women. >> an early happy thanksgiving. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." good monday morning, right now on "first look," a massive weather front. torrential rain and high winds have caused deaths in the midwest and headed east. more medicine and relief supplies arrive in the philippines. mountain etna lights up the sky and fire and ash. and lady gaga and rob ford. i'm veronica de la cruz. as we come on the air this morning at least six are dead. dozens more injured. a powerful line of storms stretched from missouri up through ohio.

the weather channel reports that 40 tornadoes hit sunday, many of the images are almost surreal and hearing stories of survivors beginning to pick up the pieces. >> this town will -- come together. we always do. we'll come back. come back. >> one of the hardest hit areas was north central illinois and jay gray is there from the city of washington. jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. good to talk to you. those six fatalities from this area of central illinois and there's concern that that number could climb as recovery teams continue to sift through this rubble and try to assess the full extent of the damage. the devastation is widespread and overwhelming.

>> within less than a minute, everything started collapsing inside the house. cracking and sputtering and it's light inside the house. >> reporter: at least six people are dead. dozens injured after a string of violent storms including 40 tornadoes or more ripped across eight states. central illinois took the most severe hit. >> and the wind started picking up. >> communities like washington and new mendone were for the first part wiped away. >> pretty bad as far as people not staying in their home. roofs are gong. the church steeple is gone. some damage on the inside and, yeah, i would say it's pretty bad. >> reporter: a path of splintered homes and communities leveled from the storm stretches from kentucky through michigan where more than 250,000 families were left without power.

though they understand. hundreds of families have lost a lot more. yeah, and the extent of that loss will be better known as soon as the sun rises here today. look, fema feels already on the ground here and across the region and white house says that the president continues to get updates on the situation. that's the latest live here in washington. i'm jay gray. back to you. >> jay, thank you. nbc meteorologist bill karins with where these storms are headed next. >> we've been tracking them all night doing damage through pennsylvania with power outages and they raced through new york city, the good news is that they have weakened about 99% compared to what they did yesterday. it wasn't with much fanfare that it went through new york city winds gusting 30 miles per hour. you can see they started about noon yesterday and these are just flyinging. i mean traveling highway speed. people had very little time to get safe places. it's actually amazing how strong

they were that we haven't had more fay facilities and watching new york city. storms just rolled through out on long island right now and just about all the severe weather is over with with these. the winds gusting to 31, jfk, still have gusty winds and rain up in new england especially about 7:00 a.m., providence, right across the mass pike of new hampshire and maine and 89:00 a.m. just everyone is clear in new england with the exception of maine and should clear up about noon. the damaging winds from this storm and all the destruction over the last 18 hours appears to be done. >> thank goodness for that. thanks, bill. the u.s. aincreasing its humanitarian aid to the philippines donating $10 million for a total of 37 million so far. newly released video shows the power as it it the coast. 3600 people were killed but survivors are getting help. >> it's still as crowded inside

as it was the other day. a long line of patients. but a far cry from what we saw the last time. >> ow. you have your antibiotics. >> reporter: even a solar powered refrigerator for medications. >> they're trying to build new shelters. i presumes date to fix health k healthcare.gor. erin allbright takes over and nancy pelosi says it's not going to affect the midterm elections. >> they stand tall and in support of the obama care act. this is an issue that has to be dealt with. it's not a political issue that we'll run away from. it's too valuable for the

american people. what is important about is it that is the american people are well served. >> 39 democrats broke ranks and voted friday for a republican plan to allow people to keep plans that have been canceled. embattled mayor ford was met with yells at a canadian football saturday. even though the canadian football league's commissioner asked him not to attend the game ford showed up wearing a blue toronto argonaut jersey with mayor ford stitched on the back. while some yelled nasty comments most cheered and even high-fived the mayor and he just seemed to be loving it. bitcoin gets a taste of reality today, the first of at least two hearings on capitol hill and many say it is just the beginning. tracie potts joins us live from

washington with details. >> reporter: it is interesting. this bitcoin is virtual money that's not manufactured or regulated by the government and that's the issue here today, veronica. the senate homeland security committee wants to look at not only what it is but what the potential scams are out there. tate and federal authorities are now concerned that with this virtual money available, that the semi anonymous transactions might be used for money laundering or drug transactions. ee sngsally it's digital money you use like cash and use it to send and purchase things online, not controlled by or made by the government. there's no central network that monitors it but the attraction is that the fees are lower. the concern here on capitol hill is whether it needs to be regular lated and how it needs to be regulated. there is a second hearing tomorrow with the senate banking committee. >> tracie potts, thanks.

