serious. >> i was busy here in new york keeping an eye across the country for weather, but right over kansas city last night as well. as expected very active right over the nation's midsection yesterday and hardest hit, kansas and missouri. we had nearly a dozen reported tornados across these two states and one of them hitting very hard just to the east of my hometown, kansas city. >> large debris. we have a large tornado on the ground causing -- >> reporter: watch, as this tornado rips through this small town 30 miles northeast of kansas city. the panic and devastation is all that's left in this small town of 800 residents. there are no reported injuries, but the images of dramatic rescues of people trapped in their homes are stunning. this shot from a helicopter from our abc affiliate kmbc in kansas city shows the sheer strength and speed this twister had. widespread damage to the entire city. including a school with its roof ripped off. >> i'm over by the high school. it looks like it took a pretty good hit from the storm. some of the roof is torn off of it. >> reporter: with flipped over vehi

good to talk to you. >> thank you. >> david smith is the chief of staff of the kansas city kansas publicchools. we will take a short break. when we come back, we will talk about in that standards brought in with 2010, whether they need to be relaxed, whether they are too much of a burden for the schools that are being asked to meet them. this is "inside story." scrunch. >>> well, back to insi"inside story". i am ray suarez. new regulations governing school lunches required more whole grains, less fault, more fresh fruits and vegetables. it never as simple as that. the food industry pushed regret to allow tomato sauce on pizza to be classified as a vegetable. po tatato growers sought changeo loosen restrictions on french fries. the school nutrition association, long an ally in the fight for better school lunch say schools are having a tough time complying with the rules. joining us now, shirley watkins-bodoin, a school consultant and under secretary of agriculture for food, nutrition and consumer services in the clinton administration. darin bacxt and bill thompson, the senior agricultura

good to talk to you. >> thank you. >> david smith is the chief of staff of the kansas city kansas publicchools. we will take a short break. when we come back, we will talk about in that standards brought in with 2010, whether they need to be relaxed, whether they are too much of a burden for the schools that are being asked to meet them. this is "inside story." >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. rosie perez >> i had to fight back, or else my ass was gonna get kicked... >> a tough childhood... >> there was a crying, there was a lot of laughter... >> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> don't miss the system with joe burlinger al jazeera america's highly acclaimed investigative series the los angeles times says... "beringer tells gripping stories..." new york times... "large complicated, sometimes heartbreaking..." >> to keep me fro

louis and kansas city, milwaukee, oakland, detroit, chicago, los angeles, and new york city will demandhe right to organize and call for doubling of their wages from the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. this was the scene in new york early this morning outside a mcdonald's across the street from the empire state building. >> we are the workers! >> i am the organizing director of fast food forward. we are here in midtown in new york city. hundreds ofreds and new york fast food workers on strike today. hundreds and hundreds of community out here supporting them. march down 33rd. we turned on fifth avenue. conflict withme the police here at this mcdonald's because the gm of the store apparently was here getting the police because he did not want 500, 6 hundred person crowd to take over his store like we are known to do here in new york city. when we tried to get into mcdonald's, the crowd was stopped from going in. luckily, we had a crowd that had gone in earlier so we got a banner that we threw up and hung down inside the mcdonald's just a moved our message around. $1

. >> 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

increÍbles imÁgenes de la enorme formaciÓn de tornado horas antes sobre kansas city muestran cÓmo elsu 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 tranq

joining us now is david helling, political reporter for the "kansas city star." thanks for being here. appreciate your time tonight. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> so what did push missouri lawmakers to proposal these very, very deep tax cuts, even as kansas was really flaming out because of them? >> well, part of it is rex sinquefield, as you suggest. he's been heavily involved for years, rachel, in trying to push a no-income tax agenda in the state of missouri. he's really a supporter of turning to sales taxes instead of income taxes. but part of it is just philosophy. missouri, as you also point out, really had a choice about ten years ago, will we be arkansas and mississippi or will we be iowa and minnesota? missouri, as you might know, is almost evenly divided between republicans and democrats in most years and then about ten years ago, it started its slide into conservatism and it is firmly there now. so you put that sort of ideological approach together with rex's money and you get what you got this week in the legislature. >> in terms of that path, th

