. >> reporter: across missouri and southern illinois, they were running for cover. blinding rain, high winds, and a reported tornado pulling trees out of the ground. tonight, travel issues in dallas, 60 flights cancelled and over 300 delays. turning creeks into rivers and reducing visibility thursday. this was the view from offices downtown. >> that's a hurricane out here. >> reporter: they could hear the tornado sirens blaring. kelsey freyer and her newborn daughter made it out of their mobile home alive. after high winds tore it to pieces. the poor baby was left with a scratch on her nose. >> it scared me. she is only a month and a half. >> reporter: the severe weather continues east through the weekend. most of what you'll need to look out for, damaging winds and isolated tornados are possible, but the bigger story across much of colorado. a major snowstorm could bring up to a foot in places, slowing travel down. >> thank you so much, steve. >>> and now, the outrage reaches a new fever pitch about a health care system that failed some men and women that served th

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rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of nancy j. rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: do any senators wish to vote or change their votes? if not, the ayes are 54, the nays are 4 and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nancy j. rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the clerk will report the hamamoto nomination. the clerk: department of state, pamela k. hamamoto of hawaii to be representative to the organization and other organizations in geneva. a senator: madam president? the presiding offic

rain across portions of southern illinois. that will get here this afternoon. the showers will come in as a low pressure system comes in from the south. it will stay for the next few days bringing us rain this afternoon. the rain will linger through friday and taper off into the weekend. saturday was still have showers. cool and wet. up level low pressure will be over our head. tonight we go back down to 43. short to likely. tamara's high 53. much cooler than normal. tomorrow we make 54. >> let's look at the accident in the gulf and barrington still tying the club. and this flooding has not gone away. u.s. for one still underwater between 6137. same stretch that was shut down yesterday. a big headache for those people turn to get around that. here is a shot from u.s. for one. you can see orange cones are planning the entire road. everyone is been detoured around. almost a repeat performance of what we had yesterday. more traffic coming up. >> coming up the new trend in watching movies. >> and the blackhawks win on the road. highlights coming up. >> what to tell

outside we find rain across more shut portions of central and southern illinois.he washout of a weekend same for iowa but all the way up to 4:00 p.m. on saturday we are still dry. high pressure really means business pushing all the moisture away. today, 72 degrees cooler than normal. tonight low temperature falls down quickly under clear conditions to about 53 degrees. friday's high is 77. saturday we make 80 with sunshine. temperatures warm up even more sunday monday and tuesday. good chance of rain in the seven days forecast. now for traffic. >> let's take a look at 90. doing quite a bit of construction of the airport down to a single lane in each direction. that will be picked up until 5:00 a.m.. a tight squeeze with those backups on mannheim going all the way back to the tristate. we had delays there because of that. outbound jane addams from 290 resurfacing work has taken out three lanes. not picked up until 5:00. everything else is moving along just fine. a full rundown of your commute coming out. >> coming up at 5:30 a.m., what an initial report revealed ab

a 13-year-old girl carrying her twin sister on her back to the finish line of the southern illinois stateeg. that is when her sister jumped in and carried her. >> a new study finds too much exercise can be bad for your heart. scientists find overdoing high intensity exercise may increase the risk of heart attack for those with existing heartç disease. this is one way to ruin your prom. an 18-year-old was arrested inside his prom wearing the $600 tux he stole last week. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> bye. >> good morning. taos is -- today is thursday, may 15. fox news alert, casey kasem has been found. where he has been and can his kids get him home? breaking details on this by star story ahead. >> new bombshell e-mail show the i.r.s.'s target of tea party andç conservative groups came from washington, not cincinnati. and, yes, it was political. and, yes, it

