology is so great right now. i was just incredible watching all of this in live real time yesterday. the huge tornadoes on the ground. and with how strong and powerful they were, it's amazing we only had one fatality. we didn't have more injuries. mostly the tornadoes yesterday were rural areas which significantly help number tornado watches throughout right now. we have 24 reported tornadoes yesterday. making a total of about 45 or 46 over the friday, saturday, sunday time period. we're going to see more today. as brian was mentioning, the area of greatest concern in red here from denton to oklahoma city. the tornadoes will form. brian, they'll spread across the state of oklahoma once again. almost the same spots that we dealt with yesterday. >> all right. we'll see weather for the rest of the country in ten minutes. thank you. let's turn attention o politics. critics continue to hammer the obama administration over the irs scandal. republicans say they're gearing up for more congressional hearings on the matter. yesterday on meet the press,

senate mi yort leader mitch mcconnell went after the president and his team for handling of the scandal. >> there is a culture of intimidation throughout the administration. it's no wonder that the agents and the irs sort of get the message that the president demonizes i had opponents, the head of their union demonizes -- >> but, senator, that is a leap that can you make as argument. but you don't have fact to back it up. you can create it. >> the investigation -- >> you can talk about a culture. do you have any evidence that the president of the united states directed what you call a culture of intimidation at the irs to target political opponents? >> i don't think we know what the facts are. >> we don't. we learned over the weekend that weeks ago the white house's chief lawyer learned about the irs targeting conservative groups. that information was withheld from president obama. the president became aware of the scandal at the same time as the public on may 10 bth.

the department of justice is also getting quite a bit of attention. the president and ceo of ap made an announcement. >> the rules require them to come to us first. but in this case they didn't. claiming an exception saying that if they had it would have posed a substantial threat to their investigation. but they have -- they've not explained why it wochlt we can't understand why it would. we just think they went about it the wrong way. so sweeping, so secretively, so abusively and harsingly and overbroad that it constitutes -- that it is an unconstitutional act. the government has no business having control over all monitoring all of this news gathering information from the associated press. and if they restrict that news gathering apparatus, you're right, the people of the united

states will only know what the government wants them to know. >> a lot of people haven't heard of him before. but he has firsthand experience on issues related to the constitution. earlier in his career he served as a first amendment lawyer. how about this? new polling is out that despite the irs scandal, lingering questions over benghazi and the justice department's use of secret subpoenas, president obama's approval rating hasn't suffered one bit. it's actually gone up. according to cnn, 53% of americans approve of obama's job as president. that is up two points from april. on the irs scandal, 71% find the agency's behavior unacceptable. and just 42% are satisfied with the president as hands willing of benghazi. a majority of americans believe the outrage on the right is justified. so no overreach in terms of public perception as of yet. 54% say republican law makers are acting appropriate fli

response to the irs scandal and 59% believe the same is true when it comes to benghazi. now let's get an update on that train accident late last week. actually, it's on the weekend, on friday. train service for several major cities expected to be a mess for days after a weekend train collision in the state of connecticut. the ntsb found the two metro north trains were going 70 miles an hour just before they came in contact on friday evening in fairfield, connecticut. the preliminary investigation uncovered a damaged rail but it's actually not clear if there was damage during the wreck or if it contributed to the accident. 70 people were injured and a handful remain hospitalized including one in critical condition. in the meantime, the incident is impacting amtrak and other rail service into new york and boston and that northeast corridor for perspective if you're not from this part of the country, it is considered the busiest in the country when it comes to train travel. let's go overseas. the situation in syria is moving

closer to growing from a civil war to an all out regional conflict. hezbollah is working with the government to try to retake a key rebel held city where the ground battle is characterized as intensed. hezbollah has long reported to be sending fighters to assist the syrian government and israel has threatened to destroy more syrian weapons. a new u.n. report estimates 1.5 million refugees have been displaced by war with no sign of slowing. this is often the untold story in conflicts like this. diplomatic efforts have been strained between the u.s. and russia as top american officials scolded moscow for sending anti-ship missiles to prop up assad's government. meanwhile, you can welcome the korean peninsula back to the top of the list of regions we need to worry about now. over the weekend south korean media reported pyongyang test launched four short range, what they're calling, projectiles. they're not saying missiles but rather projectiles and has

