kansas is so red that attila the hunn ought to be able to win an election in kansas if he only had an "r" listed after his name on the ballot. sam brownback is apparently no attila the hunn, because kansas is against him. az approval rating as governor is hovering around 33%. you think in a state that red, president obama would have a terrible approval rating, you're right, he does, but sam brownback's approval rating is lower than president obama's is. and some of kansas's bad feelings about their governor may be about all the recent reporting on a big fbi investigation into more brownback's inner circle in state politics, including his longtime chief strategist. the fbi is reportedly looking into whether there's pay-to-play corruption, whether lobbying dollars and campaign contributions have been leveraged or even coerced in an illegal way as governor brownback has pushed through his legislative priorities. so that may be part of it. those fbi stories. there have been no indictments or anything yet, so nobody really knows what that reported fbi investigation is going to come to. but

those brothers are from kansas.country. ♪ wichita is the home and headquarters of koch industry, the hundred billion dollar oil and industrial company that provides the koch brothers with often of their $80 billion fortune. the brothers help finance the 2012 overthrow of republican moderates in the kansas legislature in what one ousted republican deemed an effort to use their home state as a laboratory for their ideas, turning it into what he called "an ultraconservative u taupy." koch industries has been one of the biggest contributor to sam brownback and congressman mike pompeo. >> i've read countless studies and they disagree. >> and one of the biggest contributors to senator jerry moran who recently read out a koch brother op-ed on the floor of the united states senate. >> this is an opinion piece from today's "wall street journal" written by a kansan, charles koch. >> reporter: they have been fighting renewable energy everywhere across the country from oklahoma to north carolina to ohio to arizona. the fight ha

those brothers are from kansas. kansas is koch country.is the home and headquarters of koch industries, the $100 billion oil and industrial company that provides the koch brothers with much of their $80 billion fortune. the brothers helped finance the 2012 overthrow of republican moderate in the kansas legislature in what one ousted republican deemed an effort to use their home state as a laboratory for their ideas, turning it into what he called an ultra conservative utopia. koch industries has been one of the biggest contributors to kansas governor sam brownback and to mike pompeii. >> with respect to climate change i've read countless studies and they disagree. >> and one of the biggs contributors to senator jerry moreland who red a koch brother op-ed on the floor of the state senate. >> this is written by a kansan, charles koch. >> the koch brothers have been fighting renewable energy everywhere across the country, from oklahoma, to north carolina to ohio to arizona. the fight had been particularly toxic in kansas. against the state's

chamber of commerce got bills part of the way through kansas legislature that would get rid of kansasthat says a small proportion of energy in the state has to come from renewable sources. six times they tried it in the past year. but with all their clout and with sam brownback in the govern governor's office, complete republican control, they can't get it done. and first of all, that appears to be because renewable energy is popular, hard to demonize it. second of all, bottom line, kansas has one of the biggest wind energy industries in the nation. wind power is a $2 billion industry in kansas with 25,000 jobs and counting. the world's largest deal ever to build wind turbines will get a lot of parts assembled at a plant in hutchinson, kansas. that district happens to be represented in the kansas statehouse by a republican named steve becker. issues like that turn out to matter in kansas politics. last week, kansas legislature adjourned for the end of their session. at the last minute, koch brothers funded group tried to get rid of the wind power law. they lost again, lost by three vo

and unfortunately, the state of kansas, even though the majority of people in kansas, by the way, are-choice, they want abortion to be safe. they want abortion to be legal. and they support this clinic there to be a health care provider for the women of kansas. but we've got a government there dominated by right-wing republicans who are out of touch with their own constituents, who have enacted law after law to try and cut off access is to women in kansas. >> we have seen -- take away this sort of terroreristic part of the movement, right, we are just talking about a fully legal, non-violent part of the anti-abortion movement. it still is the case that there's just a -- you know, if you're going to run abortion clinic that is going to be your life, right, have people outside every day like what effect does that have on the way that care is given? >> you know, for many doctors that i've spoken to and health care providers that i have spoken to, it really makes them stronger. the reality is that julie burkhart is a saint. she is a compassionate, caring doctor. one in three women in kans

