his house, located on our campus in abilene, buckeye, the main north-south treat through abilene, is the chisolm trail. again, in 1890, when ike was born, the year the frontier is declared closed, that's the battle of wounded knee. eisenhower was the last president born in the 19th century. he died the year that americans landed on the moon. he was a bridge between two ages. eisenhower and a lot of these guys, whether roosevelt or for the -- frederick jackson turner, they witness to those changes of the late 19th century, of people moving from the free land disappearing, that safety valve, which most historians agreed was a myth, there was not a safety valve that gave economic relief to the population, but they believed it did. when it disappeared, there was panic. eisenhower bought into that. there was no longer free land out west. people would have to find other measures for opportunity. >> i was taken back when you said he was a member of planned parenthood. i want to point out that they were only doing birth control at that point. they were not doing abortions. i'm sure as someon

and he'll get some help from an old friend over in abilene, texas.y the way, that man's heir, unbeknownst to garland, also wrote me about his strange inheritance. i'm back on the road after the break. >> but first, our "strange inheritance" quiz question. after a drought in 1883, texas made it illegal to carry what items? the answer in a moment. ♪ >> so, after a drought in 1883, texas made it illegal to carry what items? it's "c," wire cutters. the severe drought sparked a violent conflict between open-range cattlemen and ranchers, who used barbed wire to fence in their land. the law was on the books for over a century. >> hi there. back on the road again, heading out from garland richards' ranch. we'll return to his story. but first we want to pay a visit to another viewer, from abilene, texas. he wrote me about his strange inheritance. >> my name is roy roberson. when my father passed away, he left the family a mystery in the form of two safes that would take us years to open and unravel the mystery of what was inside. >> roy roberson's father, als

local time and up to interstate 20 in abilene. a lot of lightning strikes. we could see hail falling from the sky. and this will eventually slide its way towards the dallas fort worth area. so, here's today's threat map. all the way down to south texas. and the coverage of the storms will be greater today than yesterday. enhanced risk from corps christie rr christi. and hardly anything on the map. by the time we get to 10:00 to 11:00, big storms corps christi and the coverage grows even more and early tomorrow morning, the storms will be mostly around houston. and enjoy the beautiful weather, east coast. this is as nice as it gets for early march. now a closer look at your day ahead well, there's the stormy weather map taking areas from new mexico and pushing across the state of texas and this is rare for march, thunderstorms all the way to up iowa through the afternoon. and we'll talk more about the flooding threat coming up. >>> it's national pancake day and the celebrations begin at i >>> and an amazing site of a small plane crash landing right before you

now a strong storm is south of abilene. it will push north today. you will get round two today.llion people at risk in this severe weather area. that's the yellow coloring. there's about eight to nine million in the orange covering. we expect a greater risk of the severe weather there. including isolated tornados so that's off in houston and corpus christi. the timing is late this evening. overnight event when it is dark. those are the very dangerous events. if there's tornadoes out there -- the storm chasers can help us, we have to rely on radar to help us. so flash flood weather greatly increases tomorrow. look at the coverage of the yellow and the oranges. that's heavy rain from st. louis down to louisiana. the possibility is there in the area of pink, orange and yellow, five to ten inches of rain. severe weather threat, then we have the flooding threat. on the east coast, by the way, you'll be outdoors today. we could be 75 in d.c. three days in a row. >> thank you so much. >>> well, some incredible dash cam footage shows a garbage truck crashing through a guard rail and dro

angelo was woken up an hour ago and now abilene. here are some of the pictures from yesterday.had severe weather in dallas and ft. worth and some flooding. in colorado a lot of storms with large hail. we showed you that video at the top of the show where the semitrailers that almost hit each other in the ice. so as far as today goes, we have 15 million people at risk of severe weather right through the heart of tornado alley, oklahoma and san antonio and houston. we'll call this an enhanced risk, that means the coverage is greater and your odds are going to increase for getting severe weather. that includes san antonio, corpus christi. the timing looks to be late tonight. we have the one round this morning that will go up to oklahoma during the day today. then a new round of storms later on today. this round will then go towards arkansas and louisiana tomorrow then another one on top of that you get the picture. three days of this and this orange coloring here, that's about seven to ten inches of rain. there's some good. the east coast, washington, d.c., should be 75 degrees, t

