morgan brennan has more from kansas city missouri. >> reporter: this is intermodal. and so is this and these are containers used to ship anything you'd expect to find on a walmart shelf. as the name suggests, intermodal refers to freight that's used several modes of transport. ocean rider. the concept has been around for decades but it's really taken off since the downturn becoming the fastest growing business within freight transport. so how important is intermodal to kansas city? >> intermodal is very important to kansas city. >> reporter: mike is in the port authority, one of the largest transportation hubs in the country. >> when we look at the market anal lisysis analysis the industry analysis we know intermodal is the growth for freight. >> reporter: it's because of accessibility. >> the fact that kansas city is centrally located with the infrastructure rail and highway, we can reach 85% of the country and all of the country on 2 days with ecommerce deliveries. >> reporter: across the country, companies playing out their infrastructure to handle more intermodal

kansas city. kansas city spans two states, right? kansas city, kansas and kansas city, missouri. in a suburb of the kansas side overland park, last april, this guy, this neo-nazi, founder of branchs of the klu klux klan. who thought he was probably dieing of something, he went to a jewish community center in this suburb and he opened fired. he killed two people at the jewish community center and one person at a near by retirement moment. yesterday, you can see that same guy there, frazier glenn cross. he did his best to give a hitler salute. police officers that responded testified yesterday in the case that frazier glenn cross was praising hitler when taking limb into custody. they asked him in the process of apprehending him, he asked how many jews he succeeded in killing. one officer says he tried to recruit him right then and there at the scene of the murders. tried to recruit him to the white power cause. he asked if the cop was german. he wanted to make a nazi case. he is an ex-con. a known neo-nazi. he is charged now with capital murder, he is facing the death penalty if he

kansas city. kansas city spans two states, right? there's can city kansas, and kansas city, missouri. the state line between those two states runs right through k.c. and in a suburb of the kansas side of kansas city in a suburb called overland park last april, this guy, this neo-nazi antisem might, founder of branches of the klu klux klan and white patriot party, this older man who thought he was dying of emphysema and decided before he left god's green earth it would be his patriotic duty to go kill some jews. this older guy in the kansas city area went to the jewish community center in this kansas city suburb and he open fire. there he is. he killed two people at the jewish community center and one person at a nearby jewish retirement home. yesterday in a preliminary hearing, you can see that same guy there, his name is frazier glencross. as he was being wheeled in for his capital murder case he tried his best to give the hitler nazi salute. police officers that responded to those shootings last april testified yesterday in this case yesterday that cross screamed hil hitler as they w

scattered, british researchers tom hyam and george kazan have come to the nelson atkins museum in kansas city, missouri they want to analyze an ancient treasure reputed to be the finger of john the baptist. could it come from the same individual as the bulgaria find? >> this is containing the relic. it's silver. it dates from about the year 1400. >> what's really exciting about the kansas baptist relic is that for the first time we'll be able to compare the carbon data relic with the one we've already obtained from bulgaria. >> the bone has been identified as a human bone coming from a hand. >> what's interesting about the finger is it's part of a medieval treasure, the gulf treasure, that has connections with the german lord henry the lion. we know that he visited constantinople and requested relics. but it's possible that may have had origins much older than that. ♪ >> should we get the bone out and we'll look at it now? >> sitting in an elaborate gilt housing dating back to the 14th century, for the researchers, the challenge will be how to remove the bone from its precious casing. ♪ and when they t

the collateral they had deposited here it you will see things like the national city bank of kansas city, missouri. that is my hometown. this got to be so popular that eventually there was something like 14,000 different charters issued. the government printed these notes. they are some of the most widely circulated notes at the time. the lower denomination one has a president that most people don't remember. andrew jackson is on several notes, thomas jefferson lincoln, madison is also on a large sized $5,000 note. mckinley is on the $10 bill. in today's smaller notes, he was on the $500 bill. here is a new president popping up, james monroe on this $100 silver certificate of 1878 through 1891. george washington appears the most on currency. he appears on 10 different types of large sized banknotes, five different denominations. then he appears on all of these fractional banknotes. washington was a very popular figure in this day and of course today on the one dollar bill. do we need to keep going here? loops -- oops. the portraits very quite a bit on the notes of this period. these are all portra

british researchers tom high yam and george ka sam have come to the nelson atkins museum in kansas city missourize an ancient treasure reputed to be the finger of john the baptist. could it come from the same individual as the bulgaria find. >> this contains the relic, dates from about the year 1400. >> what's exciting about the kansas baptist relic, for the first time we'll be able to prepare the radio carbon data of this relic with the one we've already obtained from bulgaria. >> the bone has been identified as a human bone coming from the hand. >> the fingers are part of a medieval treasure that has connections with the german lord henry the lion. we know he visited constantinople and requested relics. it's possible it may have had origins much older than that. >> joining me to talk about this father jim martin who has written about john the baptist in his book "jesus a pilgrimage." welcome. >> good to be here. >> this is really intriguing. >> it is. >> it seems impossible to prove. >> it probably is impossible. the gospel says jesus's mother mary and john the baptist's mother were cousins. w