we're on the road in kansas.ht we tell the story of the final day of school in a small town and how the state's republican governor and legislators brought that final day about. >>> all across america battles are waged in the states. laws are passed and the impact of these policy decisions affects us all. many of these stories go untold until now. join us as we take "all in" on the road capturing the small-town stories that make up our bigger picture. first up, kansas. >> you don't change america by changing washington. you change america by changing the states. >> "all in america" on the road in the conservative heartland. h. oh, i like that one. it's so quick! it's just like my car insurance. i saved 15% in just 15 minutes. i saved more than that in half the time. i unfriend you. that's not how it works. that's not how any of this works. [ male announcer ] 15 minutes for a quote isn't how it works anymore. with esurance, 7 1/2 minutes could save you on car insurance. welcome to the modern world. esurance. backe

city kansas public schools.elcome to the program. >> thank you. >> if we had gone to one of your schools before the 2010 act, what would we have seen on kids' platters on an avenue day? >> i think we would have seen food that was as good as we knew how to make it but not food that meets the standards we are talking about today. the food would have had more fats, more car bo hydrates, more sugar, more of the things that are easier to produce and kids tend to gravitate towards but not the healthiest options. >> if i came to lunch at kansas city schools this week, what would i have seen? >> this week we are out of school. you would have seen more vegetables, more whole fruits, more whole grains as opposed to processed flowers. much more nutritious choices for our kids. >> were the standards hard to put in place once the act was passed? >> sure. i mean this isn't easy to do. let me talk a little bit about the bigger picture. what we are talking about is the health of our kids. one of the things my superintendent and

kansas, through omaha, down through des moines.specifically, they're watching out for risk of tornadic weather. from that to warmth over the west. look at these temperatures. 95 in l.a. this week. that's a look at your nation's forecast. >> and this weather report brought to you by milo's kitchen. dan and bianna, back to you. >> thank you. >>> coming up here on "gma." you've seen it on tv. the perfecter fusion styler. can it do everything it claims? i've been using this product for years. check out what our mom testers are saying this morning. >> and maybe dan will test it on bianna. >>> and spring's newest edition. the babies making their debut. another way to celebrate mother's day in "pop news." i'm their mom at the playground and i'm his mom at the dog park. the kids get trail mix, and here's what you get after a full day of chasing that cute little poodle from down the street. mm hmm delicious milo's kitchen chicken meatballs. they look homemade, which he likes almost as much as making new friends yes, i'll call her. aww, ladi

regulations in places in kansas like leawood, prairie village and kansas city that previously banned open carry on their streets. those cities and towns were stripped of their authority to regulate guns. republican state representative jim howell who sponsored the preemption law say it's to clarify. the bill was backed by patricia stoneking and an nra lobbyist. >> the constitution gives us a right to free speech. what about our right to worship? do we want them to regulate the right to worship? i don't think so. >> the bill passed the both the house and senate easily earlier this year with broad bipartisan support. the nra said the bill made kansas a model state. janet miller, a city council member in one of those cities who has seen authority stripped away, begs to differ. >> i don't care how often you go to the gun range and practice. i don't want guns around me and where i am. >> it's not just kansas that's preempting local governments from doing things they don't like in the name of clarification. it's not just guns. ten red states including kansas have laws on the books banning

