and to support him. >> but brittney noticed other problems in the marriage.d, was struggling with what appeared to be raven's increasingly dramatic mood swings. >> she told me that sometimes things were, like, perfect. and it was like holding your breath, because you never knew when the coin would flip and all of a sudden everything that was wrong in the world was her fault. >> things got so bad that a year before the homicide, janet and raven briefly separated. but by itself, a marriage on the rocks did not mean raven was in any way responsible for janet's death. despite police suspicion, many refused to believe raven could or would kill janet. including janet's own parents. >> when you heard the police thought raven was a suspect, when did you think? >> i defended him. >> you stuck up for him. >> i did. i couldn't bear the fact that someone whom i entrusted my child's life with would turn on her like that. i could not go there. >> neither could raven and janet's friend, misty foxly. >> raven could not have killed janet. he loved her. he loved her. he wouldn

the incredible talent of brittney greiner. >> everybody was acting like it was just a freak. >> how sheose above the bullies to be a ballplayer no one could keep down. ♪ >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. we begin with the deadly tornados that have devastated already three different states. twisters spawned late sunday and continued to pose a serious threat. 30 tornados were reported in seven states between sunday night and monday, the hardist hit state is arkansas where at least 14 people were killed including 10 from one town. one person was killed in oklahoma, another in iowa. more twisters are possible now. and earlier in the day, five tornados tore through mississippi. this is video of the twister as it roared through the town of tupelo. it also downed trees, power lines and tossed several tractor trailers in the air. remarkably there are no reports of injury. joining us from tupelo is robert thornton. what did you see? >> before the storm hit we left my office next door, and as we were sitting in the lobby of the marriott, we watched as the wind picked up, the

. >> brittney shipp is here with our friday forecast. we're looking good pretty much. >> looking good. another quiet spring day. but things are going to change, especially for the west coast, as we head into the weekend. really the plains states will see a good amount of thunderstorms switching into saturday and sunday. right now, beautiful, nothing to worry about as we head into friday. a closer look at our highs for today. 91 in los angeles. 74 in las vegas. 66 in portland. look at billings, 70 degrees for today. but take a look at what happened as we head into saturday. temperatures drop, barely making it out of the 40s. that's the beginning of a cooldown. colder air working into a system that is going to drop down from the north and that's going to actually bring a chance of snow to denver by sunday. a wintry mix really for parts of wyoming. >>> so a few showers will push into the northeast as well today, but quiet, nice spring day for us. we're going to see some really nice temperatures. >> yeah. exactly what you want to hear headin

here is nbc philadelphia meteorologist brittney shipp. good morning and welcome. >> thank you. great to be here. we are going to see fantastic conditions, especially if you're joining us from the west coast. a closer look at our satellite radar shot here, very quiet for us. we have a coastal low you can see in the corner of the screen. that's going to produce an on shore flow. expect to see cloudy conditions, especially if you're right along the west coast. we're also going to see current temperatures in the 50s for los angeles. but as we head into the rest of this afternoon, look at how things warm up. 92 degrees in las vegas. 98 in phoenix. near record conditions albuquerque at 81 degrees today. quiet across the entire nation. eastern seaboard warming up into the 60s and 70s. so beautiful, get out and enjoy it. right now, at least, a chance of showers moving into the northeast as we head into tomorrow. >> take it when you can get it. start planning all the activities. >> take advantage of it. >> thank you so much. >>> another cruise ship with six sick passengers by the dozens

jen and justin, brittney and david, breaking details on their rumored recon missions in hawaii. >>> "ncing with the stars" turns into "mean girls." julianne versus max. >> max, i'm sorry, you just had to phone it in. >> james versus erin. >> i want a dancing with the stars baby. >> baby, come on. >> and a guest judge making enemies. is it all-out war behind the scenes at "dancing?" >>> kevin