i was driving from the midwest, from abilene, kansas to pennsylvania border -- $3 in tolls. from the pennsylvania border to here -- $30 in tolls. >> yeah. >> $30 in tolls. $3 dollars across the country, the last 450 miles. >> not a single time in modern history have we had a general tax hike in an election year. >> right. >> 2003, 1991, 1983, 1977. they were all tax hike periods and they used the income tax. but guess what? not in an even-numbered year. >> no, never. >> not in an election year. >> well, people may be taxed too much in pennsylvania, but the real problem is that you have a tax system that needs reforming. and to answer to the progressive income tax that's in pennsylvania, maybe you would have some of the inequity ended -- >> given how they worked on the budget, i don't think that that's ever gonna happen. >> it probably won't, but it's what needs to happen. >> let's move on and talk about some of the big races coming up within the next month. mcginty, first up. she had been lagging, it seemed like, in polls. a little lackluster, but, boy, does she have some hu

. >> we just lost abilene and amarillo, actually. [laughter]. >> look, this is the thing i want to say -- >> we lost them a long time ago. >> is that what it is? they were already gone. this is kind of a thing now. celebrities, or people who are not traditional journalists or interviewers, playing this role. alec baldwin has a podcast. >> yeah, that went well, didn't it? >> well, it's come back, though, actually. and i think he's pretty good. not the tv program. that did not go well, but "here's the thing" podcast, like yours, sitting down with other, you know, celebrities or athletes or comedians. jeff garlin had a podcast for a while. i guess his has kind of come back too. >> i don't know. you know, jeff has an interesting approach where you'd sit and listen and jeff talk. >> right. [laughter]. >> i've done that show. >> for that matter, baldwin also, alec baldwin is not exactly silent. >> yeah, like i do talk but i don't -- it's very odd to me. like carolla does that too. like he'll have you on and then you just literally if you d

from abilene, texas.s we watch the super tuesday with the rays were the white cnn. 2016 -- this is from a critical meeting on tuesday, president obama will meet with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and chairman chuck the influential republicans who announce they confirmationdule hearings are welcome a nominee into the office for courtesy call, talking about the vacancy on the supreme court. that issue will be discussed at the white house. also attending will be harry reid and the top democrat on the judiciary committee, senator patrick leahy, who are leading an intense public relations battle against the republicans to force them to change their mind and act on the president's nominee when the president makes the nominee known. we will keep an eye on that and let you know what comes from that meeting. we are talking with the viewers in only the super tuesday states about who you are voting for for the next president. all is in alaska on the line for republicans. paul, who are you voting for? caller

. >> let's go to david who is in -- to cindy in abilene, texas on our republican line. >> caller: hi. >> hi, cindy. >> caller: mitt romney came out this morning with nothing to win, nothing to lose. he came out to speak the truth and i pray to god that people heed to warnings. i think he's right on target. >> all right. here's bill in boston, massachusetts, independents' line. bill, what do you think about your former governor's comments there about donald trump and also about hillary clinton? >> caller: i believe that mr. romney just stiffened the resolve and probably added more votes to mr. trump. i believe that if he had continued on warning us against hillary, then i would give his speech an a-plus. but because he left hillary, the disgust that he has for hillary, if he had left that to the end of his speech, i would have given him an a-plus. i believe he was a commercial for people who want to vote for trump to make sure they get up and vote for trump and he added votes. everyone knows what trump is, what he was, how he got there. we already know that. >> your state, massachusett

wichita falls, abilene down to san angelo. thunderstorm watches in effect. we have enhanced risk of severe weather from houston, san antonio, corpus christi, large hail. few tornados and even if we don't get the tornados we may see a straight line of thunderstorms developing, a squall line. look at this l11:00 tonight. lots of heavy rain, damaging winds and hail which continues into tomorrow. look at the rainfall amounts. we're talking upwards of seven to ten inches of rain. rain could be falling at the rates of three inches or more per hour. three day totals of 15 inches possible. and, of course, that will cause massive flooding. we'll be watching this closely. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. >>> good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. pretty morning outside this morning. couple of clouds around. they're on the way out. partly cloudy now. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. we'll be under full sunshine this afternoon. our first 70 day of the year. up into the low and mid 70s for today. if you like it thi