to what's the matter with kansas today.o call it a sharp turn it to right would be a vast understatement. under current governor sam brownback, the state has careened off a cliff at the far rightest emg of policymaking and become effectually a laboratory for tea party ideas. they include -- the largest income tax cuts in state history. an expansion of gun rights, restrictions on abortion, sharply-reduced welfare rolls, increased voter registration scrutiny and a parg of state government bureaucracy and that's putting it all pretty diplomatically. these choices don't seem to be working out very well for kansass and their governor wkans kansasians, and the tax cuts led to state revenues plunging to 45% falling $92 million short of projections. this month, the kansas supreme court ruled the state's megger public education funding was unconstitutional and ordered the state to restore those funding cuts. and when it comes to public health, brownback's opposition has gone beyond the usual public refusal to expand medicaid to 78,0

wichita hit 95 today, a record kansas city 15 above normal and concordia, kansas, 98 degrees, breaking a 127-year-old record. >> what you see on this map is where we expect temperatures to be either colder or hotter than they normally would be. of course, where the drought is so bad, temperatures are going to be hot, because the atmosphere's just going to going to bake. we expect the drought to build even more so into the plains as we go through the summer months. >> reporter: in oklahoma, it could be another 1930s type dust bowl says the usda. 39% of the wheat crop there is in poor or very poor condition. a tour last week of farms in kansas forecast the weakest crop in 18 years in the top u.s. wheat-producing state. >> all of the rain in the world isn't going to help this wheat. >> reporter: and you can see how dry and windy it is here. beyond the crops, the heat has taken a tremendous strain on public utilities. in wichita alone, water uses up 25% in the last week due to the heat. brian? >> janet shanley live in kansas for us tonight. janet, thanks. >>> one more note on all the sever

and he's always credited the people of kansas for helping him to put it back together. after a lifetime spent in public service, bob dole returned to thank the public at age 90 and harry smith was along for the ride so tonight, mr. smith goes to the heart of dole country in kansas. >> reporter: the body may be frail but the voice is unmistakable. >> i'm not running for anything, though, i'm thinking about 2016. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> reporter: yeah, that's bob dole, once known as an attack dog, at 90 he purrs. >> i want to thank y'all for coming, one time i can say to you i don't want any of your money. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the republican senator, vice presidential and presidential nominee is on a county by county thank you tour of his beloved kansas. >> well, thanks for coming. >> thank you for being here. >> reporter: he wants to show gratitude to the people who placed so much faith in him. >> well, isle be darne be darne. >> well, isle be darne be darnl. >> reporter: it's not a one-way street. >> i've always been a fan of bob dole. i wish he could have bee

this week, we've been looking at kansas, looking at everything from the koch brothers' team to stymieable energy in their home state, the republican governor's defunding of public education, and what that's doing to small-town schools. to a brand-new story tonight about the state's refusal to expand medicaid, and the republican fighting to change that. later this week, we'll be looking at how the nra is looking to kansas as a model for pro-gun legislation. how women are getting access to much-needed health care. it's a lot, but we're sure you have lots of lingering questions about the stories we're telling. so tweet those questions to @allinwithchris. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] imagine this cute blob is metamucil. and this park see the special psyllium fiber in metamucil actually gels to trap some carbs to help maintain healthy blood sugar levels. metamucil. 3 amazing benefits in 1 super fiber. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a f

we've traveled to kansas with where that state's republican insurance commissioner went head to headh a member of her own party, the governor, who decide not to expand medicaid. we'll have that story for you, next. predicting the future is a pretty difficult thing to do. but, manufacturing in the united states means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. >>> all this spring and summer, we're leaving the studio and heading out across the country to bring you stories that illustrate the big political fights in this country. our series is called "all in america." this week, we've been looking at kansas, looking at everything from the koch brothers' team to stymie renewable energy in their home state, the republican governor's defunding of public education, and what that's doing to small-town schools. to a brand-new story tonight about the sta

the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. moran: mr. p -- mr. moran: mr. president, thank you for giving me the opportunity to be here. i want to add my voice to others who have paid tribute to daryl chappelle who retires today after 42 years of work in the united states senate. i can tell you in the time i've been here, i look forward to running into daryl as i make my trip back and forth between the us are ells building and the capitol floor. there are people who just brighten your day. on every occasion that i have encountered daryl during the work darks it has just been that experience. so i fraibt to of an individual that i -- so i pay tribute to an individual that i don't know personally, his background, his family. it is a sad thing about the nature of today's busy world in which we don't know people like -- i certain will i do back hom, but i will tell you that the opportunity to deal, to be with and to experience t

