please welcome melvin bledsoe and darris long. [applause] >> both of you gentlemen lost your sons in very tragic ways. melvin, you lost your son to radical islam and now to prison, and darris, you lost your son to a shooting. it's hard for me to understand how the two of you can sit there shoulder to shoulder given the way that your lives have intersected through your sons. how can you do that? >> well, melvin and his family are as much victims as we are. 10:19 he lost his son. at 10:19 i lost my son. the tragedy of it is goes unrecognized that this was an act of terror. for me, i can speak, and there's a degree of sympathy for me because i've lost my son. melvin has been speaking out since the day of the shooting trying to identify what caused his son to do what he did. >> melvin, tell me about the day on june 1st, 2009. you got a phone call, and you were told that your son had shot two individuals at an army recruiting station. i want you to tell me what went through your mind and how -- were you even surprised when this call ca

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bob melvin still upset about the call on upton. gets ejected.evor cahill, seven innings, two runs, seven hits, season-high seven strikeouts. a's lose, 8-3. >> manny pacquiao was back in the ring in las vegas, facing timothy bradley for the welterweight title. everyone wanted to see pacquiao mayweather and now that fight might be in question. pacquiao turned the fight into a brawl from the get-go, landing 253 punches to bradley's 259 but bradley changes tactics winning just enough to win a round, and it works. bradley won a contested split decision on two score cards for bradley, 117-111 on the third car for many. pacquiao's first loss since 2005. >>> this abc-7 sports report is brought by river rock casino. stanford and fraz rained out continue. and pacquiao, the congressman in the philippines, a fame game show. he -- >> how do you land more punches and lose. >> he comes at you, he's hard to score, that kind of fighter. comes at you like the tasmanian devil. so a loss is a loss. >> ama: thank you. >> alan: the search for the source of the deadly

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. >> two of those deputies, melvin walker and david ramsey, were also arrested. a year, prosecutors agreed not to charge the other two admitted co-conspirators, patrick cuffy and paul skyers, with any crime related to brown's murder in return for their agreement to tell the whole story. >> we needed their testimony. as much as i hated it. but this was the type of crime that had no one come forward we would have never solved it. >> d.a., j. tom morgan first asked brown's widow, phyllis, if she could live with cuffy going free. >> she said as long as he wasn't triggerman and as long as he wasn't the master schemer then she was willing for us to go ahead and make deals with him and skyers so that we could convict the others. >> the indictment charged melvin walker and david ramsey with murder. walker for shooting brown and ramsey, who also worked at ex-sheriff dorsey's private security firm, for being the armed lookout ready to kill anyone who intervened. >> walker was the triggerman. and skyers got rid of the gun. and cuffy drove the getaway car. >> cuffy's plea ch

bob melvin still upset about the call upton. gets ejected.ny. pacquiao's first loss since 2005. >>> this abc-7 sports report is brought by river rock casino. stanford and fraz rained out continue. and pacquiao the congressman in the philippines, a fame game show. he -- >> how do you land more punches and lose. >> he comes at you, he's hard to score, that kind of fighter. comes at you like the tasmanian devil. so a loss is a loss. >> ama: thank you. >> alan: the search for the source of the deadly e.coli outbreak heads west. >> ama: millions of tons of debris from japan's devastating tsunami is floating to the u.s. but experts think we can >> alan: good evening. >> ama: in tonight's headlines. firefighters across the bay area continue to mop up a series of grass fires. in san jose, nine acres of brush burned near highway 87 forcing closure of some on and offramps. >> alan: the national transportation safety board is investigating an incident at buchanan field golf course in concord. a cessna took off and almost immediately lost all power and t

and melvin argued. and a's fans had the last laugh.tom of the ninth with two outs down to the last strike. derek norris, his first big league home run. the a's win 4-2, and we have more from the coliseum. >> reporter: matt cain was in line to win his ninth consecutive game and the team was poised to sweep oakland for the first time here at the colise coliseum, but that came crashing down with one pitch. >> he had done such a great job, and he went to the well once too many there, but what a job he has done for us. and these games could have gone either way and it went there way today. they came back on us. >> it was a walk-off by everybody. not a good feeling. we have to put it past ourselves and play tomorrow. >> they are playing great ball. we are going to have to do the same, play great baseball against them. this is the beauty of this game when you are playing your rival, a team ahead of you ask it should be a great series. >> every game could potentially have weight come into the year, and as good as these guys have been playing w

