dixie chicks. oh, my god. hello, houston.ad three hit albums behind them. they were on top of the world. and then natalie's off the cuff comment brought it all crashing down. there were cd crushing parties, protests, boycotts, country music turned its back on the chicks. >> the whole thing was so ridiculous. it just really feels like a made-up thing. it feels like it's happening to you. >> reporter: natalie apologized for being disrespectful. but she says even that was hard to swallow. >> because my natural personality and sense of it would have been to give everybody the middle finger and walk away. >> reporter: three years later, she got her chance to make that gesture musically anyway with a defiant song that said it all. not ready to make nice. ♪ how in the world can i say, then somebody is going to say ♪ >> reporter: that year, the chicks won every grammy category in which they were nominated including best country album. >> well, to close the quote the great simpson. >> reporter: but that vindication was bitter sweet. >

>> guest: some of them -- one of them was dixie walker. these are called in the people's choice with burke remains who patrol the outfield for the brooklyn dodgers. johnny murphy at the new york yankees. montemayor and, shortstop of the road champion 1946 world champion st. louis cardinals. these were some of the pioneers. of course the players that year, the first year 1946 that i fell in love with the game were trying to protest their conditions, not simply by negotiating new pension schemes, not simply by trying to be involved with the union, but also some of them are going south of the border to join the mexican league, which was enticing some of the outstanding star south of the border and i talk in the book about what we as kids saw him observed that some of these fellows went down there. they were disappointed and they try to come back and reclaim their status and they initiated antitrust litigation, antitrust laws and or to import the gore argument that players have used beyond the collective bargaining process is self. >> host: mr

dixie's out in western maryland. a little more rain out there. ofe clouds. higher elevation course. we are in the 70's right now. detroit is in the 60's. chicago is in the 40's. behind that cold front is some colder air and that is what will be driving the weather, the colder air approaching. number one, we will cool down as we go into the weekend. satellite pictures all over the ballpark. a lot of thin cloud south and east of baltimore. there is some son trying to break through in the upper atmosphere a little bit. that is not good if you do not like thunderstorms. we have a lot of sun out to the sun outwe have a lot of to the west. there is the potential for storms this evening. the atmosphere is kind of right for that. maybe we will get some stormy weather out of this later this afternoon. it would not hurt to get a little rain. i don't know about the storms. they are still developing storms in oklahoma right now, and more may be in the offing in texas. the potential for severe weather, again, moderate risk for really bad storms. parts of texas, just touching into oklahoma. we ar

>> some of them, one of them was dixie walker, and we called hand people's choice for those who patrolled the outfield, i johnny murphy murphy, marianne, the shortstop of the world champion st. louis cardinals and that first year after 1946 i belong love with it came was trying to protest their conditions and not by negotiating pension schemes. and then to be involved with the union but also some of them were going south of the border to mexico to join the mexican elite that was enticing some of those cells of the border. i talked in the book that we as kid sought and observed as they went down there and they tried to come back and reclaim their status and initiated an antitrust litigation and labor law as too important legal avenues the players have used beyond the collective bargaining process itself. >>host: mr. gould why since 1995 have we not seen a baseball strike? what did you help to put into place? >>guest: we see no baseball strikes as a result of the settlement, revenues have escalated by the time we intervene to but at the time of the last collective bargaining agreement in 20

conservative and executive of koch industries, makers of brawny paper towels, stainmaster carpet, dixie cups and thanks to factory run off sexually ambiguous trout. recently... good looking trout. recently pbs has been accused of scuttling documentary called citizen koch because they feared the reaction from david koch. i guess for a donation of $75, you get the pbs tote bag and for $23 million you get pbs's nut sack. but... but... [ cheers and applause ] but, it is nice. it is nice to see that pbs finally gets it. i mean, if you want to make it in the tv biz you can't say bad stuff about your meal ticket. that's why i will never reveal that my sponsor, mountain dew was originally mario ducci. he changed his name in the '70s after he went state's evidence against the gambino crime family and became part of the witness refreshment program. but i say it is not enough just to avoid saying nasty things about david koch. pbs should replace cookie monster with a roll of brawny paper towels. just as lovable and twice as absorbent. we'll be right [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: hey, welcome