manhunt, moon went four days and almost 400 miles before he attracted the attention of police in southern illinois >> i had to pull over because i ran out of gas. i picked a bad spot to pull over. it was a gravel road, which the cops rolled up on me. it was a bad deal. it was over then. >> how would you redo your escape? >> i wouldn't fall asleep in a vehicle on the side of the road. that's for one. >> moon's prison break partner was caught in missouri a short time later. since his return to iowa, moon has been housed in this maximum security unit. the prison has restaffed its security towers, added a new one and stepped up inspections for escape attempts. despite the restrictions now placed on his movements, he still feels the attempt was worth it. >> aside from getting caught, i don't regret it one bit. i'd do it again tomorrow, if i could. >>> next on "lockup raw" -- >> these are the worst of the worst. >> it's aggressive, dangerous, violent, you know. >> in one prison's most notorious cell block, a gray haired man provides an alternative to violence. >> i'm a pretty harmless guy. it's been a p

also, we have some severe thunderstorm warnings in place for southern illinois. so this severe weather stretches very, very far. a lot of the country dealing with this for today. and we basically have the perfect ingredients that's going to all come together. and that's what's going to be the support for the severe thunderstorms as we go through the next couple of days. we've been talking about snow in the rockies, so we have very cold air. that warm air is going to collide and bring us that severe weather. we're talking about the possible of large tornados, damaging winds, hail. anywhere from wichita all the way through kansas city, des moines. that's your main threat area. but anywhere in this orange color, all the way from the hill country of texas up to chicago needs to be on the lookout for the rest of the evening through the overnight hours with this, and then that severe threat will hang on for tomorrow as well. >> of course. and people need to have those battery operated weather radios handy if they have those as well. >> very important. yes. >> keep us p

finely 13-year-old twins were competing against each other, southern illinois.felt something pop in her leg. her sister rushed to her side, picks up her twin, puts her on her back and sets off for the finish line. she puts her down and gives her a chance to cross first. they cross together finishing last leaving their coach in tears proving that last girls do finish last and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. you're welcome. that's all for us tonight. cnn special report with don lemon starts now. >>> this is a cnn special report. we have a live exclusive interview in just moments that you don't want to miss. but first i'm going to tell you donald sterling is not a racist. well at least according to him, he's not. in an interview, he admits he did make a mistake. but says nothing about selling the los angeles clippers. and tonight an exclusive interview with a man who says he is the -- he recorded one of those phone calls with donald sterling and then released them to the media. we're going to press him on that and what those tapes reveal. plus donald st

. >> reporter: in southern illinois, rain falling at a rate of an inch per hour overnight, with windsusting close to 60. and a close call in joshua, texas. >> it really scared me. she's only a month and a half. >> reporter: kelsey and her newborn daughter, inside the mobile home when the high winds tore it to shreds. little alexis suffering only a scratch on her nose. and yes, there is a threat today. the severe weather risk area stretches from indianapolis all the way south through parts of arkansas, mississippi and back through almost the same parts of texas. this would be this afternoon and evening. usually kicks up after 3:00 p.m., you guys. until 7:00, 8:00 p.m., that's the heart of it that you need to be on alert if you're in the orange. >> that's a big slice of the country. thank you. >>> we're going to turn to a growing scandal at v.a. hospitals, after at least 40 veterans died while waiting to see doctors at a v.a. facility in phoenix. there are new charges this morning about a possible cover-up. and new questions about the future of the official in charge of veterans affairs

this happened in southern illinois state university track meet.on, love and sportsmanship. even if you lose and help somebody, it is still worth it. what a good sister. those are your headlines. >> so she wasn't disqualified? >> that part, i don't know. >> stay on that. >> one of the reasons you want a tip. number one, the a smarter of the two can show up and take the test. number two, if you choose the same sport and one gets hurt, the other is obligated to carry you, by the law of twinship. patty duke. >> someone else may need a twin shortly. could be lois lerner. we learn more about new e-mails with regard to the irs scandal as they targeted conservative groups filing for tax exempt status. these e-mails judicial watch is revealing actually reveal that this whole scandal wasn't just a small group in ohio and cincinnati that was dealing with this little scandal here. no. it actually links directly the white house, dc, to the irs pressuring these groups, putting them in the back room and really not dealing with them. really not allowing them to c

