going to drench areas from arkansas to louisiana, but the best chance of any flooding today is in east texas. we will see the storms early today from the areas of chicago right through the great lakes. and later this evening, we could see a few of the storms trying to dive down to washington, d.c. and the west coast, a heat wave develops for you. and when alan gets all powered up, ya know what happens? i think the numbers speak for themselves. i'm sold! he's a selling machine!

the wind has picked up in east texas. west texas, new mexico, even the southwest it is dry.e is this weather pattern. that cooler air is coming in from the north. now you have high-pressure building in. right over the southwest. and when you get high-pressure building in there, that's where you have this problem. that wind really picks up east of the rockies, and especially southern california here. the santa ana winds really starting to pick up. wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour. the wind will die down in texas and new mexico and pick up across the southwest. thissel waits this risk for the rapid fire growth. and the risk goes throughout the day today and tomorrow. and temperatures are expected to climb 100 degrees. >> dave warren thank you very much. >>> there has been a string of car bombings in iraq today. the blasts targeting mostly shiite areas. imran khan has our story. >> reporter: after a period of relative calm, once again, bagdad burns. the iraqi government had ordered a massive security operation for the april 30th election, but as that wound down, the attacks go

flooding rain across east texas, but west texas is dry and cooler. no rain in the southwest.now with the winds increasing and the temperatures climbing up to a hundred degrees or higher. the red flag warning is in place and heat advisory around san francisco, in los angeles 96. 99 and 99 and 90 wednesday thursday and friday. the winds are gusting 30, 40 miles per hour and higher in the mountains and there is a fire danger, with the temperatures so high and creating a rapid fire growth and the risk is through friday here and the winds are continuing to increase. the rain and the flooding across the mississippi valley and cooler air is push to the east. the temperatures ahead of the front in the 70s and 80s. closer to 90 degrees. not everywhere though, the cooler temperatures across the northeast. this is the cooler air coming in from the cool ocean, so much of the northeast staying in the 60s, but a warm up in philadelphia and washington close to 80 degrees already. >> one extreme to the area. >> thank you so much. >> growing number of people are adding to their families, in t

, whether county, iy smallest am all over my district, talking to people all over east texas and that is important to me. when we are in recess up here -- of course, the country is safer when we are in recess -- i am all over east texas, talking to aroundxans, and i get all over the country, and what i -- what i like is people are not afraid to walk up to you at 2:00 a.m. in walmart while you're getting honey to start asking you questions. host: we are talking with congressman louie gohmert, republican of texas, member of judiciary committee, former chief justice of the 12 court of appeals in texas before coming to progress. from twitter, we are talking about immigration earlier -- what specific steps will you take to enforce consequences for employers who illegally employing noncitizens, especially large corporations? see, that is a great point. it is already in the law. it is a matter of enforcing the law that is there. it was part of the 1986 immigration reform act that the own staff member was saying after it passed that we should not be enforcing the law as it is, we should knock

year-old woman was caught pretending to be a 15-year-old high school sophomore, staying with family in east texas and was actually enrolled in a local high school. no word yet on why. but her principal told nbc news there were no red flags and that she was a good student. >>> a scary situation for people on board a flight bound for tulsa, oklahoma. a report of an engine fire forced an american airlines plane to circle dallas-ft. worth airport before making an emergency landing. air traffic control noticed the fire immediately. >> we saw flames from the right side engine. >> how scary is that? airline spokeswoman said it was caused by a maintenance issue. >>> police commissioner in new hampshire is refusing to step down or even apologize after racial comments he made about the president. people called for 82-year-old robert copeland's resignation at a town hall meeting yesterday. in an e-mail obtained by the associated press he told one resident, quote, i believe i did use the "n" word in reference to the current occupant of the white house and for this, i do not apologize. he meets and exceeds my

we're continuing to watch the rain out of east texas, louisiana, a little bit of rain, up through arkansas. numerous showers still in areas of western new york, also western pennsylvania and now up near the capitol district near albany. so, there's going to be areas of rain during the day today, but not all of us will get completely drenched. nashville is one of those spots getting soaked this morning. the fire danger again today, the next two, three days in a row. >> really? >> l.a. could be 100 degrees. >> some places too much rain, another needs the rain. >> that's how it's been lately, feast or famine. >> okay, thank you. >>> directly ahead, we are live in washington with the latest on the va health scandals. >>> plus, new details on the turkish mining explosion. that's straight ahead as "first look" continues. the was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today at angieslist.com reckless seeding. a backyard invasion. en

the impostor was staying with a family in east texas and was enrolled in a local high school. principal saying shes wi wa good student and no red flags. really? >>> a scary situation for people aboard a flight bound for tulsa, oklahoma. an engine fire forcing the american airlines 757 to circle dallas/ft. worth international airport before making an emergency landing. here's air traffic control. >> hey, american 2287, your right engine appears to be on fire, sir. we saw flames from the right side engine. yes, we saw flames from the right side engine. >>> a police commissioner refuses to step down or apologize after comments he made about the president. people in new hampshire calling for robert cokeland's resignation on thursday. in an e-mail obtained by the associated press, he said, quote, i believe i did use the n word in reference to the current occupant of the white house. for this, i do not apologize. he meets and exceeds my criteria for such. >>> and just this morning, an unmanned russian rocket carrying an advanced telecommunications satellite crashing after takeoff. t

