could lead to the suspension of alex rodriguez and more tan a dozen other players. we are live with new details. first lady's face-off going one-on-one with a heckle ler last night. delivery by drone. an unmanned mission to deliver a peaching hot pizza to your door. good morning. we begin with the growing threat for millions living along the mississippi river. >> the five chief in one missouri town says everyone is ready to go at a moment's notice if the levee that had been patched up fails to hold the river back. there's more rain and that's looming across much of the nation's midsection. new details on all of this, we are joined by accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. good morning. jim. >> good morning. it is officially now atlantic hurricane seeing and we are tracking a system. it'll be slow to develop here. right now just a broad area of

low pressure. looking at enhanced imagery and brighter colors showing deep convections, heavy thunderstorm activity, heavy downpours. plenty of moisture for it to work with that will bring heavy rain regardless if it develops or not as it moves north and eastward through the week. pouring down on florida flooding a major concern as far as today is concerned rain will be heaviest in south florida. really lake okeechobee down on southward. flooding ongoing along the mississippi river from all the storms we saw last week. rivers already cresting around st. louis but it'll be days before those rivers crest further southward. john and diana, back to you. >> thank you, jim. we'll track all of this later on "good morning america." our other major story this morning, major league baseball facing another black eye because of players' apparent use of performance-enhancing drugs. >> the game has had plenty of experience with this issue but not quite like this. devin dwyer joins us with the details and in washington this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

these are explosive allegations touching some of baseball's biggest stars including its highest paid player, alex rodriguez. >> there it is. number 600. alex rodriguez. >> reporter: it would be the largest doping scandal in american sports history, dozens of major league baseball players including superstar s alex rodriguez and ryan braun could be suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs. >> i worry about baseball being affected as a game. >> reporter: sources tell espn's program "outside the lines" that the league obtained documents linking 30 players to the biogenesis clinic. the owner tony bosh told investigators he provided performance-enhancing drugs and even injected the yankees' rodriguez himself and stunned fans. >> i'm shocked to hear that. >> he should be a role model. >> hopefully it isn't true, but if it is, i hope he learned his lesson and move on. >> reporter: no comment from the

league or the players on the latest doping investigation but in the past many of those under scrutiny have denied ties to the clinic and illegal drugs. >> i truly believe in my heart and i would bet my life this substance never entered my body at any point. >> reporter: the baseball's commissioner is considering suspending some of the players for 100 games more than half the regular season. they can still appeal in a process that could take several months. bosh will meet with baseball officials friday to begin sharing information. the announcement of suspensions could come in the next two weeks. john? >> all right, devin dwyer in washington for us this morning, thank you. also this morning, showdown between first lady michelle obama and a heckler. a woman calling for more protection for gays tried to shout down mrs. obama at a dnc fund-raiser in washington last night but the first lady did not back down. there were no cameras present but here's what she said, one of the things i don't do well is this.

she then actually left the podium and walked toward the heckler and told her, listen to me or take the mike but i'm leaving. you all decide. you have one choice. the crowd begged for the first lady to stay. that heckler was reportedly escorted out. >> all right, on capitol hill a highly charged hearing over the issue of sexual assault in the military. the nation's most senior officers facing off against female senators who want victims of abuse to report the crime to special military legal authorities instead of their commanding officer. but the officers want to police their own ranks. >> command authority is the most critical mechanic kim for ensuring discipline, accountability and unit cohesion. >> not every single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape. >> the pentagon estimated in a recent report that as many as 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year. we now have the most specific claim yet by a western nation about the use of chemical weapons in syria. both france and britain say they have con firmed that the nerve

gas sarin has been used. france went further saying the lethal gas was used multiple times and at least once by the syrian regime. president obama previously warned that chemical weapons could be a game changer when it comes to u.s. intervention. and this morning new jersey's high-profile governor is facing criticism for how he's handling a special election to fill frank lautenberg's seat. chris christie set it for october. democrats kus him of squandering more than $12 million, the cost of a separate special election. and they see it as a political move calculated to keep christie's name at the top of the ballot in november. ohio state university president gordon gee is retyring after coming under fire for moblging notre dame and catholics and poking fun at the academic quality of other schools. he said the controversy was only part of the reason he decided to step down july 1st. mississippi's governor sparked a fiery national debate with his controversial comments about educational trouble in

america. governor phil bryant taking part in a panel discussion when he seeped to blame working moms for the declining reading proficiencies. >> how did america get so mode oaker. >> i think parents became, both parented starting working and the mom is in the workplace, it's not a bad thing, i'm going to get this trouble. i can just see -- i can see the e-mails tomorrow. >> bryant later added parent, both of them are pressured into families today and he should have known that. his wife worked outside the home for nearly 40 years. even when their two children were grown up. learning more about the power of that deadly tornado last friday in oklahoma. the national weather service now says the tornado was the widest ever recorded. 2.6 miles. the twister was classified as a top of the scale ef-5 with winds of nearly 300 miles an hour.