host: terry in kansas city, missouri this morning. this coming up amid the debate over the nomination of loretta lynch. cnn -- "some black leaders say race is playing a role in the delay." congressman g.k. butterfield of north carolina is the head of the congressional black caucus, joined other black leaders in a press call tuesday morning this week, calling on black media outlets and members of the public to wrap up their pressure on senator mitch mcconnell to bring lynch's nomination to the floor. "i speak for the congressional black caucus and i can tell you that the cbc is disturbed and that is putting it mildly. we are greatly disturbed that this confirmation is now taking more than four months to work its way through the senate. the sad thing is that votes are there today to get her confirmed . there is no question about it. if senator mcconnell would put this nomination committee report on the floor she would be the attorney general by the time the sunsets this afternoon." that from cnn.com and their reporting on it. comments f

host: the population centers are located in yemen michael, from kansas city, missouri.rning. with charles schmitz, professor in maryland. caller: good morning. i am a retired dentist. my parents are from damascus. i have been listening to this conflict all my life. since the 1950's. i have a question, and it was my father's belief that the iranian regime or persian regime, his thoughts were that they are getting bad at alexander. for destroying -- they are getting back at alexander for destroying their empire. if you look at it, persia is in control -- or iran has their fingers and everything. secondly, what has iran done in the last 40 or 50 years that we can trust them? host: thank you, michael. guest: let's be quick, and the initial world work. -- in the initial wcold word period, we trained iranian security forces and put together and they were our main allies in the region. it was only in 1979 when iran took over and became an enemy of the united states. at that point, the united states shifted the alliance from iran to saudi arabia. of course, we are interested in

estÁn en riesgo en kansas, missouri, hasta oklahoma city.eras para las prÓximas cuatro horas. asÍ que seÑores o mÁs cantidad de nieve. hacia el sur. y en el medio oeste. en el noreste usted estÁ ligado con reglas muy frÍas. que se va a concentrar ahÍ. durante las prÓximas 36 horas. es un hecho. ustedes en el sur de la florida siguen lidiando con calor. nosotros aquÍ en los angeles estamos siquiera de palabras muy similares a la de ustedes. es antonio con fecha de 3°, 5:04 pateras. y nosotros nos quedamos con 81. asÍ que recuerda que estamos conectados @jackiguerrido. contigo pamela. pamela: gracias van a ver un espectacular vÍdeo captado de las alturas. se trata de cientos de tiburones que saltan a los mares mares del norte. para pasar al grano. acostumbran a seguir a otros peces que nadan hacia aguas cÁlidas, en los meses de intenso frÍo. y una joven entro al hospital andaluz, y esto ha tenido subir a un calvario. a conocer aquÍ el primer impacto. pero antes tenemos un adelanto de lo que se espera maÑana en despertar amÉrica. >> hola amigos

this is part of a five mile long wildfire that spread from kansas into missouri. parts of the city of st. joseph have been issued mandatory evacuation orders. thousands of acres have burned and officials say only brush and a few homes have been consumed. >> in boston a winter storm has helped set the snow fall record. according to the natural weather service the measurement of 100.6" stopping a season record set in 1995 and 1996. >> it has been that kind of winter. or spring. mike, between the east coast and the west coast. >> absolutely, feast and famine. what we have. we are looking at wet weather. just across the north bay and headed up to the northwest. i don't get a few sprinkles from interstate 80 north today. here is a look at the system pulled through boston and near halifax and nova scotia. we have clouds around chico and if rain in lake tahoe but a sprinkle and 62 after record high 65 yesterday. look at the sunshine, 82 in fresno. nearly 90 in los angeles and 93 in palm springs and 81 in san diego. let's get a personal account of what happened in lake tahoe the. >> it was

kansas, norte de texas. indiana city. usted dignamente hasta missouri tenemos la masa de aire bien frÍa.rimentando condiciones frÍas. chicago tiene un receso de estas condiciones invernales. pero para el fin de semana algunos copias de nieve. como puede ser para la gran manzana. caluroso se acerca a altas temperaturas cerca de los 90°. para el dÍa de maÑana a diferenciar de hoy, cinco delegados, asÍ que llamo a las condiciones de lluvias severas. pueden iniciar un fin semana agradable. chicago contra del grados, nubosidad. san luis con 92°. para ello de maÑana se van a quedar en el centro sur de el paÍs. recuerde que nos mantenemos en contacto con es de costumbre a travÉs de @jackiebarrido. tambiÉn en instagram tengo informaciÓn para usted. 2officialjackieg. pamela: hay que buscar las pÁginas. atenciÓn padres no se mande su asiento tenemos una lata de impactos en los adolescentes que es algo de vida o muerte. pasamos con un adelanto del programa para maÑana, adelante muchachos. >> saludos, escuchen bien lo que veremos maÑana aquÍ en despierta amÉrica. >> tenemos la exclusiva de 20 aÑos s