, whether county, iy smallest am all over my district, talking to people all over east texas and thatmportant to me. when we are in recess up here -- of course, the country is safer when we are in recess -- i am all over east texas, talking to aroundxans, and i get all over the country, and what i -- what i like is people are not afraid to walk up to you at 2:00 a.m. in walmart while you're getting honey to start asking you questions. host: we are talking with congressman louie gohmert, republican of texas, member of judiciary committee, former chief justice of the 12 court of appeals in texas before coming to progress. from twitter, we are talking about immigration earlier -- what specific steps will you take to enforce consequences for employers who illegally employing noncitizens, especially large corporations? see, that is a great point. it is already in the law. it is a matter of enforcing the law that is there. it was part of the 1986 immigration reform act that the own staff member was saying after it passed that we should not be enforcing the law as it is, we should knock out

i have a small property in rural east texas, and henderson county. they want a county commissioner sunday. it is not something i am thinking about. not something i am working on at the moment. so, again, i do not find that to be -- i just get up in the morning thinking about what i can do to make a difference for the cause of freedom. i will say this. i will not be shermanesque. i am not a betting man. i would anticipate, although there are no guarantees, that i would once again have the opportunity to serve as chairman of the house financial services committee. that would please me to no end. i will get up every morning, trying to figure out what i can do to make a difference for the cause of freedom. i love this country dearly. as the father of a 10-year-old and 12-year-old. not indifferent to their future. i want to thank everybody for being here. thank you for all of the good, patriotic work done at the heritage foundation. thank you very much. [applause] next come alive, your calls and comments on "washington journal." "newsmakers." and presiden

we have a lot of rain still left over in portions of east texas, louisiana and on into mississippi. they are going to extend to the ohio river valley. a slight chance of severe weather in north dakota and montana. we could see large hail and damaging winds. we'll be watching out for that as we go through the afternoon hours into the early evening hours. now, temperatures for today, we are going to top out in the low to mid-80s. mid-80s in washington, d.c. 64 in new york. we'll see temperatures around 84 degrees in kansas city. by tomorrow, still rainy in the south. we have had potential flooding across portions of the south and also a few spotty showers in the rockies. unfortunately, the southwest is going to remain dry and very warm. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s once again for tomorrow from dallas all the way to atlanta, up to kansas city. a nice 70 degrees in chicago and 64 in d.c. john and christine? >> thanks for that. >>> happening today, a marine jailed for months for bringing registered weapons into the country set to make a plea deal. will he finally be released? the

. >>> rain from east texas to new england including the mid-atlantic states. a gets showers, too. lingering snow showering in the higher elevations of colorado and new mexico. >> warm in the east again today. milder that is in the middle of the country. a red flag warning will be up in southern california where there will be a lot of temperatures in the 90s and some in the triple-digit range. even san francisco will be in the 80s today. >>> we're told a small dog rescued from a rather dangerous place now has plenty of people who want to give it a new home. >> 2-year-old there. somehow he got stranded on a highway divider in northern california. a cop with the california highway patrol gave it a bit of a protein bar and drove it to safety. >> she is recovering at a local animal shelter and apparently calls are flooding in from people who say they want to make the dog part of their family. lucky pooch indeed. >> she looks tired, too. from the whole ordeal. >> you know what, chihuahuas shake just in general. >> yes. >> i can't imagine how much shaking this poor ch

a 34-year-old woman from east texas is making headlines nationwide this morning for allegedly pretendingbe a 15- year-old girl and enrolling in high school. charity johnson was arrested. she was accused of pretending to be a high school student for almost a year. police also say she used fake documents and told school officials she was an or fan and was able to enroll with the help of a person she claimed was her guardian. >> being abused by her biological father. then he passed away. >> school officials say johnson was sweet. she even got good grades in high school. the police connected all the dots after they went to investigate a separate trespassing incident, and johnson gave them a fake name and a fake date of birth. still no word on why she posed as a high school student. >> yeah, really strange. >> yeah, it is. >>> 8 minutes before 8:00. a national push calling on governor jerry brown to shut down a bay area museum. the outrage over allegations that young kids are abusing rats. >> i noticed he had a pry bar in his hand about this big. >> a bay area man who walked in on a burglar i