>> wow. let's take a look at the weather across the nation, heavy rain and flooding in south florida, scattered thunderstorms across the deep south. some severe storms for the texas panhandle, oklahoma and arkansas. they'll be showers in the ohio valley. hot and dry in the southwest. near 90 in sacramento and albuquerque. mostly 70s in the midwest. 80s from new orleans to the mid-atlantic. still to come, police say it's a real-life version of the show "weeds." a suburban mom accused of fueling her lavish lifestyle by growing pot. >> a u.s. car company thumbing its nose saying its jeeps are safe. the chain that is cutting its prices on a large pie by half.

things are getting heated between the government and chrysler which is refusing a request to recall thousands of jeeps. the government says the older suv's fuel tanks may rupture in rear end collisions causing deadly fires. chrysler says the investigation is based on an incomplete analysis. >> we believe that chrysler has little time to think about this, see the public reaction, that they'll do the right thing and they'll recall the jeeps. >> now, chrysler does have a track record when it comes to rebuffing recall efforts and challenged a similar request in 2008 and won it in a court of appeals. the dow's tuesday hot streak is over of the blue chip average had climbed 20 tuesdays in a row before slipping more than 76 points yesterday. concerns over changes in the fed support for the economy are weighing on stocks. but the dow is still up nearly 16% for the year. apple says it expects to go

on a hiring very at its headquarters in cupertino, california. projecting it will bring on 7400 new workers between now and the completion of a new office complex in 2016. that's growth of nearly 50%. apple's projection came as it seeks building per politician for a massive new complex. starting today pizza hut is offering a large one topping pizza for just $5.55. the hook for the deal is it's pizza hut's 55th anniversary. analysts say it's all about getting the upper hand on companies like little caesar. that's half price and the deal goes until the 15th. when we come back, the he t heartbreaking decision for a little girl. why the state of pennsylvania limited her options for a heart than plant. how fisherman reeled in this beast off the coast of southern california.

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the sounds of old ironsides, the "uss constitution." on board were many first responders who raced to the scene of the explosion and what an honor to see the oldest commissioned naval vessel in her glory. >> easy for you to say. a look at the morning road conditions. slick ride for more than half the country. thunderstorms drenching highways from texas and oklahoma into the central plains. also wet across much of the midwest, ohio valley and deep south. flooded roads in southern florida. airport delays possible in chicago, kansas city, miami, atlanta and memphis. all right now to what authorities are calling a major marijuana bust right here in the new york city area. >> a mother of two is facing drug charges after agents seized more than 2,000 marijuana plants and large quantities of dried pot at an indoor facility and

seized tens of thousands of dollars in cash. she lives in an upscale suburb but the feds say she paid for it by selling millions of dollars of high grade pot. she could spend ten years in prison if found guilty. >> can you imagine the electric bills at that warehouse. the family of a dying pennsylvania girl trying to cope with a devastating blow. the health and human services secretary is refusing to bend rules. that could make a difference between life or death for the 10-year-old waiting for new lungs. more from abc's susan saulman. >> reporter: this is sara murnnihan. she was the subject of a heated exchange between kathleen sebelius, the secretary of health and human services and representative lou barletta, a republican who represents pennsylvania where sara lives. >> madam secretary, i would urge you this week to allow that lung transplant to move forward. it simply takes your signature. >> reporter: sara's family and supporters say the transplant

rules are based on age instead of need. under u.s. guidelines a lung from an adult donor would be offered to adults in her region. she said she was full of compassion. >> i can't imagine anything more agonizing than what they're going through. >> reporter: but could not make an exception for sara. >> there are about 40 very seriously ill pennsylvanians over the age of 12 also waiting for a lung transplant and three other children in the philadelphia hospital at the same acuity rate. >> reporter: they're donated each year than adult lungs and sara's adults added her name as she took a serious turn to for the worse last week. >> we're asking sara like everybody 12 and over compete based on how sick she is. in a month sara won't be alive. >> reporter: she's not in good condition and her family

continues to hope for last-minute mercy. john and diana. >> okay, susan, thank you. frightening video caught by a dash camera driving down i-95 hit from the left by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. yikes. frightening video. the officer suffered only bumps and bruises, was able to be out of the hospital within 24 hours, the other driver was unhurt but he did get a ticket. all right, big day for super bowl champion baltimore ravens, they're going to the white house today to be congratulated by president obama. as for other teams trying to win a similar visit here's espn. welcome to your "sportscenter" update, i'm jorge andres. hit the ice. game three between the kings and the blackhawks. l.a. down 2-0 to chicago. second period, kings up, 1-0. surrounded by this, right place, right time. finding the back of the net. his fifth goal of the season,

