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a fallen tree branch killed a 7-year-old boy in omaha, nebraska. that looks like an f-4 and f-5.largest and rarest of tornadoes. it's at least a quarter to half mile wide and incredible that these people were able to escape the wrath and get the pictures to us. >>> back home, a different story. though a tropical feel to the air on this 24th of may. 54 normal morning. we're in the mid-60s now with a lot of moisture around. 76 the typical high and we'll get close to that today. sun up 5:47. you won't see it. by 8:21 maybe breaks of sun but we have at least have good air quality today as we report across the mid-atlantic, but 65 the current start temperature. 65 also towards richmond. look at the moisture flow from the atlantic the one thing i showed you from maryland's most powerful doppler radar earlier, it's west and we continue to have rain falling around the beltway but the regional radars are not showing it up. i can't explain why, i'm just telling you it is the case this morning. it's wet but doesn't look like it. the moisture continues from the east/southeast, piles in the t

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omaha 75 degrees at this hour. 39 right now at salt lake city. 38 in boise. so cool out there. all right, national satellite radar composite. in the nation's upper regions, in the central united states, there are some rain showers. we'll see some stormy conditions in the northern plains again today. some of the storms could be strong to severe. here is your forecast for today and the next five days. high today about 74 degrees. plenty of clouds around. a rather humid start to the day. we could see more showers pop through here. tomorrow 82. wednesday sunny and 86. a hot one. thursday back down to the upper 70s, low 80s on friday. that's what is happening with the weather. now let's get more on the rush hour traffic with julie wright. >> i want to see that picture of r.j. again. i like that shirt. i think i've seen that before. >> i love the shirt. i think it's cool. and he looks cool wearing it. i don't know if we can pull the picture back up. >> there he is. >> i may be small but i'm still the man. i saw that on w

in omaha, nebraska, it's 47 degrees. 35 in salt lake city. glad we're not out there in the western mountain states. 39 in denver, 59 in l.a. we have clear skies as high pressure dominated in the eastern united states. rain showers off the coast of florida. and also some rain moving through portions of the midwest and the upper midwest. and in fact that's a frontal boundy that will makes it way through here. don't expect anything significant. some of you north and west might see a shower late tonight or early tomorrow morning when the front comes through. there is your five-day forecast. high today 82 degrees. nice day. tomorrow, same thing. friday showers and thunderstorms expected late in the day, maybe early on saturday. sunday looks good for mother's day with a high in the mid to upper 60s. >> going to be a nice, pleasant day for momma. >> it will be cooler than what we're used to but it will be nice. >>> let's say good morning to julie wright with traffic. >> and a lot going on. to good morning to you all. we'll start looking at inner loo

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in omaha alone, developers and contractors have gone bankrupt. jobs are stalled or killed because of lack of capital, and this will make it worse. more taxes equals less capital eke walls more jobs lost. this is a job killing bill, and i'm going to vote against it. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to another distinguished member of our committee, the gentlewoman from nevada. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. nevada is hurting. the people i remit in southern nevada is hurting. this bill extends the unemployment benefits for the 14.2% of my fellow americans who find themselves unemployed so they can pay their bills and feed their children. it's not their fault that they're unemployed. i support this bill because teachers i represent are going to get a tax credit for the school supplies they purchased, because they will be able to continue to deduct our sales tax from our federal income tax. ms. berkley: because there's money in here so we can provide summer jobs for high

host: omaha, nebraska. glen. are you active service? caller: yes, i am in the air force. i would cut the f-35 projects. i think the air force is looking at fighting a war 20 years away with me need to be worried about what is going on now. host: do you have experience with those systems? caller: no, i fly other intelligence gathering platforms, but i think that we should cut that down. host: why do you have that opinion? what have you learned about them? caller: i know that they cost a lot. in the current fight, i do not think that they are valued added. host: when you say that they are created to fight future wars, what do you mean by that? caller: without going into the program, they are made to fight the battle to battle, not necessarily the insurgency. host: you work in intelligence? for your mission top-secret? caller: i am here to comment on the dod budget. i think what secretary gates is cutting back is the right thing to do. host: indiana. steve on the democratic line. caller: i would cut in half. if they could get rid of halliburton, blackwater, they could probab

host: omaha, neb., on the independent line. caller: good morning.-span, have i told you lately that i love you? besides the economy, is there a comparison that can be made between greece and california? california is said to be as large an economy as a lot of countries in the world. secondly, california has had a large problem paying for the in class -- influx of the services that illegal aliens use. where do greece's problems come from? guest: there is a lot of controversy over exactly how big a drain illegal aliens are on the economy. that is certainly a component of what is going on. it is complex. it is not at all certain. if you look at the components of the california budget and where the spending goes, there is not a lot there that you can attribute directly to illegal immigration. to say that we have a $20 billion gap, you may be able to come up with to save $1 billion or $2 billion is because of them. the higher education system, which is not an immigration problem, the prison system, which is not a huge immigration problem because most of

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