a's manager bob melvin announced he's going closer by committee. starting for the diamondbacks, kurds suzuki is a double down the right-field line. grandma's course from first. arizona and blows it up in the fifth. montero hits a grand slam. parker allows 12 runs in two starts diamondbacks went 8-3 go for this week tomorrow. pablos sandoval back in the giants' lineup. on help pagan chases it down. with melky cabrera out nate schierholtz gets another start. he crushes one of the bricks pagan scores it is three nothing giants. seventh inning, welcome back paulo. lines as single, giants beat the rangers a 5-2. there'll sutter and the king's one win away from the first-ever stanley cup, devils will not go away. the kings lose on the road new jersey wins it 2-12 force a gain six and los angeles. i'll have another had to come- from-behind wins but his bid for triple crown and with an injury. >>> union rags, and painter and union rags fighting for the rail, painter union rags has got him union rags in the belmont stakes! >>> the 5-2 shot comes from behind

a's manager bob melvin not happy. smith popped up in foul territory to end the inning.abrera with a fine running catch. the a's had another chance in the agent but with runners at the corners, reddick hits into a double-play and looked like oakland would fall short again but with two on and two out in the ninthening derek norris comes through with his first major league home run. the a's avoid the sweep by walking off with a 4-2 victory. >> something i'll never forget. a great feeling. a.j. battled today, pitched phenomenal. couldn't ask for a better start from him, and fortunately got a good pitch to handle and out of the park to give us the victory. >> today in sonoma kurt busch was trying to capture back-to-back titles at the save mart 250. tony larussa was the grand marshal. jeff gordon almost runs out of fuel on the track. with just four laps to go, kyle busch and paul menard spin out. only two caution flags in the race, the fewest ever. clint bowyer led most of the way would but would have to earn the vic. he held off last year's winner and pulled away to take the

nbc's craig melvin has more from greece, new york. >> you don't have a family because they call killeds because they didn't want to be near you. >> reporter: when they were done taunting, cursing, and threatening karen klein, one of the searchth graders posted it online. more than 2 million have watched the 13-year-olds bully their 68-year-old bus monitor. now, three of the four boys and their parents are apologizing. in statements released through police, one student writes, i am so sorry for the way i treated you. when i saw the video i was disgusted and could not believe i did that. i will never treat anyone this way again. a parent says, quote, i would like it if he could do some work for you or help you in some way. i am embarrassed, angry, and sad about the awful way he treated you. the same video that's triggered so much anger and disbelief has sparked nearly as much compassion and generosity. >> i saw what those kids did to you and it nearly had me in tears. i want you to know how many people are here for you. >> reporter: letters, calls, and flowers have poured in. some of the

and as bob melvin put the dodgers are adjusted team people in northern california don't particularlya very diplomatic. and linda mccarthy picked put them in 12 days. the key mudslinging with three runs of the first and set smith had a base hit. breeds in the ninth inning now the dodgers the pass the time rent the plate that part of that to james but it's he heads into the game ending double play and picks up and say the air he is a gun when a's beat the dodgers three to nothing. cabrera reach 100 heads faster than anyone in giants history very zito continues auburn pool of the bottom of the fourth angels blow up. a joke gone probably should of had the body doesn't. the three runs score five runs batted in the eagles won 12 to five ncaa has now lost three straight starts. in the is one of three players suspended by the nfl for his role in bouncing gait. >>> they're still waiting to see if evidence from the league he was guilty of anything. if anybody wants to go up and ask roger del i'll wait. and nothing else to do today. england's loan back from a suspension is a smarter player now.

for "today," craig melvin, nbc news, new york. >>> and now here's lester. >> all right, jenna, thanks deejay steven b. was a popular radio star. years later, he was a millionaire living in california before his life was cut short. tonight, his story is the subject of a "dateline" investigation. keith morrison joins us now from los angeles with more. keith, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. you know, you would have liked steven b. steven williams, great voice, a funny man, a wonderful cook and so impressive on the radio. in fact, he was a big deal on the radio, one of the pioneers of the two-man morning format. so, steven b. was quite a guy, but he was also a little naive where it came to money. down below the surface of the pacific ocean, on the far side of california's catalina island, is a silent current. strange how it flows up to the swelling coastline of santa barbara, then just before the open sea turns back to glide again past the storied island. on one sunny day in may 2006, someone in it. >> our victim we identified as steven bailey williams. >> steven bailey w