"new york times" reporting a school district in rural east texas with a high school football team iserennial state championship contender, chaining the seventh grade program from tackle to flag program amid concerns over players' safety. people feel passionate well it. only bowling and ping-pong are safe. >> it's not going away. i know you grew up in texas. i went to college in louisiana. louisiana people are groomed from day one, boys are groomed to play football at l.s.u. 5-year-olds down south play tackle football. so it is an issue because this sport can be -- brian, i know you want in here. it can be unsafe. it needs to be addressed because young people are getting hurt but there's a fine line because when you make and impose new rules, it becomes a little bit too soft and people start to not like it. they're even doing this with the nfl. >> and there's been discussions about the concussions and i understand that. my family is from texas. i have 11 cousins in dallas metro. my dad would right now text me and say don't do anything. we like friday night lights and can we do this wi

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black playing the role of bernie tiede in a moe called "bernie", a dark comedy about a beloved east texasd his dear friend marjorie nugent in the 1990s. type de hid her body in a deep freezer after shooting her, and for nine months he kept up the charade that nothing was wrong in the small town of carthage, texas, until investigators uncovered his morbid secret. >> is that too much for me to ask for you to be a man for once in your life? >> reporter: skip hollingsworth wrote the story and could wrote the movie screenplay. normally someone who commits a horrific murder is a villain. but in this case, bernie is still a saint. there. >> are people that talk about bernie as if he is a saint, and that he just made one little mistake with mrs. nugent, just one. >> >> reporter: one mistake. >> but there is lots of christian men in carthage these people will say who make two, three, four or more mistakes. we forgive them. why can't we forgive bernie the mistake of shooting a lady in the back four times. >> reporter: you quoted people as saying mrs. nugent was so mean you couldn't find 12 people t

that all moves off to the east tomorrow. texas up to the great lakes. the threat for severe thunderstorms continuing. >> i was telling you, i have family driving into denver today. they were talking about the snow, a huge part of this system? >> they could receive half a foot of snow overnight. west of denver, in the rockies, one to two feet possible. south and west of there, we heard bazi talking about the high temperatures. here they are. for tomorrow, temperatures topping off near 90 in l.a. and sacramento, in addition to that, wind advisories and red flag warnings. due to the fire danger. then we could be talking near record heat by the middle part of the week. >> thank you, jeff smith. we'll be watching it all. >>> now to the abc news exclusive tonight. donald sterling's wife, shelly, speaking out to barbara walters. auchb seen court side beside her husband for clippers games. in recent days, alone for the games. she's vowed to keep her 50% stake in the team. what she revealed late today to barbara walters. about her husband. was the nba fair? shou

locks on the to improve, andgation, to build levees rebuild the wetlands in the gulf of mexico from east texasl the way through to alabama, and other such works at the corps of engineers say is vital to the health of this nation. we overrode the veto. that is bipartisanship. in history of the congress or been 1170 the toes, only 106 have been over written -- have been overridden. .urs was a hundred seventh prior to that, when i was chair , wehe aviation subcommittee did things together. i established and inclusiveness with the republicans. during the years later that we serve in the minority, when mr. shuster a pennsylvania was chairman of the full committee, he and i traveled the country in support of a significant increase in our surface transportation bill that became known as t 21 trans partition equity act for the 21st century. then atlantic, at the end of a news conference were traveled to see the congestion points in atlanta, the last question was a mr. over star,id why you traveling with mr. shuster, a republican? >> because i had never seen a democratic road or a republican bridge. un

asyouroctoaboub-r-o for pd. rst escrtionree mybr.com students and teachers at christian has: east texas in shock tonight can't believe the secret of a popular student has been sharing around and ruled last october 15th world of sophomore her nickname was charlie told convincing and sob story about of the dead parent who had abused her when the teachers essentially became her guardian watter close did her hair she made a lot of friends imagine how they felt when that it found out she is a 31 year-old woman named jerry johnson. police say she has been posing as a student using fake i.d. cards and birth date teacher had been so kind they're hurt finally realize to consider something seems strange and called police about her identity it result charity is in sharp it is in jail tonight. it's not clear yet allow the woman did it >> : things: don right now cvs winds kicking and pleasant cosigning a see significantly colorant and in $9.10 and step same thing in livermore's 91 pleasanton 83 in san jose site the fog will return to the coastline will be seen cooler temperatures and overnights nigh