reportedly tested two more this morning in response south korea dispatched dozens of spike missiles as both sides keep weapons along the border. one of the most heavily militarized areas in the entire world. let's go to business where silver is taking a hit on the commodities market as we kick off the trading week. more on this and the rest of today's business headlines. let's check in with steve sedgwick. now copper is a proxy for global growth. so what does it mean that silver is selling off? >> it means that people are buying this stuff. honestly, we don't know. it could be because people are worried about inflation. it could be because they're not worried about the currency moments. so commodities move down. it could be liquidation. it could be the fact that we're trading down 30% and broke the april lows. i haven't seen a convincing argument one way or another. elsewhere though, we're seeing gold down eight straight sessions. feeling sorry for the french taxpayers. 8,000 french households last year paid 100% taxes.

>> wait. that means they pay all their money goes to the government? >> yeah. and then some more. because what happened was that the government in place now took away a cap which the sarkozy government before put in. said you couldn't pay more than 50% tax. they took away that cap. and it now means you have to pay 100% plus on your tax bill from the previous year. that is nasty. and one more for you. j.p. morgan has a really interesting meeting in tampa this week despite the fact that shares are up over 19% year to date. jamie diamond's group is going great guns. they want greater control over the company and split the chairman and ceo role that jamie diamond had since 2006. big stories. >> a lot of people say he wants to keep the chairman job so when he retires as ceo, he can stay on as chairman. i want to ask you, yahoo obviously, a high profile ceo. they make a big acquisition. what is it and will it make a

difference? >> tumblr, it's for people like me and you, the young crowd that, like being on the social networks. the thing is it's big already. it's got 175 employees. they pay $1.1 billion for it. only one slight problem for business people like me and you. it only made $13 million last year in revenue. that's revenue, not profit. $13 million of revenue. paid 1$1.5 billion for it. you do the math. >> all right. steve, have a good monday. steve siege wick liedgwick in l. there is a winning powerball ticket worth $590 million. that is the largest in u.s. history. a single perfect ticket was told in the tampa, florida area. tv satellite trucks are massing outside the publix where it was sold. why would they show up anyway?

so far, no winner stepped forward. the town is buzzing. supposedly, one person did not show up for work on sunday. but like to me that is like a good day. you know, only one person doesn't show up for work. i don't know that is necessarily the person. the odds on that winning ticket, $11 175 million to one. david beckham, of course, kicked his last corner kick and teammates gave him quite the sendoff. we want you to tweet us, hashtag #waytoowitty. here's what i came up with. hey! when it comes down, just give it a little squeeze. they say his ass is amazing. that's right. i just said that at 5:42 a.m. on the east coast. i said that word. that's right. still ahead on "way too early," what is better than play-off hockey? how about overtime play-off hockey. the pens and sens up next. what a performance from miguel at last night's billboard music

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the senators down by one with 30 seconds to play against the penguins. alfredson, he's like 80 years old. >> he's actually 42. senators complete the come back. rangers lost. bruins down 2-0 in that series.

>> maybe they can pull this off. >> i don't think so. >> david beckham's professional soccer career -- >> you're in love with david beckham. >> he is a list of my man crushes. he's been replaced with tom brady. >> it gets worse. >> i know. it got emotional. of course, he came out of the game in the 81st minute. >> did you cry? >> he cried. >> you know, the motions kicking in. it was hard to -- it was hard to run and even kick the ball. it was an emotional night. to see reaction of players and fans when i came off was special. >> teammates had a little fun after the game. we want to hear your best caption for that photo. hashtag #waytoowitty. >> i believe i can fly. rangers hosting the tigers. detroit's miguel cabrera goes deep. not once, not twice, let's make