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

kansas city, wichita, oklahoma city today. the threat moves eastward for tomorrow.m although the threat for tornadoes greater today than tomorrow. big picture wherever you are, a little rain in the northeast this morning but beautiful mother's day there from albany to new york to boston. the southeast temperatures incredibly warm, well above average, atlanta, charlotte, mostly a dry day, a few scattered showers. we're going to watch all the temperatures be so above average today. you guys it's really going to take the temperatures to drop about 20 degrees or so into maybe the 60s in the southeast so we've got a lot of warm, humid air here and it will take a long time for the front to pass eastward. >> the 60s sound kind of nice. >> 80s today in the southeast. >> al saexandra steele, thank y. >>> people are lining up in eastern ukraine this morning, an historic day. controversial vote set to happen. will pro-russian separatists declare their independence by the end of the day and why the results could trigger more violence. >>> and pope francis takes to twitter to se

look at these temperatures. 88 in memphis, 75 in kansas city, 38 in denver. what a contrast! we have that warm air and that cold air colliding, and that's one of the things that's going to spark off a lot of those showers and storms as we get through the afternoon. john and christine? >> hello, spring. >> yeah. >> thank you for that, jennifer gray. >>> all right, happening now in ukraine, we're just getting the first results from a controversial independence vote in two eastern provinces, a vote to pull away from the government in kiev and declare a closer allegiance to russia. that amid more deadly violence. gunmen opening fire on crowds about 30 miles from donetsk. and it's not clear this morning just who those gunmen were. nick paton walsh live for us in slovyansk. nick, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, as i stand here in slovyansk, we're about six hours away from where we were awoken by a tank, it seemed, rounds exploding for half an hour on the outskirts of this town. now, the results of the referendum here never really in doubt, frankly. a large turnout endorsing t

aybar. >> matt: kansas city brings the infield now. go-ahead run at third and one away.nd base on balls.=e6r he has been terrific in his handful of opportunities with runners in scoring position. he is 7 for 16 this year. 0a 2-0. >> eric: as a hitter right now in this situation, you're looking for something up in the zone. you're not trying to get greedy. sometimes with a man on third, in, you're thinking, oh, that's a sure thing, i'm going to get a base hit. you stay disciplined. you think opposite field, let the ball travel. get it up. >> matt: the 2-0. 97-mile-an-hour fastball for a strike. davis can only afford to be so careful with the switch hitter hank conger. have you a right-handed hitter collin cowgill next and then you flip the lineup and have to deal another good fastball. one just missed. three balls and a strike. selective. up out over the plate and look left center to right center. let the ball --ths where you be selective. up out over the plate and look left center to right center. let the ball --hths where you b selective. up out over the plate and look

lightly rainy in kansas city, that should be over with by the time the parades kick off. and strong storms, large hail ask flash flooding threat for western and central sections of texas. warm beach day from florida up the mid-atlantic. upper 80s in north carolina, south carolina, and up to new york city. and stormy weather everywhere. a lot of chances of afternoon thunderstorms. and as far as the hurricane season on june 1st, knnoaa did make the official forecast, an average to below average season. six is the average number, they're saying there's about a 70% chance to have three to six of those. we haven't had a major hurricane hit the country since wilma in 2005. it's one of the longest droughts ever, and hopefully continue. sooner or later it's going to catch up. >> hopefully not this time around. thank you. >>> and an exclusive interview with ukraine's new president. >>> and pope francis making progress in a push for peace. all over the world know us, but they don't yet know we're a family. we're right where you need us. at the next job, next adventure or at the nex

denver, kansas city, san antonio, chance of rain. seattle, chance of showers. airport delays may be possible there. as far as the worst travel goes today, once again, from the severe thunderstorms, with hail and damaging winds, we're talking south carolina, and southern portions of north carolina. as far as the airport impact, if they're going to occur, it will be areas like charlotte, north carolina, and the afternoon and evening. denver, new york city, most likely thunderstorms afternoon and evening. from boston to kansas city, i don't expect any of the airports in the west to have any issues at all. >> that's great. good to see that it will be pretty good for at least 1.7, 5% of the folks you're talking about there. except for that one group. still no containment, but arizona officials show some optimism as fire crews work overnight in hope of getting a fast moving wildfire under control. what is being called the slide fire already burned through 11 square miles in southern arizona, simmering about three miles from two residential areas. firefighters trying