he did an interpretive dance to the dixie chicks. >> no way, unbelievable. >> tyler markham at 30 isg that moment. ♪ children get older and i'm getting older too ♪ >> this is not real, but it's so awesome.xd pay close attention. he has his drawers open, and he opened the drawers on the left-hand side. and the underwear, pretty close match. and the interpret you have dance, look how literal he is with his interpretation. ♪ and i saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills ♪ >> this is soxd funny. >> i have been laughing all day long, just with this replaying in my head. >> i can't wait for the next ten years. i want to see tyler at 40. >> tyler said it's the best birthday ever. a little birthday gift to him for showing his awesome video to america. happy birthday, tyler markham. ♪ >> look out into the surf and you see açó dorsal fin. the fin of a shark and that's on the end of a fisherman's line, standing right on the beach. guy caught a shark, but the guy recording the scene caught something more eye popping. >> oh! >> i didn't notice the first guy. >> there appears to be three guys

around the 21-foot tall monument, they are going to try to get classmates to the top to retrieve a dixie and replace it with a hat. last year it took the class of 2015 two hours. >>> students will receive bags of books today. this is in head start sites across the city. the summer program is to keep students learning during the summer months. >>> united airlines is getting 787s back in the air. this is after being grounded for four months with a battery problem. the first light is from 11:00 this morning from houston to chicago. >>> the first active pro athlete to come out as gay. he will receive the courage award. he will be presented in new york tonight. >>> the preakness is in the books. 117,000 fans attended the race on saturday. that is the fourest largest crowd ever. now that race is over and so are the talks of the triple crown winner. disappointing orb was the favorite to win. oxbow took home first place. orb was 4th. now it is time for the horses to get ready for the belmont takes. >>> all right. now the forecast today. lynette, during the weekend the threat of rain throughout,

those conditions usually converge over the plain states traditional tornado alley or even dixie alley, east of the mississippi. we're seeing an eastward trend to some of the most severe tornadoes. the winds increase as you rise through the atmosphere. this creates horizontal wind sheer, think of it as horizontal tubes of air. when you have a thunderstorm, an intense updraft that, thunderstorm is able to focus the horizontal sheer about a vertical axis. and like an ice skater who brings her arms in and spins faster, you have all this moisture and energy being focused around this vertical axis. in a typical thunderstorm, it usually snuffs itself out within about 30 to 45 minutes, but in these super cell thunderstorms, they tilt over slightly due to wind changes. so instead of dying out after 45 minutes, it goes on hour after hour and you have enormous amounts of energy focusing right around the central core. and a rear flank down draft pulls this whole circulation down to the ground and we have a tornado. out of a hundred thunderstorms, chris, maybe one or two will ever go on to produce

>> some of them, one of them was dixie walker, and we called hand people's choice for those who patrolled the outfield, i johnny murphy

>> well this dog dixie we talked about in the story, a pretty incredible story.lice to ride out the storm. loaded the three dogs into the car. came here to the hospital. she ran inside to make sure it would be okay to bring the dogs inside. within moments the tornado hit. and she says by the time she made it back jououtside her cars gone. she parked in front of the hospital. she later found her car in the back. which means that car was picked up by the tornado, the dogs were thrown out. incredibly two of the dogs are back at home with her this morning. bume but they're still searching for the third one. >> marci, let's turn to the human toll. we know the search is over. there are still these, deaths, people that we want to talk about the what else have you learned about the victims? >> 24 victims. 10 of them children. seven died in the elementary school. we learned two victims were infani infa infants, 4 and 7 months old. one a baby boy with his mother, trying to hide from the storm in the freezer of a 7-eleven. the mother was also killed. >> all the. abc's marci