charity johnson claims she was 15 years old, posing as a high school sophomore in east texas, but policeay she's actually 34, and they've charged her with giving false or fictitious information. >> everything that she was doing, it was all planned. >> the facebook pictures, the good grades, and the supposed backstory. >> being abused by her biological father. then he passed away, and her biological mother did. >> reporter: the double life. she allegedly pretended to be a sweet teenager, but now she's behind bars. >> i sympathized with her and invited her into my home. >> reporter: psychologists say those who impersonate younger people put minors at risk. >> the danger is ever present that you may manipulate these much younger people, that you can take advantage of them. >> reporter: in 2012, 24-year-old karissa hads was arrested for posing as a 17-year-old boy online and sparking a relationship with a 15-year-old girl. high school basketball star or international impersonator. this 22-year-old man was arrested after passing as a 16-year-old high school student from haiti. both pleaded gu

and we could again be seeing that this morning and through the early morning hours anywhere in east texasso, south of dallas is where the heaviest will fall. louisiana, i want you to watch out today. also, western mississippi because you could see three-plus inches. >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the microclimate forecast. breezy can -- and sunny. the summer spread is 61 at half moon bay to 84 in antioch. tonight, the temperatures fall back into the 40's inland, and low-to-mid 50's for the rest of us under a leader sky. the seven-day outlook show below average on saturday a >> michael, you said you're going to san jose. i'm going to go ahead and book that l.a. flight right after you just in case that pot gets bigger. >> the pot is getting fat. a lot of money, a lot of money. >> okay, guy, thank you. >>> coming up on "gma," high-powered white house lawyer in court this morning, on trial for trying to kill his wife. >>> also coming up, oscar pistorius beginning his psychiatric evaluation and why some are saying he's getting special treatment. >>> plus "gma" investigates

the rain will erode some of that drought condition in east texas, of course the worst part of this is more in north and west texas, recent rain improved those conditions. we're getting a little bit of help from all of this, but definitely kind of dampens weekend plans heading into june. >> i saw a guy with moss on his backside the other day. terrible. >> north side. >> exactly. thanks. >> firefighters in texas are allowing a fire at a fertilizer plant to burn out. flames broke out at the facility about 70 miles south of dallas. crews evacuated a five block area fearing an explosion like the one that rocked west texas last year. there were no injuries. it is unclear what sparked the fire. >> federal judges in los angeles throwing out convictions claiming the sting operations that were conducted by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms are unconstitutional, involving undercover agents promising suspects a large payday in charge for robbing a fake drug stash house. one said the agent's conduct was against the law, creating a fictitious crime from whole cloth, the justice democratic

heavier areas of rain, you can see the ban moving into east texas, producing significant rainfall.his is going to stay percentent. spotty stuff through the east, but it's this and then eventually moving across the gulf coast that is going to be our biggest concern over the next couple days. this is going to be a heavy rainmaker as it creeps its way along slowly. a lot of place seeing two or three inches. this core goes up to six inches and flooding is going to be a concern with that. back to you. >> firefighters in alaska hope rain in the forecast will help them get control of a wildfire that has burned 248 square miles. the funny river fire is 30% contained, it's been burning for more than a week in the wildlife ref final 60 miles south offing. rain is expected today and tomorrow. a local finishing resort is also providing free lodging for displaced residents and their pets. >> in colorado, they are racing against time, rescuers trying to find three men swept away by a massive mud slide. >> john henry smith is now here with the latest on the search effort. some of these pictures w

east. eastern texas into parts of illinois and parts of the great lakes. the it heavy snowfall, 40 inches of snow with severe weather across the plains. it is still on the move today. parts of the western gulf coast. that is where areas through thursday could be picking up potentially 6 inches of rain. there's a big concern for flooding out there. a number of watches. we have potential to see severe weather for the state of mississippi into southern parts of ohio. cincinnati, national, memphis, jackson, mississippi, severe weather come tomorrow. temperature wise heather and ainsley across the northeast warm above average in 9 the 90s in rally. in denver the high is 51 degrees today. let's hid over to you. >> like spring weather. >> he put his own life on the line. fellow soldiers during an ambush in afghanistan back in 2007. until a few hours u.s. army sergeant kyle white will be awarded the nation's highest honor the medal of honor. the 27-year-old was on "fox & friends" sunday. >> you don't think about what you are doing especially in that moment with th

mississippi, to build levees to protect against floods, to rebuild the wetlands and gulf of mexico from east texas all the way through to alabama, and other such works by the corps of engineers that are vital to the well-being of this nation. president bush vetoed that bill. we overrode that veto. history of congress, there have been 1170 vetoes. only 106 have been overridden. ours was 107th. because ined established a partnership with the ranking member, the senior florida.n john mica of not just when i took the chairmanship, but prior to that, when i was chair of the aviation -- we did things together. i established and inclusiveness with the republicans. during the years later that we when mr. the minority, shuster of pennsylvania was chairman of the committee, he and i traveled the country in support of a significant increase in our surface transportation bill that became known as t-21. and then, atlanta. at the end of a news conference, the last question was a reporter who said, why are you a democrat, traveling with mr. shuster, a republican? never seenause i've a democratic road or republic