lightly rainy in kansas city, over with before the parades later this morning. as far as severe weather, large hail and flash flooding for western and central sections of texas. warm beach day from florida right up the mid-atlantic. upper 80s throughout many areas of north carolina, south carolina, and mid-80s as far north as new york city. and stormy weather everywhere. a lot of chances of afternoon thunderstorms. and as far as, you know, we're kicking off the hurricane season on june 1st, noaa made the official forecast. an average to below average season. notice that six is the number of average hurricanes per season. they're saying there's a 70% chance we'll get three to six of those. we haven't had a major hurricane hit this country since wilma in 2005. it's like one of the longest droughts ever, and hopefully continue this is year. sooner or later, it's going to catch up. >> it's going to catch up. hopefully not that time around. >>> an interview, and pope francis making progress in a push for peace. [ dennis ] it's always the same dilemma -- who gets the

let's get over to erin little from kmbc in kansas city. good morning, erin. >> good morning, bianna. waking up to cloud cover over new york city. and a lot of severe weather over the last 24 hours. upwards of 100 reports of damaging wind, and large hail, across 12 states. look at some of the video coming in overnight from evansville. substantial wind gusts, 60 to 70 miles per hour. speaking of wind, listen to this. >> whoa. >> wow. coming in from corpus christi, overnight. you can see those winds howling as the storms are moving through. and now, the focus for today will be right over the nation's midsection. from oklahoma city, st. louis to the good folks in kansas city, missouri. watching out for the threat of severe weather for today. just off to the east, not severe weather but heavy rainfall potential. we're talking one to three inches of rain. potential from the deep south all the way up through areas of the northeast. we're watching all across the country. right in the middle part of the nation. that's where things could get active a

places like kansas city are going to be warmer in the morning than the afternoon. moves in, temperatures are going to be going down. eastern seaboard, take a look at the temperatures. look at the difference. boston from 80s down to 50s tomorrow. meanwhile, d.c. shoots up to the 90s. so, variety is the key. it's all over the place, all over the map. >> variety's the spice of life. >> right. >> that's what they say. thanks, indra. >>> stocks in europe trading mixed right now. another dow record could happen today. futures in the u.s. pointing to a higher open. it was a record high for the dow on friday, the second record for the year for the dow jones industrial average. meantime, you care about your paycheck, right? 2014 could be a good year for your paycheck. "usa today" surveyed 40 top economists about what they saw happening this year, and a majority said wage growth would accelerate this year, seeing average pay increases close to 3%. so far, wages have been growing about 2% a year during the recovery, which is just barely enough to keep up with inflation. highe

kansas city upper 80s for you 90s in the city of candace and dell rio. have high pressure in place. not only today but tomorrow. in louisville kentucky where the highs tomorrow make it into the upper 80s as well in kansas city. with the warm temperatures we have winds gusting 30 miles per hour across parts of tpart of t plains. another fire weather watches in effect and red flag warnings as well. eventually by]c>2 tomorrow our storm system arrives. heather and ainsley they will be tapping into warm temperatures not only on wednesday but also on thursday and texas and parts of minnesota andui wisconsin. let's head over to you. >> shop until you drop on twitter? they are teaming up with the social networking site. we have your top business stories. >> amazon is teaming up with twitter to let shoppers tweet items straight to the on-line shopping cart. when they see an amazon link that they like or products they can apply to the tweet. am son will add the product to the part as long as there's an account linked up. they may see what you have added toe buye