threat will also continue with rain, heavy rain from oklahoma city and then south and east through dixie alley, as it's known, the southern states and right into tennessee and maybe eventually into atlanta, georgia, as well with flash flooding in many places. if there is any silver lining to this, brian, farmers we talked to say we'll take the storms any time, we need the rain. they've gone through a multiyear drought here in the plains. >> mike bettes outside tulsa, thanks. >>> and here we are talking about oklahoma again. the live chopper shot is from our affiliate kfor in oklahoma city. again, unbelievably, moore, oklahoma, is among the places under the threat of tornadoes today into tonight after what was another emotional day there. nbc's janet shamlian is there for us tonight alongside the remnants of plaza towers elementary school. >> reporter: even as dark clouds gathered above them, demolition crews went to work on what was left of plaza towers elementary school. what the tornado started here, bulldozers worked to finish. >> sad. hard to see it go. this is our little neighborhoo

they have to replace a dixie cup with a hat. >> 6;31. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. that could be tough with the rain. >> they have to do it shirtless. we have a threat of some sprinkles. 69 degrees downtown. 64 degrees at the airport. 67 degrees in annapolis. we have some showers in southern maryland. richmond is getting showers as well. the high todayme, around 80 with a thunderstorm. i think my husband is calling me now. >> let's check your morning commute. we have some accidents in sykesville at freedom avenue and route 32. that crash in the process of being cleared in jarrettsville. around 30 minutes on the west side outer loop-- around 13 minutes on the west side outer loop. 40 miles per hour on the j.f.x. in towards the city. this is what it looks like south of the beltway as volume builds. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. that severe weather out in the midwest is our big story. some areas are not in the cleared just yet. >> there was a trail of debris across several states. a tournament went through sev

first time back as she goes solo from the dixie chicks.day. coming with ben harper. >> it will be incredible. new look, new sound. this is great. >> the whole summer's going to be great. did you see the audience? the music. and kerry washington. >>> on top of all that, it's "you're not dreaming" at "gma" -- >> all: you're not dreaming! >> we share stories of ordinary people that inspire us by doing extraordinary things. this morning, shining a light on tawanda jones. the woman who used dance to inspire the children in her neighborhood. the camden group. take a look. >> pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up! pick it up. >> reporter: confidence. discipline. and above all, sophistication. >> yes, james, baby. >> reporter: that's what tawanda jones drills into each of these girls. >> who are we? >> reporter: she was a high school student when her dance team lost its funding. that did not stop her. she kept the drill team going herself. creating camden sophisticated sisters. >> i decided to create this drill team because there was a ma

at the top is a dixie hat worn by plebes. plebe who makes it to the top replaces it with a midshipman's cap. it kicks off at 1:30. >>> and tone hey moy has more b news. >> right to the video now. you can see the intense fire going on right now. this is a six-alarm fire at a condo unit in dallas, texas. 24 units are in fire right now. they have over 100 firefighters on the scene. now, this is the concerning part. one firefighter is trapped. saying that his last radio contact was that he didn't know where he was. they have one firefighter they don't know where he is at. they have also suffered some first floor collapses in this fire as well, and we'll continue to follow this story. again a six-alarm fire going on in dallas, texas, at this condo unit. you can see in that video right there, multiple fire engines there with ladders up. you can see the intense flames. we'll continue to follow the story. guy, send it back to you. >> tony, watching the commute along the east coast this morning as one of the busiest rail corridors in