do you know the eagle ford, east texas, producing 50,000 barrels a day in 2011.ducing 1.4 million barrels a day now. >> three years later? >> 50,000 to 1.4 million. it's a major reason why our country, we got the new figures, we are pumping 8.4 million a day, highest since 1986, i think we will take out the 1970 benchmark, we will soon be doing 10 million barrels, by the way we're importing so much less oil. a feel good story i insist on. that's why hess is up. >> eagle ford talking about the permian and what that means for the likes of -- >> permian, that's eagle ford, that's eog, it's sim mer rex, which has a terrific business. by the way -- north dakota produce morse oil than alaska. >> talking about backen. >> back to hess, but can move on -- >> sanchez doubled down. you're talking about mr. mark papa who built eog into the company it is he said eagle ford is you hit it with a straw. it is as bountiful as saudi arabia, light crude. we don't have enough refining capacity for this crude. which is why they want to export oil. we can't pump it all and refine it.

they help people like dale richardson who is a vietnam veteran from east texas who died of cancer after reportedly waiting two months to hear back from the v.a. about scheduling chemotherapy treatments. they help people like thomas breen, a navy veteran, who like mr. richardson died of cancer after a two-month period in which he reportedly waited in vain to hear back from the v.a. about an appointment time. they also represent people like edward laird whose story was written up in the "los angeles times" this last weekend. mr. laird was a navy veteran aged 86 who discovered a couple of unusual marks on his nose, and so he went to the doctor at the phoenix v.a. hospital to get it checked out, and according to the "los angeles times," the doctor said he needed a biopsy, but it took almost two years before mr. laird was allowed to see a v.a. specialist, and when he finally did get to see the specialist, he was told that the biopsy was unnecessary, and so it wasn't done, but mr. laird found it hard to believe but that's what they told him. unfortunately, by the time he got to the v.a. hospi

east coast. today is going to be the warmer day of the year in parts of the northeast. we're going to deal with severe weather across parts of texas. we're going to get it. by tomorrow it inches off towards the east. east texas and eventually that lower mississippi valley getting in on this. take a quick look across the region for your forecast today. the northeast, we'll see a few showers in new england throughout the day today but overall things are going to be looking very nice. down to the southeast, more rain across much of texas into oklahoma. beneficial rain. >> anna, we'll turn it back to you inside. >> thanks so much. the candy man cane. ukraine's billionaire candy tycoon declaring victory in the country's election. the population there one million but zero votes were cast. poroshenko wants to work with russia while drawing closer ties with the european union. >> a fourth person died as a result of the shooting at the museum in belgium. video showing the man behind the attack. you can see him walk to the entrance and start firing. the suspect is still on the loose. police believe he acted alone. >>> maybe they didn't want

my mother's people were from east texas, new boston, texas. but i love texas.er, virginia is the last station before heaven. >> i like that. i think people in virginia would agree with that. >> a new state motto, i think. so your character red, you call him a real texas guy. >> yeah. >> as al said, it's a guy i feel like i've seen you play so well. what does that mean to you to be a real texas guy? >> i don't know, it's just something i kind of fit, or like to fit. it's a wonderful character. and he is what he is. he loses his ranch and he goes south with his grandson that he finds on that given day and they go for one night in a whore house in mexico and he finds a new love and new life, which is wonderful. they almost pulled the plug on the movie. i had the producer go to the powers that be and say if you pull the plug on this movie now, it will be more hurtful for bobby duval than for red to lose his ranch in the movie. so the powers that be said oh, i get it now, so we went ahead with the movie. >> thank goodness. >> going back to one of your all-time great

just a few miles east, in la porte, texas, at least a dozen people were injured when they're construction tent collapsed, blown over by a suspected funnel cloud. >> just minor injuries. scrapes, bruises, cuts, contusions. >> reporter: but they weren't so lucky in north dakota, on monday. >> this is about to go right over us. dude, where do we go? we have nowhere to go. >> reporter: where a funnel cloud with winds of 120 miles per hour raked through a camp of oil field workers. it injured at least 9 people, 1 critically, and destroyed 15 trailers. elsewhere, it's all about the flooding. some parts of houston have seen six inches of rain just over the past few days. turning streets into rivers and rivers into lakes. >> the water's moving really fast. it's crazy. >> reporter: and the region is bracing for still more severe weather. and that flooding risk is highest today from houston all the way to new orleans. drenching thunderstorms also expected all along the gulf. showers and thunderstorms, as you can see, extend into the northeast, all the way down to florida. but it will be clear and h