cleveland, dallas, denver and kansas city. las vegas with drou their bid. columbus, ohio was withdrawn. republicans plan to choose the host city. >> i think you will go kansas city? >> no. in the meantime, irs is putting new rules on hold. they were designed to reign in political activity. republicans say that is attacks on free speech and meant to silence the conservatives. is the agency a delay for the gop. >> we talk about jonna. and david hawkins is senior edettor for roll call. >> you had a quick explaning a to what the irs is trying to decide between advocacy and politics. can you share that with the v viewers. the issue is not stopping nonprofit groups from speaking out on marries of public policy. trying to decide when does advocating for a policy point of vow. a group can say send a message to washington to stop waejing a war on coal. clearly poll teches would be vote for mitch mcconnell and he will defeat obama's war on coal. the question is where is that gray area? if it is on the political side they have to disclose the donors and that is a bad

highs well below average across parts of the great lakes 50 in chicago, 50's in kansas city, minneapolisstill another hot one. you could reach 91 degrees today for your high in the city of la. warnings across parts of southern california. heather and ainsley as we are heading into this weekend temperatures will be cooling off a little bit so it should ease the fire danger across the region. maria molina live for us this morning. >>> a riot at a texas high school when nearly 200 kids are suspended in a dress code crack down. no piercings, no open towed shoes, no untucked shirts. students are ready to rebel. anna kooiman is here with more about how they are fighting back. >> cell phone videos shows chaos in the hallways after finding out several students were sited for violating the dress code policy. listen. >> more than 160 students were sent home during the random dress code crack down. the violations included piercings, large belt buckles open towed shoes and un shirts. the policy has been in place all year long but students say this is the first time it has been n enforced. >> they ar

tomorrow the worst of it moves to threaten kansas city, oklahoma city and on sunday mother's day. the severe threat area expands from central texas all the way north to chicago and beyond. >>> and on this mother's day weekend, new numbers out today show that more than ever before women are waiting longer to have children, if they can afford to. in the last decade or so, there is a 35% increase among women 40 to 44 having children for the first time. then there is this number, over the past four decades, a 900% increase among women over 35 having a first child. we get more tonight from nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: 36-year-old ellen has spent years building a career as an ob/gyn surgeon but having a family was also part of her plan. >> i realized i needed to do something before i became a desperate person looking to find anybody to marry just so i can have a baby. >> reporter: so two years ago at 34, ellen froze her eggs at the cleveland clinic. her mom karen helped pay for the procedure. ellen is among a growing number of women freezing their eggs. no longer called experiment

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 nigeria. armed terrorists are threatening to sell these girls on the market as child brides or sex slaves. the white house is getting involved with that, live, next. dog: get four years dog: get four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection. get a queen size sealy gel memory foam mattress for just $497. don't miss the memorial day sale. >>> girls for sale. armed terrorists kidnap

findings earlier this week by bernstein, and equities research firm, google -- early success in the kansas city market demonstrates their service could make it to 30 million homes over the next several years. i am encouraged by the prospect of this expansion, especially considering google's announcement earlier this year it plans to roll out service in atlanta and parts of georgia's fourth congressional district as well as other cities, combined with similar services, the rollout of all networks across the country promises more and better options for consumers online. it's my strong believe technology is one of the most important tools for empowering all levels of society. we must keep an eye to protect future innovation within this marketplace but also keep in mind disruption already occurring in the video and broadband marketplace. i encourage the department of justice and the federal communications commission to keep this in mind as it considers the effects of the merger upon competition of the video in broadband marketplace. before i yield back to the chairman, i would note earlier this wee

kansas city, oklahoma, more of a severe threat, hail lightning dangerous winds as well. i'm going to take you to tomorrow, we are going to see some severe weather, edging to parts of wisconsin, all the way down to arkansas. shouldn't be like anything we saw today, but if you are traveling it could be risky on the roads. here towards the south, even though we've had snow up here towards the north that is going to continue up here. higher elevation, rockies another foot of snow is predicted. temperatures are coming down but we are going to see some of our warmest temperatures, reaching up to the 90s los angeles by the time we begin say tuesday. >> that's a big fire hazard. kevin corriveau, thank you. >>> ef 2 tornado, national weather service confirms touched down, tornado part of a supercell storm that formed over the kansas city mech metropolitn area, schools will be closed tomorrow and tuesday. >>> and while much of the country enjoyed a warm spring day, as kevin was pointing out, some were cold and covered with snow today. by the time the snow is over this morning denv