by the way, did -- did melvin, the former secretary of defense, play any role what so ever in the selection of john doar? >> i think had supported it. i think there was -- in other words, once doar's name came to the floor, and once it started to surface, i think -- maybe laird and others, true the back-door messaging said that they thought that was an honorable choice. >> was there any pushback from the more partisan democrats on the committee because you had chosen a republican? >> yes. there was a lot of -- there was a lot of displeasure in the more liberal elements of the committee and i think in the house that -- here's a republican. this is an incredible undertaking, and why would you ever pick a republican to do this? and i think there was that. there was a lot of criticism. everybody had an opinion. because this was such -- so, again, my amazement is, how the congressman dealt with that. he just sort of, you know, he was always in his three-piece suit, also very calm and he just -- he just absorbed and just moved on. >> francis, was there pushback from more partisan republicans beca

to meet details coming up >>> concerns about the diet pill approved by fda it is called melvin it foolsnd by thinking patients are fuller's honor. >>> the benefit of the drug does not outweigh the risks in terms of benefit being modest. >>> the web allows drug the first one approved by the fda since 1999, among for medications under consideration by the fda another was withdrawn after it was linked by an elevated suicide risk. >>> the plight of the day, j.j. a party sans one deep is it gone, it goes up and bring set back into the park. a rookie and a star. maybe the best player in the american league right now. >>> he deserves a that. 6:26 a.m. j.p. morgan lex is wound and a major blow to its bottom line >>> a half hour a way of the supreme court rules on the health-care law. >>> fighting for his political life and sheriff ross mirkarimi is set to retake the,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is thursday june 28th. >>> right now the nation is watching and waiting >>> less than 30 minutes the supreme court is set to issue its ruling on president obama's health-care law. a live look at washington dc outs

we showed union rep melvin ransom video of some of his buses coming through. while he says running a red light is never okay, he insists the intersection needs to be changed. >> we had need a left-turn signal for buses and pedestrians and traffic coming up. police say technically some of the drivers aren't actually running the light. >> it's not illegal for them to enter the intersection and then clearing it. >> reporter: me his a mollet, news4. >>> fairfax county kicking off a campaign to combat aggressive driving. it's called "operation summer h.e.a.t." police say they'll be on the lookout for req his driver and speeding. this campaign will last through the 3rd of september. >>> coming up tonight, not a dry uin the house when a mother made a surprise visit. >>> veronica, how is our week shaping up? >> well, it's been so nice the last couple days, but now our weather is going to take a turn. will it be this weekend? i'll tell you when we return. [ leanne ] appliance park has been here since the early 50s. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here.

nbc's craig melvin is in rochester, new york, with details. >> you don't have a family, because theykilled themselves because they didn't want to be near you. >> reporter: when they are done taunting, one of the them posted the video online. [ bleep ] and go through you [ bleep ]. >> reporter: more than 2 million have watched the 13-year-olds from greece, new york, bully their 68-year-old bus monitor. three of the four boys and their parents are apologizing. in statements released through police, one student writing -- i am so sorry for the way i treated you. when i saw the video, i was disgusted and could not believe i did that. i will never treat anyone this way again. a parent says, quote, i would like it if he dao do some work for you or help you in some way. i am embarrassed, angry and sad about the awful way he treated you. the same video that's triggered so much has sparked nearly as much compass and generosity. >> i saw what those kids did to you, it nearly had me in tears. i want you to know how many people are here for you. >> reporter: letters, calls and flowers have poure

>> craig melvin this morning. thanks. and now here's matt. >> a high school teacher in pennsylvania who was caught slamming her students in an online blog has now been fired and she's fighting back claiming school administrators held her to an unfair standard. dede is in doylestown, pennsylvania. >> good morning. this week natalie found out she won't be coming back. natalie monroe is looking for a teaching job. >> this is my career. this is what i want to do. >> reporter: for six years she was an honors english teacher. on tuesday the board dismissed her following a unanimous 7-0 vote. she gained national attention last year for calling her students "utterly loathsome," lazy, frightfully dim and rat-like on a blog that went viral. >> i'm not sorry for what she said. >> reporter: natalie says her posts were meant to be anonymous. they didn't name the school, students or colleagues but she did post a photo of herself. >> it was to get out my feelings like a diary. >> reporter: her remarks stunned students and her employers.