in 7th graders in texas, east texas, the whole school district says this is too rough. derstand the concern is that real. i understand that. i grew up playing flag football. i didn't play tackle football until high school. ninth grade. so i understand that you can still have a successful nfl career playing flag football. but more importantly than that, it's the concern i think with parents about their children. children have long-term issues dealing with concussions. >> the demand for the sport is still there. you have over 100 million people watching the super bowl. something you're familiar with. even though it pained me at the time, i love you and so happy for the steelers now. but you have people wanting to watch the sport and parents who love the sport and kids want to play the sport. but we want to keep them safe. shouldn't we be working on ways to keep them safe, better means of tackling, better methods, so they don't get concussions? >> lieutenantly. i think that's what's happening now. you see the big push, especially with the nfl, in terms of educating the coac

charity johnson claims she was 15 years old posing as a high school sophomore in east texas.ey have charged her with giving false or fictitious information. >> anything she was doing was planned. >> reporter: the facebook pictures, good grades and the supposed back story. >> being abused by her biological father and he passed away. >> reporter: the double life. she allegedly pretended to be a sweet teenager but now is behind bars. >> i sympathized with her and invited her to my home. >> reporter: psychologists say those who impuersont younger people put people at risk. in 2012 she was arrested for posing as a 17-year-old boy online and sparking a relationship with a 15-year-old girl. high school basketball star or international imperson ator. this man was arrested after posing as a high school student from haiti. in this latest case of adult turned high school student school officials say charity has been enrolled since october. so how does a good samaritan fall victim to something like this? she says she met charity johnson at a fast food restaurant and asked her about her c

the neighborhood center was founded in 1907, one of the biggest helping hands in east texas. the organization is a nonprofit behemoth with 74 service sites in 60 texas counties. its services range from charter schools to senior centers, ives it unrivaled stature -- host: that's in today's houston con cell. let's go back to the phones. marcia is waiting in north carolina. marcia, good morning. caller: yes, good morning. how are you? host: good, marcia. idea. caller: i want to make a few comments. i have got a nephew by marriage that is from mexico. it took him about eight months to get a visa to come up to work in the united states. after he moved up here and got him a decent job, he met my niece, and after about a year, they got married. they've had a child. he has been married to her for three years. the court system to gain all of his citizenship documentation, paid worked hard, has into social security ever since he got here, has paid his income taxes ever since he got here, has held a job. when he did not have a job, he was on the streets looking for one and got another o

texas to minnesota. the storm system is moving east today, but the possibility of more heavy rain, hail, and the chance of tornadoes exists from texas to indiana. yesterday the dallas area was hard hit. the rough weather blew through the dallas area yesterday afternoon. winds clocked at up to 70 miles per hour, toppled trees, crushed cars, and collapsed buildings. >> when we were inside, it felt like it was lifting us, you know. you felt like you were getting lifting like an elevator kind of feeling. >> at one point over 30,000 homes lost power. part of the dallas rapid transit system shut down. the wind tore through homes. one family said there was no time to run. >> it happened really fast. it was actually really scary. >> it was just overwhelming, man. everything happened all at once. >> there were also flood-producing rains, up to 4 inches in the metro dallas area. five teenage boys who were playing near a drainage tunnel were swept down a fast-moving creek. >> back up for us. back up for us, please. back up. >> they clung to branches before being rescued. at least two tornados touched down in minneso

texas. these storms are now moving east. meteorologist megan glaros of cbs station wbbm is tracking this wild spring weather. >> good morning, and good morning to our viewers in the west. there is a flooding rain possibility across parts of texas up into louisiana, arkansas, and even up into missouri this morning with very heavy rains expected. we're looking at rainfall total that say could top more than 5 inches in spots over the course of the next 48 hours. and while that storm system will slowly move eastward and become a possible flood maker for parts of the northeast into the end of the week, it is exceptionally dry in the west as well as the potential for record heat. los angeles topping out at 98 degrees today. san francisco 88 degrees. pair that with low humidity and gusty winds. there's the high fire danger today and in fact 25% of the state of california is still at the highest level of drought. >> all right, megan, thank you. >>> singer and north carolina congressional candidate clay aiken is suspending all campaig

texas, almost there in dallas. here is that rain, few strong storms will continue east but moving out of the area, maybe some floodingnd poor drainage in that area. warming up across texas. staying dry temperatures by tomorrow morning in the lows of about 45° in albany. 53 in philadelphia, washington, d.c. is up near 60° so eventually we'll start warming up just been unseasonably cool throughout most of the northeast. del. >> thank you very much, dave. finally we leave you with michael jackson live from beyond the grave. are what you are looking at is a hologram. are he or it showed off its signature moves alongside more than a dozen real life dancingers. slave to the rhythm, topping the charts in 50 countries. thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "techknow" is next. now" is next. a show about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. tonight the frozen zoo. in a d

