supposed to matter in 2016. it's still a real thing. but at the very least, this year it has the potential to be a very, very funny thing. conservetism was not supposed to matter. it still matters. it's still a real thing. but at the very least this year it has the potential to be a funny thing. "first look" is up next. >> coming up on "first look," a storm chaser caught inside a tornado as an outbreak of twisters strikes the midwest and another major cluster of tornadoes expected saturday. the nfl report on the patriots and tom brady's deflated balls stops just short of calling them cheaters. plus 65 million americans are suffering through a poll entsunami. a new mcdonald's ham burg

already, and the big mangos down. what happened to shaq? "first look" starts right now. >> good morning. tornado outbreak. the sky erupting with severe weather. 50 reported tornadoes touchg down across the u.s. places like nebraska kansas and oklahoma. one storm chaser catching the moment of impact live on air. >> you're looking at it right now. this is it. coming to the ground. three of them coming down. >> the damage from the sky, incredible. the governor declaring a state of energy. homes levelled. hotel walls ripped away. roads lost under 8 inches of water. and police using night vision gear to search a mobile home park. in kansas this. >> we have a roof that just flew through the air. this is a serious situation.

>> a tornado hits just outside wichita. the twister blowing homes off their foundations and ripping up trees. in nebraska a funnel spinning into a twister. it blows through a field. damaging over a dozen homes. in texas over 7 inches of rain causing flash flooding. too much for drivers. extreme weather in northern germany germany, a tornado forming on camera. it is probably the biggest rule in sports don't cheat. this morning the super bowl champions and their super bowl quarterback may have done just that. >> reporter: tom brady addressed the public in january and denied any involvement in what's known as deflate gate. intentionally removing air from

footballs. >> i've always played within the rules. i would never do anything to break the rules. i respect the league. >> reporter: an nfl investigation found it is more probable than not that the three-time super bowl quarterback was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities. the report said patriots personnel were involved. that a locker room attendant and an equipment assistant participated in a deliberate effort to release air after the referee examined them. >> there's a mountain of circumstantial evidence but it lacks the smoke gun. >> reporter: the patriots defeated the indianapolis colts 45-7 to advance to the super bowl. officials discovered 11 of 12 game balls different balls used by the opponent were underinflated by the minimum of 12.5 inches per square inch.

mcally are writing i'm going to make that next ball a balloon. tom, 16 is nothing. water until next sunday. nfl commissioner said the league will consider taking disciplinary action saying we will continue our efforts vigorously to promote fair play at all times. reaction by fans outside the team's staiddium were mixed. >> it's a same but i'm still a fan. >> he's carried himself as a pro, acts as a pro. he is just as much a pro off the field and as on the field. >> reporter: at the super bowl the patriots owner demanded an apology if it turned up no proof of wrong doing. >> i would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team and in

particular coach belichick and tom brady for what they have had to endure this past week. >> 50 million americans expected by allergies are experiencing what we call a pollen tsunami. they say froerks winter weather is making for a triple whammy. the grasses are hitting all at once to create misery and suffering. we are learning new information about what led to a shooting in texas. federal investigators say one of the gunmen was in contact with at least three known isis sympathizers prior to the event. >> reporter: two weeks before the gathering in texas, the fbi and homeland security warned the nation's police that the event, coat carries the risk of being targeted by violent extremists

noting that people were on twitter calling for retaliation. they say one of the gunmen was reading the calls. they say he followed a suspected british isis recruiter and that isis sympathizer and was communicating with an american who specifically called for attacking the texas event a week before the attack simpson sent this tweet, dm me. a prominent pro-isis website shows this picture as isis followers continue claiming credit. they say simpson was one of 400 people in the west deeply embedded in jihadist tweets. they say shutting down accounts is virtually impossible. >> when twitter takes down accounts they open new ones but

it takes some time for followers to find the new accounts. >> reporter: monitoring twitter messages tipped off the fbi in many isis related terror cases but officials say it's a huge chore with more than five thousand people following. >> a new report claims to have found nearly 1600 irs who cheated on their taxes. tracie potts the live in washington. we're learning that many of these employees kept their jobs. >> reporter: not only did they keep their jobs. some were promoted. they got raises and bonuses after the irs discovered that they cheated on their taxes. the agency also says many of these people face disciplinary action either they were suspended or they had some sort of reprimand. last year they started deny

bonuses to people who were found cheating on their taxes. they claimed too many dependents filing taxes late deliberately orb or claiming the first time home buyers credit when they didn't buy a home at all. there were 18,000 people that the inspector general found did owe back taxes but did not willfully cheat on their taxes. to put all in this perspective, we're talking about 160 people a year. this was over a 10-year period. there are more than 85,000 people who work for the irs. >> thanks so much for that report. now to rome where pope francis has just joined the harlem globe trotters. he was made an honorary member during their tour of italy. >> we all just met the pope and we're excited. we've been able to do a lot of things in our life and meeting the pope is probably at the top of the list.

the team presented him with a jersey and even got him to try his hand at spinning the ball. it is time to get down to business now with landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning. still a few days to find the perfect gift for mom. they predict americans will spend more than $21 billion. mother's day is the third biggest retail hol di behind christmas and thanks giving. this may be becoming the new normal, the number of working parents who are the soul breadwinner is working. that's 43% of the working dads. both numbers are up from last year. and whole foods, now the company plans to open a chain of lower priced stores. back over to you.