louis, kansas city, the twin cities and des moines. and they're cleaning up from severe storms and tornadoes that swept through nebraska all the way up to iowa over the weekend. thankfully, no reports of any serious injuries. in the rockies, three feet of snow shut down portions of i-80 and southern wyoming. in colorado, the storm is being blamed for at least one fatal traffic accident. >> donald and shelly sterile, the billionaire owners of the los angeles clippers are now speaking publicly, albeit both separately. both of them for the first time since the scandal that brought them national attention, all of it bad. and got him banned from the nba for life. they are desperately trying to hang on to the team while the league still intends to take it away from them. >> for h for the first time acknowledging the racist comments that got him banned from the nba, donald sterling apologized on cnn. >> i'm asking for forgiveness. am i entitled to one mistake? after 35 years? i love my league. am i entitled to one mistake? >> reporter: claimi

. >> it all goes down on september 6th, 2009, in kansas city, missouri. a 30-year veteran with the kansas city police department. he and his partner, officer eric turner, start their shift at 3:00 p.m. often the officers will ride together, but today, they're taking separate cars. after more than ten years working the same beat together, mcginniss and turner rely heavily on one another. >> we deal with a little bit of everything, disturbances, robbery, stealing, you name it. >> after a few hours on traffic duty in ruskin heights, a residential neighborhood, a call comes in over the radio with few details. all they know is a car has crashed into a tree just a few blocks away. >> it was a noninjury vehicular, one car into a tree, which is a pretty nondangerous call. >> only officer turner is dispatched to check out the scene. mcginniss stays back to continue running radar. >> as i drove a little further towards the accident, i saw an hispanic male wearing a white t-shirt. i slowed down, look at him in my rearview mirror. it crossed my mind i wonder if he kn

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 story, next. >>> happening today in mexico, a u.s. marine is due in court nearly two months after being arrested on gun charges. it's sparked fierce outcry here in the united states. >> reporter: hours from now, andrew will have his first chance to outline his defense to a mexican judge. we understand the preliminary hearing gets under way at 9:00 a.m. tijuana time. it's expected to last an hour. itis his second court appearance after crossing the border, carrying th

you could see that in the earlier video has it plowed through the city of oreck east of kansas city. plenty of uprooted trees and downed power lines. there were no injuries because the people had time to run for cover. >> >> a storm chaser took video of a woman rescued from her basement right after that tornado. >> we are coming to get you. are you okay? all right. >> now, the women typically uses a wheelchair to get around and needed help getting out of her basement. her home sustained an awful lot of damage, but both she and her dog were okay. the tornado was part of a line of storms that rolled across kansas city during the evening hours yesterday. >> >> back to breaking news in san jose where a fire continues to burn at this landfill. it looks like it's even more smoke pouring from the scenes. firefighters may be trying to dig through the debris. apparently, a lot of wood chips and bark. it all started 4:30 this afternoon. one of the problems firefighters have is that the closest fire hydrant is a half mile away. so firefighters have to shuttle water to the season. they say they

the hang on to win over kansas city. derrick g. their passes through in his farewell tour. and in the game of his teammates got number one. his first loss of the season. in the fourth inning, first of three rbis for this player. the pitcher falls. three game winning streak and again, came to the black hawks tonight. >>the cat that took on a dog to save a young boy continues to enjoy its 15-minutes of fame. tara is the cat featured in this video provided by "jukin' media." you see a four year old boy get attacked by a dog. but that's when tara jumps in and scares the dog away. well last night, tara got to throw out the first pitch at a minor league baseball game. the plan was to have the cat hit a ball that was on a string, but that didn't work. the boy in the video got to throw out the first pitch too. >> maybe it was a better idea in theory. but it does make you feel better about your pet shoppitch. >> it just keeps going. >> sorry about that i didn't really mean it. come back it's a big weather day and we need to. >> can you jump in here and do the weather? >> i can do it