nbc's janet shamlian has more from wichita, kansas. >> reporter: it is the biggest crop in kansas, but wheat this year is in trouble all over the state. >> this is probably one of the worst crops at this stage that i've ever seen in my 52 years. >> reporter: john jenkinson is an ag specialist. his family has been in farming for generations and he knows this year's harvest has been hard hit just by looking tat. >> wheat should be waist high on both of us. >> reporter: that's less than half of where it should be. >> and we're going to have more than less half of a crop from what we should have. >> reporter: kansas is locked in a heat wave. august-like temperatures in early may. it was as high as 103 last weekend. >> what you see on this map is where we expect temperatures to be either colder or hotter than they normally would be. where the drought is so bad, temperatures are going to be hot because the atmosphere is just going to continue to bake. we expect the drought to build even more so into the plains as we go through the summer months. >> reporter: in oklahoma, it could be another

increÍbles imÁgenes de la enorme formaciÓn de tornado horas antes sobre kansas city muestran cÓmo el a su paso incluso esta escuela que quedÓ literalmente descubierto, otro era el techo de esta casa que quedÓ perforado por los troncos de unos arboles sacudidos por la furia del tornado. los vehÍculos volteados las lÍneas de elecciones caídas y las edificaciones en escombros bloqueaban los caminos. cuadras que cuadras de daÑos y destrucciÓn en los vecindarios de orange y marshall decirnos que vivieron el peor susto toma las cosas con filosofÍa. tenemos suerte de estar vivos podemos reemplazar nuestras cosas pero no nuestras vidas. >> como ven un fin de semana de tornados fuertes vientos y hasta granizo en estamos de las planicies al menos 10 tornados tocaron tierra en missouri e indiana millones de personas se mantienen en alerta atenciÓn, nebraska, kansas, iowa y el mal tiempo continÚame pasando, estaremos pendientes, fÉlix regreso contigo. >> pasamos a tamaulipas, mÉxico el hastÍo volcÓ a la gente a la calle para pedir paz. exigieron a las autoridades que hagan algo para vivir con tr

joins us fromise pt, kansas city public television.e has worked for burger king for nine years and plans to go on strike today. he is a member of the standup kansas city campaign. we last spoke with him in august, as the strikes were just beginning here in the u.s. we welcome you both to democracy now! terrance, you have worked at burger king for nine years. how much do you make an hour, if you don't mind me asking? >> divergent fast food for 17 years and a burger king for nine years and i make $9.40 an hour at burger king. >> i'm sorry, i did not catch what you said. can you say that again? >> i have been working fast food for 17 years and burger king i've worked for the past nine years and i make $9.40 an hour working there. >> and why are you going on strike today? >> i'm going on strike for my family. i raced through the girls here in kansas city. their future do not look anything like the past. we have struggled with homelessness, and basic utilities -- gas, rent, the lights. and that is while working every day. the working poor i

we only have three previous races at kansas.u look at those races the average lap of the last caution is around lap 190 with 77 to go. now we have 38 to go. the one crew chief, dave rogers and kyle busch hope to go out green. >> got a green flag look to it. everybody is pretty well strung out and i don't see anybody really working on anybody too hard here at this time. >> we're not seeing the clumps of cars like the one that created the a.j. allmendinger and menard collision. >> exactly. a few cars busted up in the middle of three and four right now but pretty much quite minding their manners at this point with a little ways to go. 37 laps to go. >> the only thing that could offset the trend the drivers seem to come off the corner snap loose like we've seen several drivers. >> those are daytime trends not nighttime. >> i didn't have a very thick notebook on nighttime trends. >> i screwed him enough. >> this is the first night race in the brief history of kansas speedway. held saturday night so everybody can get home for mother's