we've got a heavy front that is sitting from south texas to north texas and east.g to get a lot of rain over the next couple days. >> very quickly, are you going to be -- will you be able to endorse the republican nominee, no matter who it is, if it's not you? >> i have always supported -- i mean when ted cruz won in 2012, i immediately called him. i wekt out and campaigned for him and hosted fund-raisers for him. >> so if you don't win today -- >> this is a very for voters. who has the most ability and who has the most integrity. i ran 21 positive spots and two spots where we define my opponent strictly with quotes from newspapers. i've run a positive campaign. i want to win for texas, not for myself. and so that's what we're working hard to do. >> lieutenant governor david dewhurst on the ballot today. as you mentioned, it's very rainy there. you will be driving a lot, i imagine, so stay safe on the campaign trail. >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. >>> let me turn to texas congressman ralph hall. he joins me now on the phone. congressman hall, good voting day to

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texas. and look, you can even see it there in east oklahoma. lightning and the potential for wildfires. expecting a big problem with that in many of those drought-stricken areas. >>> that is tennis ball-sized hail. that sound is the sound of calling your insurance adjuster. that's in central and eastern pennsylvania. it shattered car windshields, broke windows in buildings all over the town of reading. emergency management officials tell us there's a lot of damage but no serious injuries. >> look at those windows. >> i know. >> look at those dents! >>> virginia hit hard by damaging wind, hail, driving rains. tornado warnings late in the day sent people scrambling to find shelter in richmond. you can see a whole lot of destruction, a lot reported throughout the state with trees down, streets and highways flooded and more than 20,000 homes without power. >>> a lot of property damage also being reported in upstate new york. thunderstorms packing ferocious winds and hail, ripping through albany, schenectady and montgomery counties. many homes in the region devastated. trees and power lines

texas. that is moving forward the east. so louisiana you're looking out for the possibility of some severe weather. earlier i just mentioned about the low pressure system into montana. that is moving toward the east bringing some possibilities of more severe weather for parts of montana and into the dakotas, and yes, isolated tornadoes are part of the threat as we go through your wednesday. and so a very active weather scenario for the eastern half of the united states. and some rain expected for parts of southwest canada, and for those of you in quebec and parts of nova scotia, you're looking at the possibility of seeing some frost as you wake up wednesday morning. because of the weather setup. and so be prepared for some colder temperatures for you. but look at this. most of the united states dealing with some thunderstorms and a chance for some rain. denver high of 30 with some precipitation all the way into houston and all along the eastern seaboard into new york, you'll be looking at a chance for some rain with a high

severe weather texas, east mexico. -- new mexico i should say.ely moving off to the east. big bend of texas. including places like hill country, stan antonio. take a look where the drought is across parts of the southern plains. it's right there here across this area. and that's where we are getting really great rain these few days. so everybody across parts of west texas, guys, oklahoma into kansas are incredibly happy getting this written. you might think don't want rain on memorial day, they do. >> speaking of memorial day, i didn't i can't believe we are talking about this. our veterans dying, waiting in line for healthcare. subject on memorial day weekend? my goodness. >> can't get the care they need. backlog. stories about the paperwork and number of veterans affairs department across the country. now, news this morning that if you actually look at their vacancy openings right now for u.s.a. jobs on the web site. the v.a. has over a thousand opening os for positions waiting to be to be filled. >> some in phoenix itself. >> 18 openings there

severe thunderstorms expected to move east, likely causing big problems from texas all the way up to the great lakes. >> the impact already seen in colorado, where tornadoes touching down about 150 miles east of denver. two funnel clouds were spotted. luckily, no damage was reported. these storms are bringing big hail, too. hail on the seventh of may, a few inches piled up on the ground. >> look at that. >>> there's some winter weather in wyoming as well. look at pictures from casper. 5 inches of snow falling there. tornadoes also reported in that area. >>> kansas this morning cleaning up from high winds that knocked over a train. >> really? >> uh huh. look, the winds blew that train right off the tracks. gusts north of wichita topped 60 miles an hour. damage in that area said to be widespread. a lot of windows blown out. >> talking about weather in wichita. >> i know. >>> today's forecast, more possible thunderstorms, maybe even tornadoes. our chad myers has the latest on that and the rest of today's weather. chad? >> and good morning. not such a nice day across the northeast today.

