. >> okay, and we have rick smith. >> director harper, i'm rick smith, neighbor of the neighborhood. i am concerned about the budget increase, in particularly the prokurment challenges for the steel contract and i really appreciate the staff's diligence, such as with the value engineering and managing the time line enter twined with taking advantage of the funding opportunities as they arise with the care and attention to public safety and employee safety and especially first responder safety. and for all of the staff's presentations. i am grateful for the public out reach and the staff's time in talking with me about the public out reach programs and the ten day look ahead. for all of the details. thank you. i appreciate the board's oversight asking about the rva in concept of global comparables clarifying funding sources and to insure that funding will be available for the futures as well as the current ones, with the use of public funds, for concerns about safety and for the details such as the success of the elevated park. for asking the architect to respond to public comments an

rick smith also points out that this one though is almost as bad as they ever get. >> the devastationjust incredible. we know already that on a scale from zero to five, this is a four. an ef-4 on the scale. >> bill: governor of oklahoma, mary fallon who toured the scene of one of the elementary schools yesterday, she said right away, they were getting -- they were on top of it. they were getting the help that they needed. >> the president has called me. he has offered to do anything he can to help with red tape, help with the federal entities. we actually have someone from fema that had arrived yesterday. >> bill: fema is already on the scene. president obama has signed the emergency declaration providing federal help. has already signed it last night providing help to the residents of oklahoma. and the governor says we know how to do this. we are strong. we've been through these before. and we will recover. >> volunteering our time, getting our resources out. we know how to handle massive disasters like this. >> bill: so our hearts certainly go out to those poor people struck by the

was like literally this is gloom and doom and it's turning out from the national weather service, rick smith tornado hit, these were his words. he said, tornadoes and giant hail likely today and he said this is a little different than yesterday we're on a monday. we have schools in session and people driving home from work. that's a big, big concern for us. he said i would not be surprised to have similar tornadoes dor what we saw yesterday. we're not trying to freak you out and scare you. we just want you to be prepared. his words came exactly true. their concern was strong tornadoes and concern was hitting a school. and that all did happen. >> perhaps that speaks to taking more precautions. >> we want to end on a high note. you have a silver lining. >> the sports world reacting. and the big one is, of course, kevin durant out of the thunder. the nba coming out. he says he's going to put down $1 million for the leaf efforts. the thunder following their effort saying they'll put down $1 million and then a third million coming from the nba and the nba players association. we also have -- >> g

. >> well, i'm rick smith, i'm the warning coordination meteorologist at the national weather service norman forecast office. i want to give you a quick update on our surveys, we have four teams in the field extending from west of new castle all the way to near lake stanley draper. these preliminary findings, i'll tell you that the weather today is a complicating factors because of the lightning and hail and a severe storm just a while ago. preliminarily, we're saying that the tornado damage path was 17 miles long. it began 4.5 miles west of newcastle, oklahoma, in mclean county and ended 4.8 miles east of moore. right now we are still at the ef-4 rating. we are just now getting into some of the most heavily-damaged areas just west of the warren theater, and we think that may be where the most significant strug damage is. we've seen numerous structures that are wiped clean to the foundation, but we have the top experts out there today looking at that. our best estimates of wind speeds as of right now are about 190 miles an hour, but we're not done, and that could go higher. we will ke

a note, you can watch this week's press pass conversation with author and historian rick atkinson. ♪ [ agent smithtrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ge has wired their medical hardware with innovative software to be in many places at the same time. using data to connect patients to software, to nurses to the right people and machines. ♪ helping hospitals treat people even better, while dramatically reducing waiting time. now a waiting room is just a room. [ telephone ringing ] [ static warbles ] [ beeping ] red or blue? ♪ red or blue? if we don't double the number of kids graduating from high school in the next 8 years, our country won't be able to compete globally. what uncle sam needs now are more good teachers. are you up for it? you can help kids graduate. the more you know. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] this is a reason to look twice. this is a stunning work of technology. the 2013 lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> this week, cheyenne zedaid decides to kiss and tell, revealing his company's finances for the very first time. adam goldstein create

a note, you can watch this week's press pass conversation with author and historian rick atkinson. ♪ [ agent smithre that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ge has wired their medical hardware with innovative software to be in many places at the same time. using data to connect patients to software, to nurses to the right people and machines. ♪ helping hospitals treat people even better, while dramatically reducing waiting time. now a waiting room is just a room. [ telephone ringing ] [ static warbles ] [ beeping ] red or blue? ♪ red or blue? children can learn from anyone. that's true, but it takes exceptional talent to capture a student's curiosity. and inspire them to pursue their dreams. so be a teacher. our nation's future depends upon it... the more you know. >>> in the pit of my stomach, i knew something's not right here. i knew something bad must have happened. he must have been so, so scared. >> they were so happy at first. >> kevin just fell in love with her. morgan was i have, very charming. >> but when the marriage went bad, he went missing. >> he just disappeared. >> was

