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janice huff has more on the storms and where they are heading. good morning. >>> you can't let that fool you in terms of how the weather looks right now because most of the action is going to happen later in the day. stretching from the great lakes all the way into texas this afternoon, the risk of severe storms and possibly tornadoes. right now not a whole lot going on. it's very quiet. there's a cluster of thunderstorms moving across central arkansas, around little rock right now but the ingredients are there. the perfect ingredients, unfortunately, this time of the year for tornadoes and super cell storms, warm, moist air coming up from the gulf colliding with cool, dry air from the north and a very powerful jet stream in the upper levels of the atmosphere that helped create the spin that can produce those super cell storms that may produce tornadoes. back to you. >> janice, thanks very much. we'll see you with the national forecast in a few. >>> today's politics and an announcement from mitch daniels that he will not run for president in 2012

. >>> first, another check of the the weather with janice huff. e. >>> on this beautiful mother's day here in new york. my good friend asha and her mom are here for mother's day. happy mother's day. and, let's see, where are the other moms today? right here. what are you going to do on this day? >> i came to new york from virginia. >> is your daughter here? >> yes. >> happy mother's day to everybody. let's check the weather. here in the northeast it's a great day but watch out there is a slight risk of severe weather across parts of the northern and central plains in the dakotas into nebraska, western iowa, also over central texas. strong thunderstorms. there could be isolated tornadoes even today. the same thing tomorrow. nice and warm across the southwest and the southeast as well. >>> and you can check your weather anytime by logging on to weather.com. now here's lester. >>> janice, thanks. it began in 2008 when a young mother in florida reported that her daughter, caylee, was missing. within months the mother, casey anthony, would be charged wi

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