bob melvin is upset about the call and he is ejected. cahill, he had seven strikeouts, a's lose it.i went down last night in las vegas to bradley and that is the way the ball bounces. we'll see you again at 5:00. >> up next, jerry sandusky's trial begins tomorrow. we'll have a preview. >> and the collaborative new effort to help homeless veterans find a place to live, 50 homes in hundred days. >> carolyn: jerry sandusky faces his accusers and possible sentence of life in prison. now a preview of what will be very closely watched trial. >> former football coach jerry sandusky will face 52 charges tomorrow morning, claiming that he abused ten boys over a period. one of his alleged victims will be one of the first on the stand. >> there is other evidence that has not been released to the public that will resonate with the jury. >> evidence including expensive gifts given to the alleged victims and about a what is described as a creepy love letter. >> the charges help bring down the legendary coach joe paterno which was questioned whether he did enough about the alleged abuse. also expe

it's been viewed more than a million times, as nbc's craig melvin reports, the video has many questions about the kids and civility. >> this makes you cringe, wince and wonder, how could they? most parents would never expect their children to act like this. now this community just outside rochester is reeling from three separate videos 14 minutes in total, they show a group of middle-school students mercilessly taunting a monitor. at one point they made the 68-year-old cry. >> i was trying to just ignore them, hope they would go away, and it doesn't work. trust me. they didn't go away. >> karen klein sat and endured it. now the grandmother of eight is still trying to come to terms with it. >> it's like it wasn't me, you know. it had to be somebody else, not me. i can't believe it happened. >> we were able to identify all four individuals involved, and we have spoken to all four individuals and their families. as one father put it, his son is sitting back waiting for his punishment. >> we can say that students bound to be involved will face strong disciplinary action. >> reporter: expert

sheriff melvin high released a statement saying in part, i am outraged and saddened by the betrayal of the public trust. such behavior goes against the oath we take to uphold the highest standards and values. >>> a judge has found a prince george's county councilmember guilty of reckless driving. remember karen toles? she was ticketed last february for driving more than 100 miles per hour on the beltway. she was fined $402 but was given probation before judge machine. that means her conviction will be dropped if she stays out of trouble for the next year. >>> our other big story, a contempt vote in congress. a house panel voted to cite attorney general eric holder for contempt and the full house could vote on this next week. the white house is accusing republicans who control the house oversight committee of engaging in a fishing expedition. lawmaker have demanded documents related to the justice department's botched gun running operation known as fast and furious. but president obama is claiming executive privilege for the first time and is refusing to happened over the documents. >>>

bob melvin said there was a sense of relief, because the ball club depends on the presence that he provides>>> thank you, kate, let's go to football. if two is company and three is a crowd, then you know the niners have way too many running backs on their roster. gore, jacobs, hunter, dixon, ca cartwrite, having to fight for position. >> we all help each other, i help all the new guys. you know, it's competition. i love competition. you know, i grew up with three brothers, all we did was compete, all day every day. it's nothing to me. you know, i'm enjoying it and having fun with these guys. it's my family for right now. so, just soaking up all the moments and just trying to be perfect. you know, that is why i was reaching for. >> are you ready for the u.s. open. you know we are, this is exclusive video of phil mickelson practicing at the olympic club today, the group g groupings were announced this morning. tiger and he will hang out. let's look at the groupings, tiger, mickelson and watson, and a couple of stanford guys, martin and wilson will tee off at 12:45 and then the top three playe

bob melvin didn't like the call but didn't get it changed and the giants had dodged a bullet. the dodging ended in the 9th. onto try to wrap up the 2-1 win. he was down to his last strike against north but he pulled a three and two pitch in to the seat with a pair of runners on. he is mobbed on the occasion of his first major league home run. the a's avoid the sweep with a 4-2 walk off win. for oakland it's back to the american league and the first of three in seattle tomorrow night. the giants are back home to start a three game series against the dodgers, when norris made contact he had a pretty good idea he had gone deep. >> i did. felt pretty good coming off the bat and they say about -- get them in during the day that's what i was trying to do. >> it's a great feeling. tough at bat but got a good pitch to handle and put it out of the park. i wouldn't trade it for the world. >> los angeles has its own version of a cross town rivalry even if one of the two towns happens to be anaheim. the angels trailing the dodgers 2-0 in the bottom of the second and peter got a pitch with