. >> natalie maynes of the dixie chicks. she's doing something like that. who else?we saw someone else. >> charlize theron. >> yes. i think it's kind of catching on. is she not with her boyfriend? is that over? what happened? >> i don't know. i don't lie in bed awake at night thinking or worrying about it. but i do believe they're on some sort of a rest. >> okay. nice. >> yes. >> we want to wish a big happy birthday to alice. ♪ here's the story of a lovely lady ♪ ♪ who was bringing up three very lovely girls ♪ >> she's 87, i believe, today. i love her. she's a darn sweet woman. >> and also sharing it with george clooney. those two should go out. >> look at alice. >> look at alice. she looks good. ♪ busy with three boys of her own ♪ >> i loved that show so much. >> you know what? it was past me. >> you were busy working and doing things. >> i liked "little house on the prairie." >> of course you did. >> just because the styles were so great in that. >> i want to slip my favorite thing in here just because this is a throwback to just like the "brady bunch." look at thi

and dixie does also. samantha and nancy are mother and daughter. you can see, was also seriously hurt. she's only about 60 days old. the tornado tore through this fertile horse country. so your horses lived here and you lived here, too, in an apartment. >> correct. >> you live with your horses. >> we live with our horses. >> randy and lindsey are race horse trainers. racing these horses at oklahoma's recommendington park and minnesota's canterbury park. these are pictures they took of the tornado coming towards the barn and apartment they rented. they wanted to evacuate their horses but couldn't do it fast enough. when they came back the barns were destroyed and all 12 of their race horses were killed. >> as soon as we get dressed, we come out, give them breakfast, then we go in and eat. >> tell me your favorite horses. >> mine, corona. >> i'm so sorry to both of you. >> mayan corona was a filly that we saw run for the first time in canterbury park last year. and we saw a lot of potential in her. we went and bought her. >> she was like a daughter t

vixen has lacerations on her face and dixie does also. samantha and nancy are mother and daughter.u can see was also seriously hurt. she's only about 60 days old. the tornado tore through this fertile horse country. your horses lived here and you lived here, too, in an apartment. >> correct. >> reporter: you live with your horses. >> we live with our horses. >> reporter: randy and lindsey are racehorse trainers, racing these horses at oklahoma's remington park and minnesota's can canterbury park. these are pictures they took of the tornado coming through the apartment and barn they rented. they wanted to evacuate their horses but couldn't do it fast enough. when they came back, the barns were destroyed and all 12 of their racehorses were killed. >> as soon as we get dressed we come out, give them breakfast, then we go in and eat. >> reporter: tell me your favorite horses. >> corona. >> reporter: i'm so sorry to both of you. >> she was a filly, we saw her run for her first time last year and we saw a lot of potential in her. we went and bought her. >> reporter: she was like a daught

but there's also a tornado alley over dixie, all the way up into parts of nebraska, kansas, iowa, illinois. so maybe a big long look not only in tornado alley, what we consider tornado alley, but in all the schools across north america. i have an 8-year-old. this was a heartbreaking story for me to watch, to watch children be pulled out of that rubble. i think we need to take care of our kids a little bit better than that, wolf. >> especially when you think about all the other money being spent for projects that are not necessarily all that useful all over the country. all right, chad, thanks. >> you're welcome. >> and this important note to our viewers, to help those affected by this tornado, you can visit impact your world on cnn.com. go to cnn.com/impact, all sorts of opportunities if you want to help. we'll have much more coverage from oklahoma, that's coming up including an answer to a question we've all been asking this week. where is the safest place to go when a tornado is heading your way? stay with us. we're here at nashville's renowned jimmy kelly's steakhouse, where tonight we'

there is also an extension of that that has sometimes been called dixie alley across the gulf coast statesy active with alabama in april 2011 seeing such a devastating outbreak. so part of the tornado alley now that we realize goes from places like kansas and oklahoma, east texas, then swings all the way over into alabama. those are where typically the most destructive tornadoes occur. >> and this time of year, may, is this the height? is this predictably the height of the tornado season? >> reporter: in an average year, may is the most active. somewhat less so in april. somewhat less so in june. but it does vary somewhat from year to year. thus the first half of may this year was very, very quiet. nearly on a record low pace. but obviously now the pace has picked up more toward what we expect in mid to late may. >> what do you expect? >> reporter: well, it certainly looks like the pattern the next few days is going to calm down a little bit relative, slowly, relative to what we have seen these last few days. but given that we are in that prime time now, we've gotten away from the late-sea