slava voynov. bryan bickell and look at jonathan quick, a quick reflex there. ridiculous save, 19 saves for him in the game, kings win it, 3-1. to the diamond rangers taking on the red sox. bottom of the second. sox up-0. jackie bradley jr. getting his first career dinger, a two-run home run. just like that, boston up 4-0. bottom five, sox up 10-2. a long fly ball to right and that's a dinger. his fourth of the season. the red sox up 11-2. bem eight now, rangers down 17-5. yeah, you heard me. 17-5. and david ortiz, he would head out to right. sox win it, 17-5. and that's your "sportscenter" update, i'm jorge andres. have a great day. all right, here's a catch you don't see every day. a 12-foot, 1300-pound mako shark

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♪ time to check "the pulse," the first story getting a lot of buzz online overnight, the wife of an alabama lawmaker warning women to stay away from her man or face the consequences. >> uh-huh. the wife of alabama state senator shad rack mcgill says her husband has been bombarded with bold propositions from women. two strippers even showed up at their door in the middle of the night. >> what? >> what were they thinking? so fed up she decided to give them fair warning on facebook and posted "i have been silent for long enough. no more. multiple times since being in office he's gotten e-mails from women inviting him to explore, also sending him pictures of themselves. no more. this is the behind-the-scenes garbage that political life brings. i will not turn a blind eye to it any longer." >> threatening to share the

names of people who inappropriately approached her husband. he's proud of how she's handled this. hate it when strippers show up. longing for a taste of your early childhood, this is kind of gross. your very early childhood, a texas company is introducing a new candy, the lollipop tastes like breast milk. he tasted milk from four nursing moms -- i don't know what the back story is before developing this flavor. >> here's the catch. there's no milk in this product. it's just mostly sugar. and if you have a more sophisticated palate the company bra makes a chocolate bacon flavored pop. pizza delivery by drone. >> if you watch this video produced by a domino's pizza franchise in britain. >> they're calling it the domicopter. >> this is likely a pr stunt and

domino's says here in the u.s. this has no plans to make deliveries by drone. faa rules ban it for those purposes. certainly fun to watch. >> i think the breast milk pop probably is one of those too. how do you get that guy, though. >> that's the beauty of it. >> you never have to tip again. >> dough. >> ba-dum-dum. for some of you your local news is coming up next. everyone else we'll be back with a life-saving rescue come full circle with us. [ male announcer ] this one goes out to all the allergy muddlers.

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request by the government to recall jeeps. fuel tanks can rupture leading to deadly fires. looking at today's weather, heavy rain and flooding in south florida, showers and thunderstorms across the deep south, ohio valley and midwest. severe storms from north texas all the way to arkansas but it's going to be hot and dry in the southwest. and finally an emotional reunion of a mother and a man who saved her life. the woman we're talking about was burned in april's fertilizer plant blast in texas. >> for the first time she's had a chance to say thank you. monika diaz of our dallas station has the story. >> what is that? >> reporter: life's little rewards. a mother playing with her son. >> give me a squeeze. >> reporter: they are moments misty lambert will never take for granted. >> we're going to live every day like it's our last and love every day like it's our last. >> reporter: embracing the scars

covering her face, chest and arms. >> i have them for a reason. >> reporter: second chances. >> a new beginning, life. i am starting over. that god believed me in enough to giver mow a checked chance at life. >> reporter: seven weeks ago she nearly lost her life in the west fertilizer explosion. the blast destroyed her apartment. misty was inside trapped in the rubble. an hour later and minutes from giving up her rescuers arrived. >> they rewarded me with my second chance at life. they gave me hope and i didn't have any. >> reporter: in a restaurant in waco misty showed off the plaques for her heroes. >> hi. how are you? >> reporter: for the first time she met the men who pulled her out of the debris. billy brown and scott garner from the leroy-axtell fire rescue department. >> to know somebody i don't know

is given a second chance just by something that we've done as volunteers. >> i've never really had a patient as bad off as misty that survived. >> i personally wanted to thank both of you for saving my life. >> reporter: the mother of five is eternalally grateful. >> thank you. >> reporter: billy and scott gave her so much and another chance to take in life's little rewards. in waco, monika diaz, channel 8 news. >> precious moments she can now hang on to forever with her son. >> go misty, right. >> that's what's making news in america. >> captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is "good morning, washington," on your side. straight ahead, a doping scandal rocks major league baseball. the league is trying to spend nearly