potential for dangerous conditions today, including the plains, the tennessee valley, parts of texas and most of the ç eastcoast.u! >> the fierce weather system already left its mark in colorado. tornadoes and large hail pounded the denver area, damaging cars and even airplanes at the airport.w5k abc's tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: a powerful storm socked the denver area. it spawned tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and giant golf ball-sized hail. the sound, menacing. people ran for cover.m/y cars slid, more than an inch of hail fell in some areas. so, it had to be shoveled or even plowed. extreme weather shut down denver international airport. frontier airlines says some of its planes were damaged. snowplows cleared the runways. tense moments in and around the city, after these ominous clouds formed and tornado warnings were issued. >> i'm so scared. i don't know what's going to happen. but just know i love you. and tell my family that i love them. >> reporter: at least six twisters were spotted, but no significant damage was reported. a different storm system, ravaged parts of the midwest. f

san antonio, texas, 80 degrees. east coast. after a rainey day should dry out temperatures in the low to mid 70s. elsewhere we are looking for a couple of spotty thunderstorms in denver. dry down through florida. we will get showers in the southeast. tomorrow still looking good in the northeast. 65 in chicago so starting to warm up. still stays dry. l.a.'s temperature should drop down into the lower 70s. any relief we can get with the heat is looking good. >> dylan dreyer, thank you for that. this morning in turkey, a fire broke out in the mine where rescue workers were searching for the last of the missing in that country's worse ever mining disaster. moments ago two more bodies were found. joining me now from soma, turkey, is richard engel. with a good day to you, richard, where are the recovery efforts this morning? where do they stand? >> good morning. turkish officials say that they have recovered about 300 bodies so far. they don't believe there are many bodies still inside the mine, and they don't think there are any sur

severe thunderstorms expected to move east, likely causing big problems from texas all the way to the already seen in colorado. look at that. tornadoes touched down about 150 miles east of denver. two funnel clouds spotted. luckily, no damage was reported. those storms also bringing a bunch of hail. that's right, hail. hail on the seventh of may. a few inches piling up on the ground there. >>> winter weather in wyoming as well. look at that. there's snow in casper, 5 inches of it. tornadoes also reported in that area. >>> kansas this morning cleaning up from some high winds, high winds that knocked over a train, blew the cars right off the tracks. gusts north of wichita topping 60 miles per hour. damage in that area said to be widespread with a lot of windows blown out. >> we are concerned about some of the severe weather, the possibilities over a large part of the country. let's talk to indra petersons about what we might see. >> and take a look at the satellite. very easy to see how explosive these thunderstorms are, even in the last few hours. you can actually really see them kind

already had had about five inches of rain in areas east of texas.hicago you had bad storms yesterday. chance for more storms today. how about the west coast? l.a. today, 96 degrees. as we go towards tomorrow, we should be just as warm out there. they're still dealing with a horrible drought. when you see san francisco at 90 degrees, that's impressive stuff. that's a very cool city right by the bay. more "morning joe" when we come back. ♪ can and when alan gets all powered up, ya know what happens? i thinki'm sold!ers speak for themselves. he's a selling machine! put it there. and there, and there, and there. la quinta inns & suites is ready for you, so you'll be ready for business. the ready for you alert, only a laquinta.com! la quinta! the was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today at angieslist.com ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you outlive your

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texas. and also the heavy rain eventually will shift to the east coast, but not until probably friday for thed everywhere in between thursday and then on friday. so a lot of wet weather coming across the country. today the trouble spots definitely down in texas. even chicago with storms. our friends out west, they've just -- you know, the drought, the heat, 96 today in l.a. and we're looking at probably a two or three-day heat wave there. >> thank you, bill. we're going to look fwoord to your performance. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe" other than that performance, we're going the have more from donald sterling's alleged apology. and why magic johnson isn't a good role model for the african-american community. >>> when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler to talk about nothing is all good in the hip hop first family. we're back with much more after this. ♪ so i tri ed depend so i last weekend. tri and it made the difference between hearing about my daughter's gym meet, and being there. yeah! nailed it! unlike the bargain brand, depend gives yo

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texas. it's moving to the east. we'll see the same type of weather pattern continuing for the next several days. we have warnings in effect. mississippi, and louisiana, concerning floodings. a big problem here. >> i want to show you pictures that came out across southern louisiana. there we go. people - really, the water came to quickly for some people. some locations saw 10 inches in one day. and many communities are flooded and will stay flooded for the next several days. i want to show you more video crass the region. a lot of people flooded in the streets, homes are flooded in the areas, sewers not being able to handle this much water in little time across the area. coming back to the weather wall, i'll show you what we expected to see. the rain will continue across the region, going wednesday, thursday and friday - thursday, friday and saturday. the next 72 hours, 6-2 inches of rain is expected across louisiana, and then as we get into parts of alabama. the system is not going away. later in the hour we'll talk