legend that i think is true in 1884, which was one year after he began homesteading the land in southeastern dakotathat one morning a bison wandered up to a stock tank behind the sod farm he built and he shot the bison and that was probably the last wild buffalo east of the james river in dakota territory. so i heard that story growing up and i was obsessed with buffalo and with that animal. as i got older, i read a lot of history when i was young. when i got older the destruction of the bison of course was connected to the decimation of the indian tribes are not part of the world. and so, my excitement about bison became a bit more complicated and i sta

southeastern parts of moth into eastern colorado then thursday take a look at this. slightly toward the east, this will be a relatively slowh-moving storm system. the dakotasn to kansas and nebraska. look at that risk for severe weather yet again. large hail, damaging wind and isolated tornado will be a concern. >> you have got to pay a lot of attention. sometimes you don't know when these things are coming. reporter: new numbers on the economy. the white house is pushing back. the gdp numbers dreadful. how does america pull out of its slump. stuart varney on that. martha: we are expect something major rulings, hobby lobby any time now. we'll bring those to you as breaking news when they happen. we'll be right back. >> so the supreme court is in the final stretch before their summer recess and they have really big rulings that could come down before the end of this term. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i am martha maccallum. >> and i am bill hemmer. a lot to watch out for. six major cases to be decided still on the most important issues of the day and the court will hand down the rulings starting today. we have a little bit on monday.

southeastern oklahoma. then as we head into tomorrow, more severe storms possible to. we have a storm coming out of the rockies producing the potential for severe weather across the dakotass of montana and also wyoming. then that system by saturday for father's day weekend continues moving eastward, and you're looking at the risk for severe storms in iowa, nebraska and southwestern parts of minnesota. that's what we're watching across the center of the country. we could be seeing several inches of rain, we mentioned the potential for storms across the northeast, several inches of rain possible and that does bring the potential for flooding across parts of the mid atlantic. we have a number of flash flood watches out here for maryland, parts of southern pennsylvania, west virginia and northern virginia. so this is the zone out here that we saw heavy rain yesterday and more rain forecast for today and even into tomorrow. and temperature wise, patti ann, i do want to point this out. it's very extreme. in texas we're seeing those temperatures climbing already, 110 degrees in delery owe. we have a number of heat advisories. factor in that humidity, and it's going the feel hot

southeastern missouri this morning. but all the way to west virginia, with damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and large hail. and a new one comes in, robin, from northern texas, all the way through rapid city, south dakota. this is that time of year. and we'll do it again. coming up in your nation's weather, i'm talking major heat. we have to get to that headline, too. >> always something. okay, ginger, thanks very much. >>> for the morning's other top stories, let's get to amy. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with a big scare in the major leagues. a fan plunging from a stadium restaurant into the bull pen. this is at the milwaukee brewers' game. you see medics attending to him there. he fell 20 feet. after losing his balance and flipping over a railing. he lay motionless for several minutes until finally moving his fingers. he was carried off on a stretcher and reportedly conscious. no word on his condition, though, this morning. >>> some tough talk from president obama aimed squarely at russian president vladimir putin, during his visit to poland to reassure allies in the region. the president saying the u.s. will never accept russia's land grab in ukraine. and he warned russia will only face more