it three times. it's the second three home run game of his career. bottom of the sixth, tigers lead 7-5. david murphy thashgsz, that's a right. the rangers hold on to beat the tigers. slugfest. let's go to wrigley. cubs starting pitcher travis wood crashes one to deep left center. the ball heads into the stands. one fan jumps and misses the home run ball. nice! >> beer right on the head! >> i did not realize my mom went to the game. that's what happens when you're way up there all day in the sun. you see went for the ball, spilled a little on her and she said -- i like her. >> all right. it was -- that looked like a pretty good day at wrigley. >> not bad. >> i'm trying to make whatever awkward transition from beer on the head to weather. >> we had deadly tornadoes and a

miserable weekend of weather. the tornadoes got the headline. watch out for that fog around new york city this morning and areas of new england. but, of course, any time we have violent weather that can kill people that, will make the headlines. today is day four in a row of our tornado outbreak. today will be it. i don't think tomorrow will be quite as bad. this area of red is the worst of it. the norms could be anywhere from dallas all the way north up into the great lakes. i mention the fog. visibility about half mile in philly right now. even in the northeast, brian, we have a chance of seeing some showers and storms late today. the fog will break. some of us will see the sun for the first time in four days. >> all right, bill, that counts for your exercise for the day. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," a top republican says there is a culture of intimidation coming from the obama administration. we'll go indepth on the latest developments. when we come back here, a big night for stefan.

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night live's" season finale and ben affleck's fifth time hosting snl. there was no big sell brace. instead, mack um ahmadinejad is on. >> where's my sound man. >> what can i do for plu ben affleck? >> it is very important to me that you report all the lines clearly even though each one is full of lies. okay? i'm going to do the next scene shirt lsz because i love my body. understand me, bro? do you understand me, bro? >> why would i agree to appear in this movie? toen honest, i've ln looking to appear in a movie that is worst than jelie. >> i can also do a lot of damage with a couple of drinks. but not on a monday morning. >> it was a big night for bill hader who leaves the season. stefan did his last weekend

update with surprise guest amy polar. >> this is -- >> this is my pla tannic work friend amy. >> hey, thanks. >> summer is right around the corner. what places should people check out? >> i know just the place for you. new york's hottest club is parts. >> stefan, i'm sorry. this isn't what we're looking for. >> you know what? you never respect me, seth. and you want to do this here but i met someone else and he's a lot like you except he likes me for me and we're getting married. bye, seth myers. >> no tears though. seth runs after stefan and steals him back from his husband to be, anderson cooper. stefan and seth make it safely back to the snl set for a proper farewell to hader. two appeared together in the

final xit on saturday night live adding fuel to that speculation. >> you think all three are gone? >> if they are, that's a huge loss. >> a huge turnover for the show. they're going to have to have a couple building seasons like they say in the nfl. speaking of nfl alumni, farrell's best character is back with a sequel. here is a sneak peek of anchor man ii. >> we haven't seen new a while, america. you haven't changed a bit. >> i've got liquor breath and i want to be your friend. >> i got a new cologne called ven yom. it's pretty much 100% snake venom. >> happy easter. you need to say something fun about the movie. we're all saying it. a little individual thought, a little -- almost a fun catch phrase. >> always make shurt parents are around if you hug a child. >> just say hello. >> hello. >> well, it's been a long time coming. i don't know what you think.

>> i hope it's good. >> it better not be like "caddie shack 2." >> "anchorman 2" is due out later this year. to the main event. last night the big winners were tailor swift who took home eight awards and justin beeber who accepted a milestone award. everyone is talking about r&b singer miguel. take a look at his attempt to crowd drive. please don't do this. >> and he remained on key. >> i think that woman had it. everybody was okay. she is hugging him afterwards. he bashed one woman's head and hurt another one's arm. everyone was okay. minor bruises. no serious injuries. definitely a serious amount of

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one innovation at a time. the new american is arriving. john tower has a couple of. >> richard w., deckham saves best bicycle kick for last. david beckham is sending to sacroheaven will he'll reside with the other soccer gods. >> a good one. i liked end it like beckham which was was a good one too. thanks, john. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