you can easily see where the front is, right over the front of topeka, kansas. to the east, temperatures in the 70s and 80s will feel a but as we look across the mountains, 30s and 40s, well below average temperatures and a lot of snow to shovel. i'm eric fisher for the cbs news. >> two ukrainian provinces cast ballots. pro-russian separatists claimed a resounding victory in donetsk and luhansk. it was called a criminal farce organized by russia with no legal consequence. clarissa ward reports from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: at some polling stations there were lines as long as five city blocks as thousands of ukrainians defied the will of the international community and even a request from russian president putin. some of these people have been waiting more than an hour and a half to cast their ballot, and one woman told me that she has lived here for 23 years and that she's never seen so many people come out to vote. certainly the referendum did not meet international standards. many polling stations had no booths, leaving voters to cast their ballots at an

that not so magic process in kansas got kansas's bond rating lowered earlier this month. in 2010 a republican governor took over in the state of new jersey. also kiboshed taxes. was later shocked to find that getting rid of taxes produced a reduction in tax revenue. revenue went down for the state. nobody warned us that would happen. and that shocking reduction in revenue now means that new jersey's budget has blown up as well. huge deficits in new jersey. new jersey just had its bond ratings lowered for the fifth time since governor chris christie became governor chris christie. and it turns out it's a trend because here's the third. in 2012 a republican governor was elected in north carolina, pushing through really big tax cuts. and once again, the shocking lack of revenue that follows big tax cuts blows up the north carolina budget. the state got huge deficits, totally unexpected. we had no idea that cutting taxes would reduce tax revenue. that budget emergency was away apparently the republicans didn't see coming at all has the north carolina legislature going back th

northeast of kansas city the hot spot yesterday. look at the massive tornado and when you watch this roll, look at the bottom right hand of your screen, you see this debris being blown around with this tornado so an awfully scary day yesterday. the threat does exist today for long track tornados so here's the area of concern today. kansas, missouri and iowa, similar setup as yesterday. right now this is the area of concern, pretty quiet, no watches or warnings as of yet. this is what we saw yesterday, 11 reports of tornadoes, wind 49, some incredibly strong wind, 1 reports of hail. you saw on the video golf ball sized hail. there were reports of tennis ball sized hail to boot with this storm. an incredible amount of energy and incredible amount of uplift. right along this warm front and the dry line this is where we're going to see the most severe weather again expected today. hottest hit areas today kansas city down to st. angelo. another threat for a big severe day, long track tornadoes, hail and some strong winds. >> al sandexand

jenkins of kansas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 590, the gentlewoman from kansas, ms. jenkins, and a member owesow polesed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from kansas. ms. jenkins: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlewoman from kansas is recognized. ms. jenkins: thank you, mr. chairman. in 2008 congress passed legislation to suspend public-private competition that d.o.d., through the o.m.b. circular a-76, that moratorium remains in place today. in 2009 o.m.b. issued a memorandum which regulated the ove to insourcing at the d.o.d. today nearly half of the federal government owns and operates thousands of activities that are commercial in nature. these functions are not inherent or unique to government, but rather they can be found in small and main street businesses across the nation. not only are these federal agencies duplicating private business, but many engage in unfair government competition with the private sector. my amendment seeks to place a moratorium on the insourcin

had conversations with kansas veterans, again, this morning. it's a moving experience each and every time to have that opportunity to visit with our world war ii veterans. and, again, the conversation was the v.a. is failing them, please make certain, senator moran, that doesn't continue. thousands of veterans across the country but hundreds of veterans in kansas visit with me on an ongoing basis and they tell me they're struggling and suffering stories because of circumstances they find at the department of veterans affairs. they would tell me that the sacrifice that they encountered if they were willing to say this less than humble sentence they would say, why can't we have the service we earn and deserve? the rally is they've earned and deserve that service and the department of veterans affairs are not providing those worthy veterans what we have committed to do. in the -- and the sad story is veterans across the country and many of those in kansas have lost hope in the department of veterans affairs and just believe that nothing is going t