the missouri republican party rocked by a second suicide in a month. a reporter from the kansas city star spoke with friends of jackson that say he continued to be angry to the reaction of his friend's suicide. that they would face retribution for their roles in his death. instead it appeared to be dwindling. and so now two men are dead. the party chairman still has his job, katherine hanoway's campaign continues. joining us now is a political reporter and columnist with the kansas city star. is there anything more to add tonight in terms of what we know about this investigation. >> they believe it may be related, but i can tell you that everyone else in missouri, republicans, democrats, other people you talk with think that the two suicides are directly linked and that spence jackson was upset that john hancock had not steps down, and that they were not punished by other members of the party and that consultant continued to get work. the word that we got today service that spence jackson was upset over those developments and took his life over the weekend. >> in terms of what is hap

missouri. and you and jeremy were talking little bit last night. >> yes. >> is he happy? >> yesterday afternoon. >> he's from kansas city. texted him so, last month he went to missouri, he was inducted into the hall of claim, wow, you must really enjoyed your trip back to missouri, you went home. >> he said yes, going back home. >> reuniting with and. >> i a loft success under andy but most under chip watch it came down to what it always comes down to, little bit of monday. >> i hey, by the way, congratulations on april 1st you start permanently on the morning show. >> i will be working four days a week with the morning show, very excited. >> you won't n joining us? >> friday mornings will still be available to come in and hang out. >> literally i ran in here. >> thank you, good to sigh you. always good to see you guys. >> hi, here's sue. >> you're just going to hear sue. and here is the countdown to spring. yes, doing for awhile now, such a coal february. but seventh coldest february, so we start the countdown to spring. single digit, in fact, week from tomorrow, eight days until the vernal equinox. we look down to our s

missouri. we have 12 different states with either flood warnings or watches up. it's also warm in beautiful in some spots. 65 in chicago. kansas city could be near 74. we're warm in florida with record heat yesterday. it'll be a rainy saturday through new york and boston. middle of the country looks fantastic and into sunday the two stories 91 in l.a. while unfortunately it's going to be snowing for our friends in maine. >> no. >> just a little bit of winter in maine. that's it. >> and today's friday the 13th to top it off. thanks, bill. some other stories we are following for you. a spectacular night launch as nasa sent a rocket with four satellites into space. they are studying magnetic reconnection. >> meet this dog. in he's a 56 pounds in that photo. four or five times larger than he's supposed to be but after a adoption a strict diet of dry food and a few surgeries to remove excess skin here he is at 12 pounds and he can finally fit into that red sweater. looking good. now@ now@ true story feekl bandit. in in ohio police are searching for a man who has been deaf stating on car hoods and children's play toys. it's happened 19 t

city. what we are looking at is a severe thunderstorm watch box extending through actually four states, a little bit of kansas and parts of arkansas missourinto most of oklahoma. this is what we are seeing right now. now we're watching the tornado warnings very carefully. here in tulsa, we have dropped the tornado warnings just to the west of the city but we still have the warnings east of the city. we are also looking at northern parts of arkansas and now we have new tornado warnings issued in parts of missouri. but severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect to the west of oklahoma city. i will not be surprised if those do turn into tornado warnings in the next half hour or hour. we'll see very active weather up here through parts of illinois. st. louis later on tonight you could be in that area with large hail that has been reported from a quarter size to ping-pong size in parts of oklahoma as well as into parts of arkansas as well. these are the tornado-damage reports that have been reported so far. three tornados, unconfirmed right here in the northwestern parts of arkansas. we will be watching this all through the rest of the night. >

missouri, kansas y texas. el tamaÑo del granizo daÑo viviendas y meteorÓlogos pronostican que continuarÁ para gran parte de kansas city Árbol que cayÓ sobre un vehÍculo con su conductor. un camiÓn tres elefantes se quedÓ atascado en el lodo. lo mÁs llamativo es como - orientados por el conductor- ayudaron a sacar el camiÓn del lodo. y para saber lo que nos depara la madre naturaleza este miÉrcoles, pasamos contigo querida ximena. adelante. ♪ llueva, se caiga el cielo y truene, lo Único que quieres es que yo te traiga el weather ♪ ximena: ok, esta es la frase del dÍa, no importa lo que te ocurra sino como lo enfrentas. estamos vigilando este sistema que traen fuertes lluvias en el norte del paÍs. se puede acumular de 1a 3 pulgadas de nieve. en missouri posibles tormentas de nieve. tenemos aviso de fuertes vientos pero tambiÉn alertas de posibles inundaciones. hacia el norte haya visos de condiciones invernales. chicago tiene 30% de lluvias. va a despejar en la tarde. 51 de mÁxima. nueva york con una mÁxima de 44 grados con 50% de probabilidades de lluvia. el denver tiene una temperatura de 45. aquÍ los dejo con mi twit