>> now to sports. washington nationals are make taking onto miami marlins. homer the first two times at the plate and looking to go for three. >> heart for another one. the upper deck again. three in a row. >> yes. three straight home runs for heart. youngest player to do so since 1970. nath nats get the one. >> iman shumpert drains a three. couple plays later. he finished with 33. bulls not able to keep up with king james and the cavs. they take the game 106-91. bill, pay close attention. i would never want this to

happen to you while onset. >> all right. >> this is obvious. get him, kenny. >> oh. >> you set me up. >> what do you mean? >> you set me up. >> that had to hurt. >> that was a tumble. >> he seemed to have caught his size 22 shoe on cord. he did have some fun with it. he posted this on twitter. whoever makes the best time of me falling will win money. we tried one here. and president obama doing the hiezman over the giant. poor shaq. i hope he's okay. up next a high school senior prank that went pay too far, plus today's the day in the uk when voters decide who will lead their country. >> storm prediction centers saying on saturday a major tornado outbreak. lots to talk to you.

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>> may is the peak of tornado season. it overachieved yesterday. worse than expected. that's what happens in the peak seasons. strong storms north of dallas. the tornado threat is over with from last night. heavy rain around omaha. the worst of last night is over with. here's what we're looking at for today. 9 million people in the slight risk people including hayes, kansas. oklahoma city needs a break after last night. amarillo, dallas fort worth in the risk area. a few tornadoes. no guarantee of strong tornadoes. into friday 16 people in the slight risk or worse. saturday areas of oklahoma city and saint ang lee and saturday looks like the peak day. this is where we could even possibly see in this red area. higher on the scale, long trek

tornado that are strong and those are the ones that are typically the most deadly. as bad as yesterday was, no fatalities. that was fantastic. did have some injuries. saturday is the day where very dangerous day. >>. >> let's hope it stays calm. police are investigating a possible anti-gay hate crime. two gay men were struck during an altercation. the fight began earlier in the restaurant which reportedly involved anti-gay slurs. plus are searching for the assay lent. students wrote on walls brought in dead animals, plus this for a senior prank. >> they poored marbles and oil and things on the floor and covered it with hay. it cost $3,000 to clean up the mess. >> the ham burg ler is back.

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time now for your thursday edition of scrambled politics. we confirm former republican

senator rick santorum will announce on may 27th. >> many are calling this britain's most unpredictable election in decades. that's because the two parties have been neck and neck in opinion polls for months and the fighting among both parties has been brutal. the cover of the sun newspaper reads knife edge. make sure you vote today. britain's daily record features a picture of the prime minister and reads kick him out. the department of defense welcomes its first female fight jetter pilot. she completed 14 virtually wall training sessions were taking to the skies. it is described as one of the most technologically complex planes ever built. the u.s. secretary talked about

the controversial nuclear deal last night on the daily show. he told stuart the deal is not based on trust. >> this is not built upon trust. it's built on some pretty hard-nosed set of observations verification access transparency and that's the nature of the deal. >> and you trust them? >> we will verify. >> and they trust you? >> we will verify. >> and in the race for the white house, a lot of talk about how diverse the gop candidates are in this season. tonight's show host jimmy fallon commented on it last night. >> i read candidates are competing in one of the most diverse fields either party has ever seen. two women, two latinos and an african american. they're saying this is the college brochure of elections.

>> that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. bob franken joins us from washington. good morning to you. let's talk about iowa. this new poll showing jeb bush at the bottom of the field. >> first of all, he's not a declared candidate. second of all, what you have in the republican party right now is most of the attention being paid by the base. that is to say the cultural conservatives, the tea party types, that kind of thing. jeb bush is not their favorite. there are several other candidates or candidate want to bes who really say what they want to say. the question will become when the others start focusing more on the election. and marco rubio, florida governor there, too, seems to be gaining ground with immigration in the forefront. how do you think he's going to fair there? >> he is one of the ones they're ambivalent about. on the one hand many of the positions he's taken on

immigration are the kind that are not particularly favored by those who are on the right. but he is a fresh face and thus far he has been well received within the party. >> and let's talk about immigration here. hillary clinton came out yesterday making campaign promises that she's going to reform immigration but the white house said that president obama really did as much as legally possible. do you think she's going to be able to keep up with those promises? >> well what we're talking about now are campaign promises. and i know this will surprise you but oftentimes campaign promises are something we can't say on television. she's making all kinds of promises and the question is whether she or any of the politicians will be able to keep half of what they promised. >> it really is quite a big field coming up. who do you think is going to surprise us the most this season? >> well who i think is going to surprise us the most is probably

the press reports on the various candidates. i think that one of the surprises for hillary clinton has been that she has had such a struggle gaining traction because all the questions that have come up about ther veracity that type of thing. it's going to be quite interesting to see in the republican field just which of the candidates is going to in fact surprise people. is it going to be rand paul? is he going to be the one who catches fire? is it going to be jeb bush after he finally announces and takes advantage of all the money he's raised. the real question is would it be surprised if we were predicting what the surprise would be. >> we're right there with you. thank you for your input. just ahead alarming new numbers on climate change and get ready to kiss those arctic glaciers good-bye.

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a 37-year-old student branded some of his students with i heart mom. he has been placed on leave. that would be frightening. >> here's my brand, mom. >> "way too early" starts right now. ♪ ♪ good morning. it's thursday may 7th. welcome to "way too early." i'm in washington d.c. we'll get to deflategate and the 2016 election in a moment but we begin with the severe weather that isn't over. 50 tornadoes ripped through the southern plains battering much of oklahoma and southern kansas.

people were rushed to the hospital. two with critical injuries. dozens of homes have been destroyed and people have been reported middling. they are going door to door. rain also forced oklahoma city to declare a flash flood emergency. the national weather service sent out an alert urging people to seek higher ground and a wildlife refuge just outside of oklahoma city took a direct hit, allowing lions and tigers and other animals to roam freely before thankfully being recaptured a short time later, oh my. bill karins is tracking the storm and will bring us the latest soon. let's go to the nfl. the controversy about deflated footballs, a laeg report has been released on whether the new