a veteran from overland park, kansas, suburbs of kansas city, he's the primary caregiver of his wife, who suffers from alzheimer's. he's had a tremendous difficulty in working with. v.a. to schedule appointments when he can be away from her to receive his treatments from the v.a. a daughter of a veteran from wichita let us know that the veteran passed away in the wichita v.a. and is concerned about the events that took place while he was in the care of the v.a. a veteran from northwest kansas, bird city, kansas, is a category 1 disabled marine veteran due to service-connected disability. indicates that he has had two heart attacks and is now paying for stress tests out of his -- and his own medical bills out of his own pocket because the v.a. has denied him fee basis. what that means is if you're a veteran in bird city, kansas, which is in the very northwest corner of our state, access to a v.a. hospital is a long way away and that fee basis would allow you to receive that care and treatment closer to home with a doctor from your hometown or in the neighborhood, in a hospital that's i

it does include the city of kansas city, but right now, kansas city, it looks like the bulk of activity is to your north. we get behind that system and we're dealing with the cold air in place. we're still dealing with wintery conditions and our winter storm warning is still in effect around denver. some areas around colorado received upwards of a foot and a half of snow. there is more snow falling around denver. we could see up to three inches of snowfall. definitely unusual for this time of year. the threat of severe weather is still with us. we're watching for a slight risk of storms from michigan and wisconsin all the way southward into texas. not seeing a lot of activity right now this morning, but as the day starts to warm up, we will see a few more showers and storms pop. right now our skies are clear. that will aid to heat things up as we go through the day. a few showers back behind us, a little further to the west across northern texas. as that front progresses eastward, it will be right along to front where we see storms today. >> ebony deon, thank you. boko haram is looking

oklahoma, texas, kansas, because of the wind and the very dry air. places like woodward, oklahoma, yesterday, had fire around it. it was 100 degrees. the relative humidity was 5% and the winds were gusting at almost 40 miles per hour. rains in the valley's and mountain shows out here in the northwest. here we go for temperatures today. cloudy across the northeast, a few showers. 68 d.c. and 69 new york city. 82, see that warm air to the north, 89 in kansas city and dallas. the red is where the fire danger will be, again. tomorrow, severe weather. a larger area from minnesota back down to texas. i think the bulk is probably somewhere from iowa to kansas, missouri and oklahoma. we'll see. it extends to the north and the south with mountain snows to the west. 83 chicago. 75 for kansas city as the front cools that area down. 79 in dallas tomorrow. again, a few more showers there at 85 in memphis. 67 in l.a. a pleasant 65 in san francisco. enjoy your day. >> thank you, chad. >>> happening now, a desperate search to find hundreds of kidnapped girls in nige

ayer dije que desde las planicies del norte, desde el sur nuevamente dest kansas hay riesgo de tornandoeraturas con bastante humedad. fuertes vientos

nbc's janet shamlian has more from wichita, kansas. >> reporter: it's the biggest crop in kansas, but in trouble all over the state. >> this is probably one of the worst crops at this stage i've ever seen in my 52 years. >> reporter: john jenkin son is an ag specialist, his family in farming for generations. he knows this year's harvest has been hard hit just by looking at it. >> this harvest should be waist high. >> that's less than half. >> we'll have more than less than half of a crop. >> reporter: august-like temperatures in early may, it was as high as 103 last weekend. >> what you see on this map is where we expect temperatures to be either colder or hotter than they normally would be. of course, where the drought is so bad, temperatures will be hot as the atmosphere is going to continue to bake. we expect the drought to build even more so into the plains as we go through the summer months. >> reporter: in oklahoma it could be another 1930s-type dust bowl. 39% of the wheat crop there is in poor or very poor condition. a tour last week of farms in kansas forecast the weakest crop