. >>> brittney ship is here with our friday forecast. she also has some serious fans. especially with this kind of weather. >> we are going to see mild conditions in the northeast. yesterday was the better of the two days. we're going to see clouds push in. then the chance of showers as we head into the afternoon. from washington stretching into boston. chicago will see improving conditions. take a look at the satellite radar shot. the clouds are on their way to the northeast. 72 degrees for washington, d.c. 63 in pittsburgh. your saturday weather outlook, thunderstorms return to minneapolis, chicago, kansas city, even with the possibility of strong winds and hail. >> again? it's back? >> then denver, possibility of snow by sunday. >> wait, it's 70 or something today. >> it's going to drop. >> thank you. >>> here's something that was dramatic. chimps on the loose in k.c. >>> plus hillary clinton dodges a thrown shoe. >>> and a big night for the rock and roll hall of fame. honestly, i'm pouring everything i have into this place. that's why i got a new windows 2 in 1. it

yo, from houston, texas, give it up for brittney carman. what's up, britt?heers and applause] so you--you would take the-- you would ta you would take the daughters, all your kids, on a vacation. where would they want to go? where the family want to go? >> you know where they want to go? they want to go to brazil. their dad lived in brazil.

we have brittney ship in today. how are we looking for the weekend? lot of people were excited for it. >> we're looking pretty good. we just have to get through today. we are going to see a few showers into the afternoon. as we push into the northeast, here's a closer look. we'll still stay mild. with temperatures, expect to be at 70 degrees for philadelphia. mid-60s for new york. we should see some clearing as we head into the weekend. but a closer look at what we expect to see across the nation. 71 degrees in kansas city. into the weekend, thunderstorms from minneapolis into chicago. even down into kansas city and cold air is going to work in. denver is going to see a 35-degree drop and snow possibly by sunday. >> what? >> snow, i know. i saved it to the end. dramatic finish. >> you got my attention. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," the pending resignation of kathleen sebelius. the problems that lie ahead for her potential replacement. >>> when we come back, we're going to huddle around the water cooler, what's wrong with me, w

yeah, talking about brittney griner. she did that on a roller coaster of emotions. she the lesbian nba star is saying encourage mrcht to higher sexuality made it difficult for her. griner is out magazine's four 50. >>> retired players accused the league of promoting fights and downplaying head injury risks. they want a deal like that nfl deal that was $765 million for a concussion settlement. the league plans to fight it out in court. which team pays the most in all the land? five-year study shows soccer manchester city is tops. each player averages over $8 million. next is baseball's new york yankees and the dodgers. two more soccer clubs, madrid and barcelona. >>> here's the latest from caleb watson the adopted 2-year-old son of masters winner bubba watson getting some practice. what do you think of the swing? pretty good, huh? >> that kid's got a future. >> absolutely. thank you, richard. >>> well, it is april 16th -- >> are you sure? >> you may not be sure once you look outside. because there is snow on the ground in detroit. not only that, the motor city got ov

here is nbc meteorologist brittney shipp. >> let's transition away from that. we are going to see another beautiful spring day. temperatures today especially if you're in the desert southwest getting closer to the triple digits. 98 degrees for phoenix, 60 in minneapolis. we will see showers in chicago with temperatures staying in the mid 60s but clear conditions in the northeast. 68 for philadelphia, 62 in hartford. as we head into tonight we'll see a few more clouds. by tomorrow even the chance of a few showers throughout the northeast. get outside today. make sure you have lunch outside and enjoy these beautiful conditions because we do have a clans of showers and then little bit more rain as we head into the weekend. >> today is the day to get outside if you can. >>> another cruise ship with six passengers by the dozen to tell you about. a frightening rooftop helicopter crash, but incredibly no one was injured. >>> the final vintage corvette pulled from the sinkhole. details just ahead. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stati

brittney cooper, assistant professor of women and gender studies at rutgers university, and msnbc anchoro nice to have you all here. jim, i want to start with you. is twitter a revolution or a mob? >> it's a little of both. a lot of revolutions have begun with quote/unquote mobs, and a lot of that's a matter of perspective. but one clear thing that comes from this is the egall leegallem of twitter is ain't little bit of an illusion. the people with the greater number of followers and the ability to retweet and amplify end up being the primary message. which that means they get more attention in other places beyond the digital space. >> but you don't need to be hired by a news organization, right? you don't need a university to give you tenure in order to build that following, right? yes, there's still a high aerar but it's not traditional spaces. >> it disrupts traditional hierarchies and creates new ones. and those hierarchies in many ways can place people who are historically not not center of the communication, if the center of the ability to generate and manage dialogue, at the top.