kansas city would tie it in the next inning. then in the eighth after jose quintana loaded the bases... jake petricka gives up a sacrifice fly and the royals take the lead. the sox only manage four hits and lose 3-1. chris sale makes his return against the yankees tonight, but matt lindstrom is out three months for ankle surgery. jeff samardzija pitched seven scoreless innings against the yankees. cubs up a pair in the ninth, but new york has the bases loaded when darwin barney tries to turn a double play, but throws it away and two runs score. it's still tied at two in the 13-th with jose veras on the mound... and a wild pitch allows the go-ahead run to score. cubs lose 4-2. with a one- four- six e-r-a, but he's winless in ten starts this season. the spurs beat oklahoma city for a two- oh lead in the western conference finals. in the w-n-b-a, the sky beat connecticut to remain undefeated. >> it's like everybody in town can still from that guy. >> great pitcher but no w. but stich a look at our day. 60 degrees today. 62 by 10:00

officials estimate about 80% of the town, which is east of kansas city, was affected. an entire silo, in fact, crumbled to the ground from the powerful winds. one woman actually said it looked like they got bombed. and then, guess what, more severe weather on the way today. 60-mile-an-hour winds are expected from texas up to the great lakes region. let's check in with jennifer grey joining us now. this is a frightening prospect. >> yeah. it's a frightening setup. a lot of similar areas for today and even tomorrow. we do have a new watch in effect. including portions of iowa. we even have a tornado warning that just popped up in southern iowa. this cell right here, it's going to be affecting towns. russell and melrose. this is going to be in effect until 1:45 central time. if you were in the path of this storm, get into a small interior room, lowest level of your house. stay there until at least 1:45 or 2:00 central time, until the threat is over. these are very powerful storms. very gusty winds. 60 to 70-mile-per-hour winds. a cloud-to-ground lightning. very, very dang

anywhere from wichita all the way through kansas city, des moines. that's your main threat area. but anywhere in this orange color, all the way from the hill country of texas up to chicago needs to be on the lookout for the rest of the evening through the overnight hours with this, and then that severe threat will hang on for tomorrow as well. >> of course. and people need to have those battery operated weather radios handy if they have those as well. >> very important. yes. >> keep us posted. >> will do. >>> and then we have this breaking news out of virginia right now. crews have found the third victim of a deadly hot air balloon crash near richmond. two other bodies were found yesterday. alexandra field joining us live with more. >> that third body was found just about 100 yards from the spot three others were found. there were three people in the basket of that balloon when it crashed on friday. two of them were co-workers at the university of richmond. the third was the pilot, daniel kirk. just a few minutes ago, i spoke to his father. his father told me his son was a very g

there were reports another tornado touched down near marshall near kansas city. >>> one day after a judge in arkansas ruled the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, couples lined up to get married. christina talked with those in line. >> i'm in shock, but, yeah, first gay marriage in history. >> reporter: it's a day they've been waiting for for years. >> it's an indescribable feeling. i didn't expect this to happen. it's great. >> reporter: she filed the lawsuit declaring the ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional in 2013. >> many, many people are going through and getting marriage licenses, and i was the proud witness in the first same-sex marriage in the state of arkansas. >> reporter: immediately after friday's ruling, she says the attorney general's office filed a motion for an emergency stay. >> i imagine monday or tuesday that will be addressed. they'll try to get the judge to stop all of this. they got 30 days from yesterday to file their appeal to the supreme court, and when the supreme court renders its decision, this case is over with. >> reporter: but

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

kansas city hospital alone, there are 50 annually.reventible. >> you don't trust your kids 100% of the time. especially when it comes to something so high risk. >> reporter: our colleagues, at "20/20" put the question of m pulse control to the test with hidden camera experiments. these boys and girls in florida are fraend trained to never toun without an adult. they also memorize the nra eddie eagle safety video. when left unsupervised with real unloaded weapons hidden in plain sight. nearly half of the boys act on impulse. eight out of 23 of the girls do too. >> oh, my gosh. >> instead of calling for an adult they play with the wep poewep -- weapons some times mistaking them for toys. this pink gun is the cricket. manufactured by keystone. one of several on the market designed to appeal to kids. >> that is a real gun. it is not funny. >> reporter: nearly half of all the guns in this country are not locked away properly. and guns accidentally kill kids in the u.s. ten times more often than any other developed country in the world. >>