now to sports. my good friend richard lui. good morning monday morning. >> the last undefeated team gets a loss courtesy of peyton manning, the chiefs trailing at every quarter in the game, alix smith and his team could not quite get in rhythm. the broncos win that, 27-17. it was a long day for the ravens and bears. first midwestern torrential downpours caused a two-hour delay. bears return it for six and seconds left, ravens field goal sends it into o.t., 20-20 and another gives chicago the win, 23-20. jumping gentlemen jehosefat. the steelers jump over detroit by 37-27 and saints win waiting for the fair catch but the niners tackle him anyway. the 15-yard benty put him within

field goal range and win. ten home game straight losses and that fires them up. eagles wing, 24-16, take first in the nfc east. the price of beauty, cardinals' andre elling tongue hair came out. ouch, let me see it. is it really hair. yeah, right there. he's not the only one on the dangered hair list. espn counting 180 pros with shoulder length locks last year. 180. in the bcs rankings after usc stuns baylor. three top teams in the running for the two game spots, alabama, florida state and ohio state. jimmie johnson won his sixth title at 38 years old. the youngest ever one win away from tying richard petty

and dale earnhardt. it was all about great teamwork. extreme tailing series in brazil lived up to its name. hit with big wind gusts. tipped over and capsized all crew members were accounted for but unfortunately the team was forced to drop out of the race. wow. >> jumping jehosephat. >> thanks. coming up just in time for five guys a butterball turkey shortage. a dangerous scene when one fan falls on another. details next.

good morning, welcome back. some stories making news this morning now. at least 50 people were killed when a plane crash burst into flames. the boeing 737 fuel tank exploded on impact during a landing attempt. authorities are searching for the flight recorders. europe's most active volcano shot molten lava into the air

saturday night. the owe corruption of mt. etna rarely cause evacuation and while it did flow nearby villages were not ordered to evacuate. during sunday's buffalo bills game, a fan fell from the top level of the stadium and landed on another person in the level below. the accident sent both individuals to the hospital. with the man hit suffering with a shoulder injury. and butterball which produces 20% of all u.s. turkeys say there will be a shorter of turkeys 16 pounds or larger. butterball said their turkey had a decline in weight gain. it is limiting supplies of fresh turk kurs. as the dow approaches 16,000 we turn to seema mody. >> good morning. two tech stories. sony says it sold more than 1 million playstation 4 game consoles in the u.s. and canada on its launch day friday.

sony aims to sell 5 million ps4s by the end of its fiscal year in march. apple is installing so-called ibeacons to improve service and boost sales. now, those are transmitters that are wirelessly connected to your iphone or ipad alerting you on price information, products or workshops to learn how to use new features or apps. back to you. >> thanks, seema. it is cheney versus cheney in a battle between siblings, plus, 3d guns have members of congress nervous and with with good reason. details nextment. oice. online or on the phone, we help you hire right the first time. with honest reviews on over 720 local services. keeping up with these two is more than a full time job, and i don't have time for unreliable companies. angie's list definitely saves me time and money.

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now, here's your "first look" at your dish of scrambled politics. thanksgiving will be interesting at the thanksgiving dinner at the cheney household. >> your sister mary who is married to a woman put out this post. she said, for the record, i love my sister, you, but she dead wrong on the issue of marriage. >> yeah, and, listen, i love mary very much. i love her family very much. this is just an issue on which we disagree. >> that didn't sit too well with mary or her wife heather poe. they both took to their facebook pages to voice their disagreement with heather writing, "i can't help but wonder how liz would feel she discovered her family was

protected in one but not the other." she added, "yes, in 15 states and in the district of columbia you are my sister-in-law". chuck schumer is trying to ban weapons from 3d printers. fi firearms can't be found by metal detectors, but just as power phil as any other gun. a ban on the weapons expires next month. scott walker isn't done with his first term but is looking towards the white house. on sunday he described his perfect 2016 candidate and it sounds a lot like, well, scott walker. >> i think it's got to be an outsider. i think both the presidential and vice presidential nominees should be a country or former governor, people who have done successful things. >> meanwhile, the democratic side martin o'malley is testing the waters in new hampshire.