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a couple are grazing and the horse trainer in front of us is running in the dixie race not the preaknessut before we got here at 5:00 a.m. these horses were up and being fed and watered and bathed which is quite the process and now they are just out and stretching their legs and able to graze for a little bit but not for too long because they really want to conservative their energy. nine horses will be running in the big race, the preakness and we took an informal poll and many are pulling for the kentucky derby winner, that's orb. land the has not been a triple crown winner since 1978. >> orb -- i want him to win. want a triple crown so bad. >> now we have not seen a triple crown winner since 1978 so if that two or happen then year, that would be a very big deal. reporting live from the stakes barn, sarah sampson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you sarah and if you're headed to the track if you want to avoid the traffic hassles and parking hassles you can take public transportation. >> with that we check in with kurt kroncke. >> we've got a couple ways to get there. take advantage of the wi

about 1,000 anybody m- ebbs will form a human pyramid around the monument and try to remove a hat or dixien the top. >> well, the number one golfer in the world returns to the d.c. region. today tiger woods is attending media day for the at&t national at congressional country club in about as they. >> >> dave: he is playing theous event and tournament host.t. it goes from june 27 through the 30th. today is media day. tiger is the defending at&t champion. he has won four times in seven events this year. >> exciting. >> yes, great to have him in town as always. >> 8:40 now. coming up, star trek. it was a famous show in the 60s. not a hit but it was on tv originally in the -- originally in the 60s -- >> is that right. >> it atwas not a hit, no. some of the scripts are becoming part of technology. t the author of a new book will discuss what the future may hold. >> holly son a tasty mission this morning. hello, holly. i'm holding ape drink with beautiful women. >> they arbee celebrating all women right now. zit have to do with an amazing photographic exhibit going on with pictures of beautiful

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. >> natalie maynes of the dixie chicks. >> and charlize theron. >> is she not with her boyfriend?lice. ♪ here's the story of a lovely lady ♪ ♪ who was bringing up three very lovely girls ♪ >> she's 87 today. i love her. >> she's a darn sweet woman. >>> and it's also imagine sharing it with george clooney. >> look at alice. >> look at alice. she looks good. ♪ busy with three boys of her own ♪ >> i loved that show so much. >> it was past me. >> you were busy working and doing things. >> i liked "little house on the prairie." just because the styles were so great. >> this is a throwback to just like the "brady bunch." look at this look at it! quisp. if you're my age, 48, you no he what this is. >> a lot of sugar. >> the best cereal in the world. we used to eat salad bowles, dump it in and a ton of milk and wolf it down. >> i've never seen it in a store. >> joanne la marka found it in one of her stores in jersey. i don't know if they make it any more, i guess they must. we're saying how small the box looks. >> it said it's $2.99 at a grocery store near you -- sometimes. >> one serving

recorded that in a dixie cup -- >> no it was wax paper and a comb. >> stephanie: yeah. >> i had nothing going to jail -- >> boehner: who is going to jail? >> stephanie: what is going on with this amy's baking story. jim we need some sort of comedy music, something -- ♪ >> stephanie: a restaurant featured on fox reality show kitchen nightmares called amy's baking company. they are living a real life nightmare on their facebook and yelp pages. the owners of amy's baking company were shown pocketing the staff tips. and the baked goods weren't made on-site. >> wow. >> stephanie: it took the social media to complain -- one reader called the owner a psycho path. another described amy's as an awesome restaurant if you are a masochist. they are depicted of being abusive to customers, disorganized and rude. as amy said it's not all pace pace -- daisies ponies and unicorns. at one point he is shown screaming at a customer who is upset that he has been waiting for an hour for a pizza. pointing pointing his finger in his face and screaming get the [ censor bleep ] out of here. the waitress who look