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

and from there to kansas city where i served with the church for about 20 years or so. >> there comes of seeing ourselves the way that we really are. >> amen. >> i had announced my retirement to the church. then within three months of having left kansas city with my retirement pending, i was in jail for having taken someone's life. so i was charged with murder and given a 50-year sentence. >> he's a very important and compelling figure in the chapel and in faith in this institution. there's an adage that all people in prisons aren't bad people. they just did bad things. i think martin is kind of a person who falls within that realm. >> as a convicted criminal, martin feared that other inmates would never accept him as a man of god. >> and one of the first things that we're going to have to do is we're going to have to learn to talk. i don't know how you feel about it, but i'm ready to receive something from god. >> amen. >> there's a large percentage of the prison who will not come to church because of my role. some don't believe that i have the right to stand where i stand. and i cer

for more, we're joined by cheryl pilate, joining us from kansas city public television.ast spoke to you in february shortly after your client herbert smalls was executed by missouri. this is a different situation you have been going nonstop was sete execution time and you got the original stay. explained what has happened to russell bucklew a nonwhite round. bucklew's condition. >> it is his medical condition. the dangers that would arise from executing someone with that condition by lethal injection. the risks are heightened by the use of an essentially secret compound the drug about which ofre are no assurances quality, purity, or potency. opinionsally solid from some experts who agree to work with us as the execution date approached. they said that any number of things could happen to mr. bucklew. and the horrible possibilities were likely. it included hemorrhaging, bleeding into his throat causing choking, suffocating. he has these vascular tumors in his face and in his head and throat. any swelling of them could cut off his airway, which is partially obstructed beca

we're now back in nebraska, pushing towards kansas city.he line of storms continue to push through as we go through the overnight and evening hours. tornado watches in effect for a large portion of the country's midsection as we go forward in time. until about 10:00 p.m. central time, the ones on the west, the ones on the east. still very dangerous out there. that tornado warning lincoln really needs to be on the lookout. >> how fast would you say some of the storms moving? are they fast moving storms? >> they're only moving 25 to 30 miles per hour. they're not moving very quickly. the good news about it is we can give you enough time to really warn you, prepare you for it. be on the lookout for those, especially lincoln in the next 30 minutes. >> jennifer gray, appreciate that. certainly a lot of areas need to take cover and heed those warnings that you made very clear. jennifer gray, thank you for the update. appreciate that. >>> you are in the cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. i'm randi kaye. we begin with a horror story no one would ever w

many probably thought he would hang up his hat in 2011 when after 20 years as head of the kansas city fed, he stepped down. less than a year later, you reemerged. back and better than ever. i think we are going to start with some prepared remarks. we will start with tom. i will ask them questions and we will open it up to the audience after that. >> thank you. i didn't know until this last panel that some people wish i had hung it up. [laughter] never be detoured is my model. that is what i am going to talk about today. i may not be in agreement with some of the comments from the previous panel. it concerns the issue of too big to fail. before i get started, i want to who congratulated the comptroller of the currency for service to the country. i think it has been an interesting ride. i am also very much looking forward to the discussion and i will try to keep my remarks to the point. i want to start by giving some context or principles for my comments that will follow. ingree with those who say the aftermath of this crisis and its effects, we must be pro-market and not pro-individual

would hang up his hat into thousand 11, when after 20 years at that -- at that as the head of the kansas city fed he stepped down by law. your back and better than ever, i think we should say. i think we should start with some prepared remarks. i will ask a series of questions and then we will open it up to the audience's questions after that. >> well, i didn't know until this last panel that some people wish i had hung it up. [laughter] detoured is my model. knows what i'm good to talk about today, but you will learn that i may not be in agreement with some of the comments from the previous panel or panels. the concerns issue too big to fail. before you get started, i want to join those who also congratulated the comptroller of the currency for 150 years of service to the country. it has been an interesting ride through changes as was noted by others. i'm also very much looking forward to the discussion and will try to keep bar marks to point. in doing that, i want to give some context for principals from my comments that will follow. say in with those who the aftermath of this crisis and it