. >> what cooked him goose is that buchanan calling heim -- abilene, kansas.member this? ♪ you like ike i like ooim ike ♪ ♪ everybody likes ike we'll go to washington ♪ ♪ we'll get ike to washington >> what it was about that that worked well in the early '50s? >> a jingle that get stuck in whenever you hear ike, you hear like. what are the republicans beating up hillary clinton -- she's not likeable. the point in politics is you will have to live with that person all the time. by 1952, that meant living with them on television. you don't want to see somebody every day that you don't like. that one worked. ♪ >> let's go back to the wheel of wisdom. what what about -- that's a good one. the stakes are too high for you to stay at home. i remember it, do you? >> seven could six, five, four, three, two, one, zero. >> vote for president johnson on november 3rd. the stakes are too high for you to stay home. >> you know, douglas brinkley, that has been one of the most impactful raids of all time. only ran one time? >> one time. but look how many times it's repeated. w

abilene. they'll head up to dallas-fort worth. east coast. beautiful weather continues. three days in a row. 75 in early march in d.c. it doesn't happen often. tomorrow record highs into new england. the severe threat was of greatest concern. 15 million people at risk today. enhanced risk for san antonio to corpus christie, austin to houston. late today, into tonight and during the overnight hours. this is how it plays out. isolated and strong storms today, tomorrow. flood threat is huge. could see up to a foot of rain along the texas-louisiana border. new york city. 75 tomorrow with record highs. beautiful shot this morning live in the big apple. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. ♪ if you misplace your discover card, you can use freeze it to prevent new purchases on your account in seconds. and once you find it, you can switch it right on again. ♪ you're back! freeze it, only from discover. get it at discover.com. i have an orc-o-gram we for an "owen."e. that's me. ♪ you should hire stacy drew. ♪ ♪ she wants to change the world with you. ♪ ♪ she can pr

tons of sunshine. 80 in abilene. 78 in corpus, christie.to be spreading toward the east and setting the stage for some of that severe weather and a monday i think we will see the start of it across parts of the plains. guys? >> all right. thank you so much. >>q let's talk about chick-fil-a because they are fired of seeing people in their dining rooms sitting there on their devices not engaged with the person across the table from them, looking at twitter, playing games and not having an actual conversation. >> right. >> they are trying to create a more family friendly environment. >> called the chicken coop family challenge. what they have done at least at one chick-fil-a in atlanta. see that thing there. they are calling it the chicken coop. less noisy and messy than that stick your cell phone while you enjoy your nuggets and chicken fries and polynesian sauce. >> they're paying to you talk too it each other with free ice cream. there is free ice cream in thisv+ world. brad williams is the franchiseee who thought this up. here is what he s

we have lovely ladies here from abilene, texas. you picked the wrong weekend to come., get ready turn your clocks ahead an hour before you go to bed and make sure you change your batteries in smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors as well. very important. last four days across the south. starting into monday and tuesday, incredibly heavy rain and dropped especially northwestern sections of louisiana have seen over 20 inches of rain and because of that, we have ha lot of flooding that's going to continue to go on. you see those dark green lines, those are rivers that are flooding. we have flash flooding still going on across northwestern louisiana because all of that water is continuing to rise in the rivers and it's going to take a long time for that water to go. we have seen all kinds of record levels across the rivers in the area. we also have a threat for some severe weather tomorrow across. so areas. woe could see a tornado or two. and finally by monday into tuesday, we're done with this. but we still have a couple more days to,q go. all right, guys,ák9÷ sen