and a member of the band the melvins. i urge you to buy it. it is called freak puke. that's a tbr title. and in brazil he is considered a party favor. it is bill schulz. and he is cuter that a koala hugging a panda and covered in blood. next to me is columnist and author jedediah bila. and he has no talent. our no, times correspondent. good to see you, pinch. >> today the title of the op-ed says, acid test for marine life. it is about the environmental problem of ocean ocidification. how did you enjoy the cool aid i made for you? why are the walls bleeding right now? sadly i can't even tell if he is tripping right now. greg? >> another sterling performance by the newspaper player. the aca lives another day. on thursday, the supreme court, the highest court in the land, likely because they are smoking something, upheld nearly all of president obama's affordable care act, aka, obama care, aka, the ruin of this great country i love dearly. in a 5-4 decision the court deemed the mandate constitutional, but only because it fell within congress' authority to tax, not becaus

bob melvin's crew led most of the way. six run second down in arizona.expect in interleague play. 2-7 lifetime with five rbis, there's a 2-1 slicer. a walk, a single. the walk off for the diamondbacks, tough to take if you're an a's fan. 9-8 final came off puente. >>> there will be no triple crown winner after i'll have another bouts out. described as the start of tendinitis the reason the sensational horse will now be required. >> he's done so much that it was unanimous for us to retire him. it is bummer but again, far from tragic but it is very disappointing. >> college baseball stanford beat by florida state 17-1 in the regional. ugly. that's the sporting life. >> not a good night here. >> you're full of [ male announcer ] what if we told you the 100% electric nissan leaf was the perfect car for you... that you can charge it at home like your smartphone... that you'll never have to buy another tank of gas? [ brian ] really looking forward to not having to put 75 bucks in the tank twice a week just to go back and forth to work. [ shannon ] i have absol

bob melvin wasn't tried with mcclellan's strike zone.zona has scored 33 runs in a four-game-winning streak. >>> well they will have to win one more series to finally silence their retractors, but lebron james and company came up big when they had to in game 7 of the nba's eastern conference series. dwyane wade and lebron putting on a distinctive game face. the celtics had the upper hand in the first half. brandon bass with the steal and strong move to the hoop. celtics up by 9, but the heat narrowed the gap before the half. james takes it away and miami down 7 at halftime. second half, boston down 2 in the 4th until ray allen hits the 3. the celtics in front, 82- 81, but miami's big three scored all of their 28 points in the 3rd quarter. james powers down the lane for two of his 31 and now to chris bosh, who came off the bench and went for 19. and now it will be wade getting the shot, plus the foul and a friendly roll. wade had 23 and heat outscore the celtics, 28-15 in the 4th quarter. 101-88 final and the heat move into the nba finals

bob melvin's crew led most of the way. six run second down in arizona. pitcher malone doesn't get to bat much expect in interleague play. 2-7 lifetime with five rbis, there's a 2-1 slicer. a walk, a single. the walk off for the diamondbacks, tough to take if you're an a's fan. 9-8 final came off puente. >>> there will be no triple crown winner after i'll have another bouts out. described as the start of tendinitis the reason the sensational horse will now be required. >> he's done so much that it was unanimous for us to retire him. it is bummer but again, far from tragic but it is very disappointing. >> college baseball stanford beat by florida state 17-1 in the regional. ugly. that's the sporting life. >> not a good night here. >> you're full of bad news tonight. >> i'm just the messenger. >> and morning on 2 continues tomorrow. [ male announcer ] what if we told you the 100% electric nissan leaf was the perfect car for you... that you can charge it at home like your smartphone... that you'll never have to buy another tank of gas? [ brian ] really looki

i'm craig melvin. alex is off today. 1:00 in the east. 10:00 out west.now. breaking news. shortly after winning the country's first free election, the muslim brotherhood's candidate, mohammed morsi, quit the brotherhood this is leave picture showing tens of thousands celebrating in tahrir square. morsi won in a close election over the last prim minister of hosni mubarak. ayman monheldein on the ground. >> reporter: the sun is setting on tahrir square. people are poring in by the hundreds from the side streets. a short time before the announcement declaring morsi the winner. this was a very different scene. people were on the edge of their seats, waiting to hear who would become the next president. the country has been gripped by a great sense of anxiety and tension over the last several weeks. some in particular because of a delay in the announcement of who would win, and some of it because of decisions made by the military council to retain some of those powers and strip them away from incoming presidents. >> ayman, reports that morsi quit the muslim br