at these two images together and thinking which building is newer, this 1920s shopping plaza in kansas city or the heavily restored mission at cornell. and much of the contemporary fabric would be even newer than that on the right. the building on the right, is it trying to create a false sense of history or just a congenial environment? and then the question of compatible but differentiated. standard nine, new additions, exterior alterations shall not destroy [inaudible]. people have taken a historic property and shaved off the back wall and added on to it , which actually conforms to secretary of interior standards. you can see the addition, because there's no property next door. if there were a property next door it wouldn't be very visible are the street either. at the same time we can see examples like the ones on the wright you see a historic 8 or 10 story building where they've added to the top and left of it a different material, but i'd argue that's too dramatic a change. it's very much differentiated. the one on the left you might think that's going to be compatible, but could cre

from kansas city. a typical spring morning in the central plains with a storm on its way. we have very windy conditions throughout. high-fire danger from else paso to central kansas. very windy and very dry throughout the day. so if any form, they would spread rapidly. late tonight, minneapolis to nebraska, maybe an isolated tornado or two, witch that to san angelo, texas. >> thank goodness, it's not like last week. >> yeah. >>> up next, mayor rob ford, where is he? >>> plus, details on the $350,000 government drone that was mistakenly delivered to acollege student. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. find out why more tha

for kansas city. love it. >>> back then -- excellent producing.ndon donovan a few hours before he was cut from the u.s. national soccer team this week. today the face of the team through three world cups responded to the roster move made by coach klinsman who thought the 32-year-old hod last his step to which the he said -- he said -- >> based on my performances leading up to camp, based on my preparation for the camp, based on my fitness, based on my workload, based on the way i trained and played in camp, i not only thought i was a part of the 23, i thought i was in contention to be starting and so that's why -- this is all been pretty disappointing. >> we got champions league final in portugal. in red. up 1-0 late. real madrid with a corner pick. >> and it's in, it's in! again! and we're level. >> sergio romo had the equalizer to go to extra time and that's where real madrid took over. look at that off of the save. with the rebound header that would prove to be the game winner. real madrid just poured it on from there. three extra time goals. h

look at the storms lined up to the west of kansas city. a two-hour threat away from hail and possible high winds and then here is a tornado we've already had confirmed as you mentioned around st. james. that will push north of mankato and in the next couple hours threaten the minneapolis metro area. tonight, you mentioned it 50 million from houston to little rock, st. louis later on and tomorrow our threat slides to the east. more of the hail and high wind threat but, brian, as we know, we can never rule out a tornado even when you're under a severe thunderstorm watch. >> jim cantore watching it all from weather channel headquarters tonight. jim, thanks. >>> to news from overseas, starting in nigeria where the president of that country promised today to find hundreds of school girls who have been held by terrorists for more than three weeks now. he thanked the u.s. and other countries that are supporting this effort to rescue them as their loved ones grow more and more desperate. we get the latest from nbc's ann curry. >> reporter: inside

canadian border, back down into texas and everywhere in between from dallas, fort worth, tulsa, kansas cityneapolis and des moines the possibility of severe weather, maybe ian a few strong tornadoes. again, not a tornado outbreak like we saw last week, but we could see one or two strong ones. hopefully they won't hit any towns. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," harry reid's assault on the koch brothers, why he says not only mega donors are created equally. >>> when we come back, jenny mccarthy will join us to talk about her new book -- >> is she here? >> i'm not telling you. you have to get in line behind me. i have a mad crush on her. that's coming up after this. ♪ ♪ (vo) oh. my. tongue. finally. (announcer) all-new friskies saucesations. a taste experience like no other. in cheesy, creamy, homestyle, or garden sauce. friskies. feed the senses. >>> the engagement ring george clooney supposedly gave to his fiancee. >> beautiful. >> i'm not wearing mine today, so i don't want to hear rumors. it's being sized. i didn't know whether to make it smaller or eat more cupcakes.