joining us live is didi richards. i am so happy for you. so incredibly proud of you. a young girl i think i can speak for all young kids you have dreams and aspirations. mine happened to be to get drafted. now being a part of one of the 144 girls that are even playing in the wnba, one of the best leagues in the world is pretty special and it's hard to put into words. >> to be on one of the original teams of the wnba that started 25 years ago. okay. on the cusp of joining the wnba you have that injury. something like that is going to either make you or break you. it made you in many ways and you give a lot of credit to your father for that, for what he taught you. can you share that? >> oh, yes, ma'am. i think my brother and i growing up, we had it hard in the house. my dad was pretty tough on us but i think that was a good thing for us especially with me going through that injury. he definitely even stilled mental toughness throughout my life. just when that injury happened it was kind of second nature. i just knew that i had an undeniable mindset that i was going to w

remember didi richards, we profiled her. she had that terrible collision at half-court. rina ionescu. >> i texted you. she is no joke. >> she got game. her daddy was there and kept yelling mvp. dude, it's six games into the season. >> give it a little time. she's playing like an mvp. i love watching it with my daughters who want to check out a game. >> you got to go to chicago first. >> i got to go to chicago, yes, i'm going to chicago today and i'll be doing "gma" from chicago tomorrow. i'll do some fun stuff. maybe i'll bring you both some deep dish pizza or something. >> "rise & shine." >> if i don't eat it before i get back? that will be fun. >>> a lot coming up today and this week. we have a lot of news to get to and start with that weather hit the heartland so hard. 15 twisters have touched down in the last 4 hours. new threats on the way for many. let's go to ginger tracking all the latest. good morning, ginger. >> george, good morning to you. the video coming in from kansas in the last 24 hours, pretty unbelievable. it's looking very much like auntie em. the video