air in the atmosphere is highest, so we will watch these storms as they move across southern iowa into northern illinois to baseball-size hail and damaging wind gusts also possible. tomorrow, the threat is a little lower still damaging wind gusts, large hail and farther up north towards green bay, wisconsin. >> jeff: eric, you mentioned snow, that's significant snow in the rockies. what is happening there? >> an unbelievable late season snowstorm there across the front range. reporting of up to 19 inches of snow already. a couple mountain tops, highest elevations three feet of snow. and several feet in the denver metro as well, this will pose a power outage risk. the leaves are coming out and that is extra weight for the trees so that will linger into monday morning for the denver area. >> jeff: eric fisher, thank you very much. meanwhile chronic drought in california has lead officials to declare tomorrow the start of the fire season in all but three counties this weekend, southern california is getting a look at what could be ahead and here's carter evans. >> high winds began whipping through los ange

. >> moon had made it all the way to the southern tip of illinois before he was captured, a distanceof almost 400 miles. >> the police didn't know who i was to start with. when i gave them an alias and wrote me a ticket for driving the vehicle with the wrong plates and alluding an officer. if i had $200 i could have bonded out. but i had my -- they found out who i was eventually. aside from getting caught, i don't regret it one bit. i'd do it again tomorrow if i could. i'm 35 years old now. hopefully if everything goes the way i hope it goes, i'll get my case overturned, i'll write a book and make a movie and become a millionaire. >>> coming up -- >> i'm in here for causing trouble, i cut myself and stuff like that. >> an inmate struggles with self-mutilation. >> i was on razors but they put me on razor restriction. i find stuff in here like staples and plastic. hello. this is where we do that bundling thing? let's see what you got? rv -- covered. why would you pay for a hotel? i never do. motorcycles -- check. atv. i ride those. do you? no. boat. ahoy, mateys. house. hello, dear. he

in a very rural area in southern illinois.l in vietnam. he's very ill and he assembled his family. i just found out literally 20 minutes ago that canonball passed away. so this is a friendship and a camaraderie that you probably never could find in its intensity in other areas of our society. difficult to explain but it stays with you. >> senator, this is thomas roberts. my dad is a vietnam vet. he's currently at a vet reunion over memorial day weekend. i know how intensely he feels about those that he served with and he doesn't talk much about the war, but we certainly listen when he does. for you, though, as we look about what you've revealed about your past, you grew up as an air force brat, then went into the marines and then you go into life as an elected official. that time you took off where you said you rested quietly for a year, you were on the lowdown, how does that prepare you for where you want to go for your future, that time that you took off? >> i worked hard. it's just a different -- churchill used to say a cha

kind of situations or is obviously us lives ripple of activity within the union movement in southern illinoisfor example we had similar situations where the pattern of by violation mines there was some activity at a peabody mine but for the most part as we know that the union movement has been broken it was shattered all the way back in the eighty's and up till today you probably have less than fifteen percent of the workforce with the united mine workers today or it's the the reagan the reagan war on organized labor continues in other words and go ahead. he and thirty years later we paid a huge. toll for it both in human human lives and safety and health in general for the communities there was a tragic jeff biggers thanks so much for the great reporting thanks for having a good talk. american entrepreneurial ism is dying a slow and steady death a new report out from the brookings institution paints a pretty dreary picture of entrepreneurial ism in america over the past thirty years as brookings points out the firm entry and exit rates essential of the creation and death of companies in amer

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rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask consent the names be waived. -- reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. mr. president, we -- i keep skipping over my mandatory quorum. i ask consent that under rule 22 that it be waived. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to proceed can calendar number 657. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination

illinois. >>> firefighters are getting control of most of the wildfires in southern california. all evacuation orders have been lifted in san diego county. four fires are still burning, including three at camp pendleton. >> reporter: the air attack is not over above camp pendleton. nbc news rode along as a helicopter dropped water on the stubborn flames burning here. the pilot lives in this area, so the mission is personal. >> this is our community. i want to be able to contribute back by taking care of them. >> reporter: the skies are looking much better than they did a few days ago when flames tore through the region, threatening thousands of homes. at least 60 houses and condos did not make it. >> we lost our house, but everybody is safe and all of my friends are out, and that's what matters. >> reporter: a dozen fires have burned through 27,000 parched acres north of san diego this past week. in what's likely a destructive prelude. in kansas, car washes are only five days a week. >> everybody is concerned we're going to run out of water by the end of this year. >> reporter:

