jazzy jeff and his son jordan, they sang the first song and then alfonzo rivera came out and broke into steve: they still watch it in my house. >> brian: check out this picture of a tornado. the mayor said there's damage, but no deaths. >> steve: meanwhile, maria e is joining us right now. even though it's a calm day on the streets of new york, but there's wild weather. >> reporter: yes we are expecting areas of rain to move in and it's associated with the same storm system that produced more than 1,000 reports of severe weather across plains. and i do want to start out by showing you the forecast for iowa, in parts of iowa, we are dealing with areas of heavy rain. and more heavy rain is in the forecast today and, wednesday and thursday. what it shows you, that dark spot in purple on the northwestern corner of the state are areas that have seen more than eight inches, some of you more than a foot of rain. that is why we have that flood threat. quickly, showers and storms rolling through parts of the great lakes, moving into the interior northeast, here is a look at the severe weather th