he headlined the granite state annual jefferson/jackson dinner and this video was part of the inrow duck. president and mrs. obama will pay tribute to former president kennedy wednesday. it marks 50 years since his anas nation joined by former president clinton and mrs. clinton. they traveled to college park to watch a game. terrapins were playing oregon state and the beavers beat the terps, 92-83. that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining us now for our first look is "the washington post" reporter david nakamura. nice to see you. let's start with this interesting thought from wisconsin governor scott walker. we were just listening to him say that the gop candidate must come from outside the beltway for the presidential nominee in 2016. what is this all about, david? a shameless plug,

self-promotion? >> a little bit but it's what's going on, of course, you have several governors both scott walker, chris chris if i in new jersey, bobby jindal saying we're outside the washington morass. so it's time for somebody who can show a track record of getting something done, sometimes in a bipartisan fashion. certainly chris christie in new jersey is staying this. so they're sort of capitalizing on the anti-washington feeling. you have three strong republican senators who have made some, you know, major media plays this year, marco rubio and rand paul and, of course, ted cruz who is taking a different tact saying we'll use our platform to show we're fighting against president obama's agenda and run strongly to the right to sort of capitalize on those anti-washington sentiments in that way and obviously you'll have two different camps competing next year certainly and going forward to 2016 in the primary to sort of position themselves. >> right, right, let's go ahead

and move on to liz cheney running for senate and come out strongly opposing day marriage but strongly supporting her sister's several union but only in private. how do you think this will play out in the primary? >> she's running a state and running strongly to the right again trying to capitalize on that tea party sentiment in wyoming and, you know, this is obviously now exploded into the public view. their own father dick cheney certainly broke with george bush during their time in office embracing his daughter and saying i don't have much of a problem with gay marriage. he's embraced his daughter's views and his sister is running for office and couching words obviously so this will play out. something the broader republican party is dealing with, of course, about how to expand their base, include more people as they look to broader national elections so this is something that the party is dealing with and this family.

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show the world what you created, baby. >> i made this. it's a macaroni necklace. >> y'all hear that. she just changed the game. >> again, i am sorry for how i have been acting. it is not indicative of my position of mayor in this great

town of prtoronto. >> i got what you asked for. >> not here, okay. let's do it under the desk. >> okay. >> this right here is grade a -- >> don't say what it is. >> well, i got your stuff right here. >> whoa, that's a lot of crack. >> that was hilarious. >> was that real or "snl"? it's hard to tell. >> you can't even tell the difference these days. all right, time now for "first buzz." bill karins joins us. how much you would pay for a hug? >> that's right. cuddling. >> just a hug. >> more than a hug. >> this is only a hug, she says. not sexual at all. it doesn't go there at all. >> so she says. >> that's what she says and has a vetting process. sam hess has -- >> is that a hug. >> no, it's cuddling. a dollar a minute. some pay for a massage. a dollar a minute. she has a boyfriend and he's comfortable with what she does.

she has clients that range from women to men to depressed people. >> she's really -- she's walking a fine line. >> she's trained in the martial arts. >> i don't know what to say about that. >> have you ever heard of a peekery. >> no. >> you haven't. check it out. look at these little guys. so much bad stuff in the news and wanted to play video of these guys on display at the san diego have. china gets the pandas. we get. peccaries. san francisco zoo on the endangered species list. they're a breed of pig and they're so cute and learn something new every day because i never heard of a peccary before. richard lui with amazing reaction. >> game on saturday. we were talking about auburn/georgia. 25 seconds left and that amazing catch, oh, my god.

circle juggle and auburn wins. look at the reaction from the crowd. >> whoo-hoo. >> jumping jehosephat. >> stay tuned because "way too early" starts right now. >> our father who respearen't i heaven, hallowed be thy name and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who truespass against out. deliver us from evil. >> the words and images, as dozens tornadoed result in loss of life. a live report from the midwest and bill karins details what happened. also, in russia, plane crashes to the ground and kills 50 people. might teed to lighten things up a little at least humorwise

and bring you rob ford who reveals he would like to be prime minister of canada someday. let's try to have fun on a monday. this is "way too early." good morning, everybody. brian slaktman, november the 18th. a very, very busy news day so we want to get you started right away and begin with irony. just over a week ago this was the headline. 2013 a tranquil year for tornadoes so far. that changed quickly yesterday when a series of deadly storms broke out all over the midwest. at this hour the death toll stands at 6. dozens more as you might imagine are injured. it struck from kentucky to missouri to ohio up into indiana and illinois. dr. greg forbes of the weather channel put a rough estimate at a possible 40 tornadoes across the country. >> those are