the latest proof comes from kansas governor sam brownbeck.ver $1 billion in tax cuts since 2012, aimed mostly at the rich. he claimed these cuts would be great for the economy. >> in january, i challenged the kansas legislature to take on an agenda for prosperity and growth for the people. today's legislation will create tens of thousands of new jobs and help to make kansas the best place in america to start and gro uh a small business. >> tax cuts lead to prosperity? real really? how sit working out? last month tax revenues was done 45% from just one year ago. the state's credit rating has been downgraded. there have been major cuts in public services like education, and the poverty has gone up each year governor brownback has been in office. doesn't sound like prosperity to me. so who is the governor blaming for his own economic troubles? that's right, president obama. quote, the failed economic policies of the obama administration are affecting states throughout the nation. what's the matter with kansas? the answer is easy. republicans. di

be filed against any woman who has a miscarriage during the first eight weeks of pregnancy and in kansas republicans have introduced a bill that would put a six point five percent sales tax on all abortion procedures additionally republicans worked in other ways to disempower women in america opposing the will lead better pay fair pay act cutting funny funding of family planning programs cutting funding to programs that help low income single mothers provide for their families and a host of other things or republicans may not be burning towns and kidnapping schoolgirls it's pretty clear that they're just as afraid of educated and powerful women as boko haram is and want america to continue to be massaging the stick and

. >> too bad the good folks outside kansas city, missouri, missed that show.t a month later, they, too, will endure the kenny strasser experience. >> thanks for coming on. >> may 2010. kyle martin and arion jenkins are the anchors and producers of "hometown this morning." >> we kind of have a lot of freedom doing the morning show. it was a lot of fun. >> we are limited to so many resources. >> so when a yo-yo champion passes through the area, pitches himself to the show, they jump on it. >> i do remember e-mails that were going back and forth through kyle and i with the company zip -- zim-zam productions. we thought it was a legitimate company. >> but when k. strass shows up on the set, the red flags start flying. >> he comes walking down the stairs getting ready to go on and i saw him and i was like his outfit. >> i'll never forget that yellow hat. those green shorts. the suspenders. >> not only is the outfit outlandish, but so is k. strass. >> so we went on the air and i thought he was for real. >> in the whole 2 1/2 years that i did the morning show, we nev

that derailed this train north of wichita, kansas.re are twisters in colorado. this tornado one of several. it touched down near the small town of akron. there are no reports of injuries or damage. golf ball sized hail is pounding texas and kansas. spring is turning severe with heat sizzling the south. temperatures as much as 20 degrees above normal. concordia, kansas hit 96 degrees, breaking a record set 127 years ago. snow was falling in wichita, kansas as late as april 14. but 20 days later, the city recorded its earliest 100 degree day ever. wichita falls, texas, is so desperate for water, they've hired a plane for cloud seeding, pumping chemicals into the clouds to help it rain. >> where you see this dirt, that would all be water. >> reporter: the heat wave follows powerful tornadoes that pummelled southern states. the chaos captured in new video from tupelo, mississippi, thrashing this preschool playground. the president toured damage in vilonia, arkansas. >> we're going to support you every step of the way. >> reporter: as for

kansas and missouri got hit on saturday when at least 14 tornadoes touched down. luckily there are no reports of any serious injuries. as we said, there's more severe weather expected ahead. dylan is keeping an eye on it for us. dylan? >> lester, it is going to be a very active day today. even more so than yesterday. and today's biggest threat with the tornadoes that are likely in the iowa area, especially around des moines, it's the long lasting tornadoes. the ones that stay on the ground for an extended period of time. and they cause the most damage. we could see ef-3 or higher tornadoes develop. that means winds could be greater than 136 miles per hour. it's an area in parts of iowa where we are already going to see these storms continue to spread eastward. you can see some heavy thunderstorms developing right now. this yellow box here, that's your severe thunderstorm watch box. these will continue to move up to the north and east and redevelop later on this afternoon. from des moines right over into sali salina. that's where we're going to see our strongest th