a note, you can watch this week's press pass conversation with author and historian rick atkinson. ♪ [ agent smithre that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ge has wired their medical hardware with innovative software to be in many places at the same time. using data to connect patients to software, to nurses to the right people and machines. ♪ helping hospitals treat people even better, while dramatically reducing waiting time. now a waiting room is just a room. [ telephone ringing ] [ static warbles ] [ beeping ] red or blue? ♪ red or blue? children can learn from anyone. that's true, but it takes exceptional talent to capture a student's curiosity. and inspire them to pursue their dreams. so be a teacher. our nation's future depends upon it... the more you know. >>> good monday morning. right now on "early today," at least one person dead and hundreds of reports of storms and tornadoes tearing through the nation's midsection. >>> the obama administration goes on the defensive after a tough week. not backing down on the controversies. >>> more than 100,000 people in the northeast br

a note, you can watch this week's press pass conversation with author and historian rick atkinson. ♪ [ agent smithware that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ge has wired their medical hardware with innovative software to be in many places at the same time. using data to connect patients to software, to nurses to the right people and machines. ♪ helping hospitals treat people even better, while dramatically reducing waiting time. now a waiting room is just a room. [ telephone ringing ] [ static warbles ] [ beeping ] red or blue? ♪

smith at nice fore-check. >> eddie: presenting emerson etem to get to the puck. >> rick: held up by franzen, couldn't get in on the fore check, pass out for cleary. and dives to try to get it ahead and franzen, leading it in for filppula, and perry, made a great defensive play. beleskey couldn't handle the pass. and heading to the corner. and beleskey trying to march to the front. down he goes, and wings have it. and beleskey, one of the guys who is really put in the extra effort at both ends of the ice. cogliano, swings good. double-teams, much better than by zetterberg. lead pass, and coming late, down the board, johan franzen to zetterberg. franzen, zetterberg, and pass from the point. the drive, and datsyuk, to the rebound. and gets away by cogliano. quincey gets to it. and to the anaheim defense. pass cut off by andersson. away comes lovejoy, and chopped away to zetterbergç by samuelsson. pass ahead by robby ryan, down he goes, puck retrieved by etem, gets it to the corner, steckel, fights off the check. kindl defending. puck left in the corner. kindl, first one in there after it, hit by ryan. kindl

rick folbaum is here. >> as the president said, the best and bravest of our country, ambassador christopher stevens, sean smithavy s.e.a.l. glen doherty and tyrone woods, who were there to protect the consulate staff, christopher stevens arriving in libya to serve as ambassador in may of 2012. he had previously served in other roles in libya from 2007 to 2009. then again during the 2011 uprising that led to the qaddafi regime. ambassador stevens becoming the first ambassador killed in an overseas attack since the year 1979. sean smith, he was there working with a sore wrist information management officer and he joined the state department back 2002. he had a temporary assignment. tyrone woods serve for more than two decades as a navy s.e.a.l. he was in benghazi as a private security contractor. he died hours after the start of the initial attacks. the four men who served our country, who sacrificed, they are on our minds today on capitol hill. jon: one of the questions about the military response or lack thereof. could one have gotten to the bottom of that. we will hear about that today as well perhaps. jenna:

rick: doug reporting from washington. thank you very much. the family of the four americans killed in that attack still demanding answers. all the families, that is, including the mother of information management officer sean smith who voices her frustration on tonight's episode of huckabee. take a listen. >> i'm still waiting for answers to just about everything. i do want to say one thing, though. i want to wish hillary a happy mother's day. she's got her child. i don't have mine because of her. >> rick: powerful interview. you can watch it tonight on "huckabee" tonight and tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. eastern time only on fox news channel. >> arthel: we have new developments in the investigation into the deadly plant explosion in texas. word today that a paramedic who treated victims at the scene will plead not guilty to possessing bomb making materials. the attorney for bryce reed says his client had nothing to do with the blast and that he looks forward to his day in court. police arrested reed last week, but so far have not linked him to their ongoing investigation into that explosion at the fertilizer plant in west. the blast killed 14 people and injured hundreds more. >> rick: stand-off in new jersey stretc