host: next call for representative tsongas comes from florida, melvin, a democrat. caller: good morning. i recently had a question, i was asked about the problem with the content situation and atf. they went to trying to be pleasing. they continue to do these type things. you should be looking into their actual policies. they had a lot of officers put in those positions. i know this personally from working with them in d.c. my main issue is you started off with a contempt situation with eric holder. you normally bring on the democratic individual and you ask her to deal with the issue that she is dealing with, which she does an excellent job, but it is limited. she is there to deal with the topics of the day. she is just one to run over and do the normal talking points. you always bring on a democrat and asked them to deal with a committee issue and then you let the republicans run wild in dealing with all the issues. you end up getting all the talking points from the right. >> thanhost: thank you, melvin. richard is in wisconsin on the independent line. caller: rep

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nbc's craig melvin in rochester, new york, with more on this. craig, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you as well it has been a whirlwind of a week for her and the boys that harassed her on the bus behind me. crime has gone from victim to spokesperson for civility. the boys have gone from disgustingly mean to, as you mentioned, saying i'm sorry. >> you don't have a family -- >> reporter: when they were done taunting, cursing and threatening karen klein, one of them online posted it online. more than 2 million have watched the 13 years old bully their 68-year-old bus monitor. now, three of the four boys and their parents are apologizing. in statements released through police, one student writes, "i am so sorry for the way i treated you. when i saw the video i was disgusted and could not believe i did that. i will never treat anyone this way again. a parent says, quote, i would like it if he could do some work for you or help you in some way. i'm embarrassed, angry and sad about the awful way he treated you. the same video t

craig melvin, thank you so much. once again, here is matt. >> ann, thank you so much.t appearance in canada by a man accused of a notorious murder there. nbc's michelle franzen in montreal. michelle, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning, matt. luka magnotta remains locked up at this montreal jail facility and is due back as you mentioned in court tomorrow. at his first appearance yesterday magnotta showed little emotion. so far authorities say since returning to canada, he's showing little interest in cooperating. luka magnotta, the porn actor suspected in a murder and cannibal case pled not guilty to all charges against him inside a courtroom. he and on closed circuit video. prosecutors outlined to the court they are still building their case. >> sure it's going to be a difficult case but they are all difficult cases. >> reporter: magnotta the lone suspect in canadaed most brutal murder in a decade. accused of killing a boyfriend jun lin at magnotta's apartment, mutilating, dismembering and eating body parts. he mailed parts, including feet and hands,

>> craig melvin, thank you very much.w york and jennifer hartstein, a parent and adolescent therapist is with me in the studio. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> karen, i saw this video for the first time this morning and it's one of the most upsetting and depressing things that i have seen in a very long time. the way these children treat you on that bus. and i use the word "children," there are a lot of other things i would like to call them. have any of them come forward to apologize to you? >> i don't know -- i don't know what to say. i don't -- i want the boys punished but i don't know how. it made me feel really terrible, but i will get over it. i've gotten over everything else. >> karen, did you have a longstanding, hostile relationship with these children or was this more of an isolated incident? >> there were more times than i thought that they were picking on me. they'd mock out my hair, they'd mock out because i wore hearing aids. they just could be really nasty. >> i was watchin

. >> craig melvin. thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather now from mr.thank you so much. got some friends here. where are you guys from? you're normal. your above normal. very nice. nice to see you guys. let's see if we've got some normal weather to talk about. strong storms from norfolk to duluth into northern wisconsin. we are looking for a chance for tornadoes, damaging winds and hail. you can see it's already pushing ahead of this warm front that's going to bring ahead of it some damaging tornadoes possible. a lot of heavy rain, too. anywhere from one to three inches of rain. northern and central minnesota on into the up of michigan. that's what going on around the >> good morning.th it will be warmer and more humid. a slight chance for rain showers. and that's your latest weather. matt. >> thank you very much. programming note on thursday here on "today" we'll have an exclusive interview with madonna badger. she, of course, is the mother who lost her three children and her parents in a devastating house fire last christmas. we sat down with her on m