. >> lynchburg virginia republican line. >> caller: hello. [inaudible] >> could you hear her question? >> i heard most of it with valerie jarrett who was an important advisor who had the president's ear on a lot of strategy in terms of how he shouldar position himself and what issues to move on first or to wait and simply the broader political strategy he didn't win because of her and her money that isn't the case he won in large part because of the sheer frustration built with theau gop with the status quo toward the end of the bush presidency and the excitement he generated from democrats and independents saw him as a new voice a different kind of voice in american politics to raise a lot of money like all candidates it didn't come from her. and i think that is the reason his presidency took place but what all presidents bring to the white house and people who try to guide them from washington. >> now the democratic line from new york. >> caller: i am confused i vote democrat but i'm confused on this district 18 in pennsylvania where to me

another reported tornado hit lynchburg, virginia, flipping over cars and destroying dozens of homes andusinesses and thousands are also without power. that same storm system produced blizzard conditions around the great lakes. the snow was so heavy near green bay, it collapsed the roof of a motel. >>> now let's get a closer look at your monday morning forecast. >>> good morning. stormy conditions along the east coast with this low pressure system that has a history of producing tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. heavy rain in new york up towards boston with ice throughout vermont, new hampshire and maine. for the northwest snow in the upper elevations. heavy showers throughout the northwest and just unsettled in general, and they need more rain in the southwest part of the country because now we have a high fire danger with gusts up to 35 to 55-mile-per-hour winds and rapid-fire growth. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. >>> well, still ahead right here, the growing push to boycott starbucks. >>> but first the bombshell report about safety concerns at a budget airline. the co

colony, the eugenics institute in lynchburg and that's what happened to them, many of them children were taken from the land that they lived on and they worked. it happened to be not in some isolated faraway land but two miles from one of the most wealthy resorts in the area which was either to expand to serve the national park. so the fate of the shenandoah valley for almost 2 generations were entangled with the state of the eugenics movement with colonization , again. in order to make people who were wealthy even wealthier and that is the story of the mountains so often . >> wendy, you're taking on a subject that is very much a pressing contemporary issue. it's one that wendy and i discussed previously, that there are many newsrooms in america that have a reporter who is assigned to cover adoption, fostering, or the circumstances that really create the challenges that inform both those systems. what are the ways in which depictions of appalachia have informed and have affected adoption and foster care? >> okay, this is ugly. what stephen and elizabeth have been talking about and t

. >> and what was possibly a tornado tore through the lynchburg, virginia area overnight.lipped over and huge trees uprooted. no serious injuries reported. >>> down under in australia, authorities think a wildfire that destroyed more than 6,000 acres was set on purpose. >> they say it's safe to go home now. no major damage reported. >> there's a little bit of a happy story here out of the wildfires. the rescue of a koala. the animal was hosed down and had a drink before being wrapped up in the firefighter's jacket. is that the cutest thing you have seen? >> he looks pretty cozy. >>> coming up, the apology from starbucks. >>> and later in "the skinny," the final round of solo performances for the "american idol" hopefuls. they brought all the judges on stage for one performance. and see who brought katy perry to her knees. you're watching "world news now." ry to her knees. you're watching "world news now." he ♪ tired of wrestling with seemingly impossible cleaning tasks? using wipes in the kitchen, and sprays in the bathroom can be ineffective. try mr. clean magic eraser wi

. >> reporter: another tornado also touching down in lynchburg, virginia.e structures there completely destroyed. >> my heart has been pounding ever since it hit. god bless the first responders and the cleanup crew. it's going to be a long, long haul, but it will be fine. >> reporter: several schools were also badly damaged by the storm. so as a result, all district schools are closed today. additionally, everyone on this street is currently in the dark. thousands more waiting for the power crews to get the lights back on. savannah and hoda? >> catie, thank you so much. >>> which brings us, of course, to al roker. check of the weather. hey, al. >> thanks for spending your time with us to bring you the weather. boy, look. it's crazy in the northeast. down south the worst is over. you can see we've got winds blowing a lot of rain. on the radar right now, it shows a pretty good story. up to the north, you have an icy mix. along the i-95 corridor, strong storms, heavy rain and this is going to continue during the day today. the cold front will sweep through new

independents, robert from lynchburg, virginia. in syria, was the allied mission accomplished?aller: good good morning. i am not with president trump's policies all the time. when you kill someone like that -- hello? host: you are on the air, robert. caller: ok, when you drop chemical weapons on someone like should be taken out, and i applaud president trump for doing that. what? going to move on. thank you for the call. james in louisiana. this headline from the daily mail. good morning, james. caller: good morning. i support what the administration did because the mission was accomplished. remember, the mission was to go out there and dismantle these chemical weapons plants, and , withid a lot of that further consequences if he continues to produce come so if he continues to produce, then we will have to go after him. he did something that no other orsident had the balls whatever to do, and i am sick and tired of these countries that hate us and we don't fight back. we fought back, did a good job. thank you very much. host: thank you for the call. from the washington post, ru

host: lynchburg, virginia, peggy, republican, go ahead.nk they should stop the food stamp program. guest: great question. caller: it's terrible. guest: in over 31 hearings that we have had, we have found very little abuse. when you are an elected official , you owe the responsibility to be a good steward of the tax dollars. we are creating as part of a proposal to the farm bill a clearinghouse. is thathe abuses go across state lines and get eligibility in different states to collect these benefits. who knows what sometimes they do with them? they don't always use them for nutrition. they try to commoditize the and sell them. part of the proposal is to create a clearinghouse to reduce fraud and abuse. it's a lot of money. it's a lot of money where i come from. year.round $700 billion a -- $700 million a year. it could be used to feed a child and adult, and older adult who is in food insecurity. any savings we find with fraud and abuse we will invest that in. we are incentivizing the states in order to be good stewards as well as they admini