damaging winds and large hale in this area in yellow from oklahoma city to illinois including most of missouri including southern iowa and eastern parts of kansas as well. then on mother's day, the threat of severe storms spread from wisconsin all the way down into texas. again, the biggest concerns will be for some strong winds, possibly damaging winds and large hail. tornadoes are isolated. they are possible. continue to spread eastward. temperature wise, it will be warmer in the east. washington, d.c., about 80 degrees. for mother's day it should clear out. temperatures like nice topping out in the 70s and 80s and a little bit humid. >> dylan, thank you so much for that. >>> a bit later for this hour, the white house climate change report and what could happen if we do nothing to stop it. you'll hear how miami could be especially hard hit. that's coming up in 30 minutes. politics and new this morning. first lady michelle obama is delivering the white house weekly address by herself for the first time. she began by wishing all moms a happy mother day and then addressed the situation in nigeria where nearly 300

illinois and iowa with large hail. now we're dealing with right lane. also for southernhas right lane, cleveland light rain. there is even very heavy rain and thunderstorms coming down from erie just all the way down to central pennsylvania. some will make its way to philadelphia, baltimore and d.c. this morning. then maybe another round of storms later today. it's not like yesterday. there will be more humidity and showers and storms in the east. southeast, you're looking gorgeous number problems across the west. >> we'll take it. thanks, bill. >> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," i have to fix this thing. i can never take being baby powdered, bill. i can't even take a crooked pocket square. the war of words is eating up between allison grimes and mitch mcconnell. it looks like nothing is going to be off-limits. when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler. damn this thing. i even have my double stick tapest how did the cat manage to throw out the first pitch at the minor league baseball game? look at this. magic pocket square.

extreme western illinois, including parts of southeastern nebraska and southern iowa. that's where we could see some of our strongest storms. the biggest threat, as we saw yesterday and also some hail, any tornadoes would be isolated. we are looking at showers in the rockies with snow starting to mix in, especially by sunday, as the temperatures do start to drop out that way. we are going to keep an eye on that area in the middle of the country. it only spreads eastward just a little bit for mother's day. >>> and mother's day weekend will start off breezy and cool today. winds out of the northwest, but by the end of the weekend and just in time for mother's day high pressure will build in. bit warmer tomorrow and hot towards the middle part of next week. today near 70 in san jose, breezy for the afternoon, 60s closer to san francisco and accommodation of low 70s out towards the north bay and out towards the tri-valley and then temperatures for sunday should be in the 80s inland including san jose and mid to upper 90s for the valleys by midweek. >>> and for today's top

southern california. i tell you, rebecca stevenson, thank you . >>> six months ago today, a late-season tornado tore through the city of the washington, illinois.00 homes were level offed and another 400 were damaged as the community bounces back, diane esterbrook says one of the biggest obstacles is the clean-up costs. >> throughout washington, illinois, you can hear progress. homes are going up everywhere. many next to those still bearing scars from the ef 4 tornado that plowed through here last november. >> this will be our front entry. >> lora cox is building a new ranch style home where her two-story house stood. >> how much did your insurance cover for this? >> the basic house, it covered everything. >> while washington is on the mend, the financial pain of the tornado still lingers. residents and businesses got roughly 28 million in federal disaster aid. but city government got nothing. it spent $12 million clearing away debris and now faces other costs. >> that's going to be actually cut out and redone. >> the mayor gary manier says thousands of cuts need fixing. >> a thousand dollars? >> gosh. probably three or 4,000. >> reporter: ther