casey: madam president, the senator from kansas will speak, and i will follow. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from kansas. mr. moran: madam president, thank you for the recognition. i would ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business. officer sphe withouthe presidint objection. mr. moran: i am here to pay tribute to an exceptional woman in my hometown. she is retiring from a career of aiding victims of domestic violence across northwest kansas. charlotte is concluding more than 25 years of service to options, domestic sexual violence services, with half of her time in the role as its executive director. back home in the rural parts of our states where the doors are left unlocked and most people know everyone else, we often know that domestic violence doesn't occur on our streets or in our homes or to people in families that we know. unfortunately, that is not the reality. and evidence clearly indicates that that's not the case. since options opened its door 30 years ago under the name of northwest kansas domestic and sexual violence

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an eight-inch water burst sent water gushing into kansas street between 22nd and 23rd street. the cause of break is unknown, but a spokesperson said ruptures are typically linked to aging pipes. >>> 880 will be closed again overnight. they are tearing down the overpass at marina boulevard and have partially closed the freeway to do that between 1:00 and 7:00. there will be a detour to take drivers around the road wake. >>> the chp found the abandoned pup around 670 yesterday. the officers goat a call of the dog darting between lanes. he found -- got a call of the dog darting between lanes. animal control arrived, and the officer said this happens more than you think. >> it happens probably on a weekly basis of dogs on the loose on the freeway. >> if nobody claims her in three days, they'll start the process to get her adopted. they've already had dozens of calls of this pup. >> all you have to do is sign up. it's easy. you can save my little brother's life. >>> the family of a 7-year-old bay area boy is doing all they can to save his life. >> plus a hot air balloon ride took a

storms also causing damage in nebraska, iowa and kansas. no reports of any deaths or serious injuries, but as you mentioned, the severe weather threat continues for at least 50 million americans who are in those storms' paths with storm warnings already being issued all the way from the great lakes region, all the way down south to san antonio, texas. >> quite a wide swath. garrett, thank you very much. >>> florida senator marco rubio confirming his 2016 intentions. >> do you think you're ready to be president? >> i do. but i think that's true from all the people i'd want to run. i'll be 43 this month. >> he also had controversial comments on climate change. what it could mean for the potential field in 2016. >>> mother nature does not want this driver to get a ticket. how this officer was almost taken out by a tree during a late night traffic stop. >>> some say the president should be more focused on the va hospitals and the mistreatment of our veterans. we'll talk to a veterans rights activist about the changes he wants to see in the syst

increÍbles imÁgenes de la enorme formaciÓn del tornado horas antes sobre kansas city muestran cÓmo elescuela que quedÓ literalmente al descubierto. otro era el techo de esta casa que quedÓ perforado por los troncos de unos Árboles, sacudidos por la furia del tornado. los vehÍculos volteados, las lÍneas de electricidad caídas y escombros bloqueaban los caminos. cuadras y cuadras de daÑo y destrucciÓn. los vecindarios de orrick y marshall en missouri. vecinos que vivieron el peor susto tomar las cosas con filosofÍa. tenemos suerte de estar vivos. podemos reemplazar nuestras cosas pero no nuestras vidas. fin de semana de tornados y granizo. al menos, 10 tornados tocaron tierra en missouri e indiana en las Últimas horas. millones de personas se mantienen en alerta. atenciÓn iowa y nebraska donde hay avisos de tornados. estaremos muy pendientes lourdes, ahora regreso contigo. >> cambiamos de tema porque sigue la conmociÓn por el secuestro hace ya casi un mes de mÁs de 270 niÑas en nigeria. declaraciones del jefe del pentÁgono y del papa francisco. la comunidad mundial pide el regreso de la