southern california. 27,000 acres have been burned this week. one pepper was killed. >> there's been a third case of the mers virus in the u.s. an illinoistive but he shows no signs of being sick. he had contact with the man who first brought the disease into this country. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> i don't know what else you want. this is it. this is life. okay? you know, you've got your cell, you've got this, and the yard. that's all there is. there's nothing else. come out, go to a table, play chess, get on the phone, get a drink of water, and that's it. prison consists of nothing else. inside the cell, a couple hours maybe in the day room, a couple hours maybe in the yard. and that's it, day after day after day after day after day after day after day. it's the same thing. nothing changes. >> 90% of prison life is actually boredom. and it's what the inmates do with this down time, this lack of stimuli, that has led to some of the most interesting parts about "lockup." >> chill. you do your time. don't let it do you. >> the monotonous grind of life in prison can push some in

illinois. more unsettled weather saturday for parts of missouri eastern parts of oklahoma and kansas. by sunday another widespread risk to see more severe weather from texas to parts of iowa and southernamaging winds and tornadoes possible. because a lot of these storms are going to be going over the same areas we have a risk for flash flooding localized in some areas. parts of the gulf coast that is what you could be looking at potentially more than six inches of rain. there are a couple of watches into the area. take a look at texas a hot one 94 the high in dallas. north carolina a hot one as well with a high forecast to reach 90 degrees. >> those are all down there in north carolina. >> jumping straight to summer. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> families of september 11th victims are blasting this decision. have you heard about it? to story mains in the repos tore row of the 9-11 museum. they are planning a protest tomorrow. they say the unidentified remains will be kept behind a wall so families can schedule viewings in a private room at the repository. but the families would rather see them entombed above ground at the adjacent memorial plaza. a press briefing on the defense

illinois. you will warm up as well. out across parts of the west. heated across southern california. today improving day.his week across parts of the central plains and eventually in towards southeast coast. all right. well, what if we told you that you can change our veterans lives in just 90 seconds by participating in our pushups for charity campaign, you can do just that it's all part of the boot campaign which raises awareness and funds to help our military vets and families. here to tell us what it is all about is retired staff sergeant and director of public affairs for the boot campaign joe jones. we also have sean here who started pushups for charity and we have anna here as well. >> hey, just ran outside. >> perfect, this is great. >> what is this pushups for charity all about? >> pushups for charity movement 90 seconds. donate to your cause, anything where you do physical labor to get people to donate and comes back to the boot campaign which is a military not-for-profit. simple. get down and get motivated and do something take as a little effort. people donate to you comes back to the boot ca

southern california. a 57-year-old man is charged with arson in one of the fires around san diego. he's pleaded not kblt. 25,000 acres have burned and one person was killed. >>> and an illinoisn is caught middle east mers from the only american diagnosed with the mysterious virus. the new patient shows no signs of illness. back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. many of us are blessed to have a furry little friend in our lives. cats and dogs cannot only be our pets but members of our family. but for an animal hoarder, what starts off as caring for a few pets becomes overwhelming. a warning -- you might find what you are about to see disturbing. in florida, neighbors call police to complain about their neighbor's out of control hoarding. but authorities say it isn't clutter that they find. >> turned out to be 700 cats on the property. >> he's director of animal cruelty investigations of the humane society of the united states. and works closely with law enforcement to investigate reports of animal cruelty and neglect. >> we get a lot of animal hoarding calls. it's our number one call. oftentimes they fail to spay and neuter. th

southern how's that function? ♪ >>> welcome back to "new day." this morning, a new fears about the deadly mers virus now that a man from illinois has contracted theh meeting and a handshake. that's the first time this has happened and that's leading, of course, to new worries about how easily the virus can be transmitted. let's bring in dr. william schnapper, he's the chairman of preventive medicine. doctor thank you for being here. >> good morning, kate. >> good morning. so this latest case, it's very interesting. this man contracted mers through two meetings 40 minutes long, cow say. that's what they're describing it as. they're within six feet of each other and through a handshake. i was thinking about it, it seems like i come in contact with dozens of people every day. and so does everyone else in the workplace with something like that. it seems requiring less of that close contact than originally had been thought. does this surprise you? >> well, it it surprised us somewhat, you know, we knew this virus could be transmitted through prolonged contact within families. but this is a little bit more, shall we say, casual, but they were two 45 mi