along with as well the southwest kansas. they brought baseball size hail and severe flooding. to attend it over to weather prediction standing by in the weather center. a sticky closer look at the severe weather. impacting the midwest right now. as you mentioned a missouri got the brunt of it. right now we are scene of severe weather move through the st. louis area. already tried to wind gusts up to 70 mi. per hour. flash flood warning is in effect until later on this morning. this continues to push through chicago. it will move through the ohio valley as well. so looks like unsettled and severe weather. several watches here in the bay area just chilling with some low clouds of this occurs along the coastline is a live look of conditions from our real camera. today is expected to be warmer we will see temperatures jump up by about 5 to 10 degrees. faster clearing on tap for today and as we look ahead it looks like temperatures will continue to warm as we head into the weekend. we do have a cloud cover to do with. but it's not going to linger as long as it did yesterday. as i m

airport authorities say the southwest flight was headed for kansas city when the plane backed up from the gate and struck a parked jetblue plane. aviation investigators are looking into what caused that accident. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> happening right now, president obama is about to sign an executive order designed to help college graduates thrive while paying back their student loans, which we know can be quite hefty. a 2010 law allows borrowers to pay no more than 10% of their loan in payments. this order expands it to include people who started borrowing between 2010. >>> happening today in just about 15 minutes, chuck reed will officially announce he is throwing his support behind sam lacardo as the city's next ma r mayor. damian, you spoke with sam, and of course, his opponent, and it seems like all signs point to the fact that this is about pension reform. >> reporter: it's going to get a little feisty over the next few weeks. the gloves came off a couple of times during mayoral forums. you can bet they'll stay off for the remainder of this race. in about 15 minutes,

southwest flight was scheduled to leave boston for kansas city just after 7:00 this morning. ere separated around 8:00 a.m. and the southwest jet was taken out of service. no one was hurt in the incident and then the airport says operations were not affected. 108 passengers on board that south best plane were placed on other flights. f.a.a. is investigating. jenna: wow. thank you. jon: some brand new developments in those lane closures on the george washington bridge that have led to so many controversy. new jersey lawmakers are hearing from one of governor christie's longest serving aides and he could shed light on when the governor found out about the lane closures. we have that story. >> hello. well, he's the highest ranking member of governor chris christie's administration to testify so far. he's chief of staff and he was the one that mr. christie directed to find out what happened with the george washington bridge lane closings. he testified this morning about various meetings he had with the governor about the lane closings after they were made public, including a meeti

kansas. but it's no precipitation in sight in the southwest. i feel like a broken record for saying this for a couple weeks now and it's likely to prolong with the ongoing drought conditions. the temperatures are high, 40 degrees in las vegas and phoenix reaching 41. try to stay indoors and away from the sun. stay hydrated also if you in these vicinities. now across japan, the capital of this country has been battered with hailstorms yesterday. we have some footage to show you it's an incredible picture here coming out. this is not snow. this is hailstones. this is not a river. this is just a small street in between houses. and this was prolonged for quite some time making it kind of like a winter wonderland but they are hailstones. and in fact the atmosphere is very unstable yet again and there is a huge temperature difference again with the upper level and the surface ground. in and around the central locations including tokyo we are likely to see more rainfall of 100 millimeters. 50 millimeters could fall in an hour. even tornadic can't be r

the southwest flight was getting ready to take off for kansas city when passengers say they felt a bump. it took crews about an hour to separate the plains. no one was hurt however a wing on the southwest plane was damaged. >> tomorrow new jersey officials will consider millions of dollars in tax breaks for the sixers if they move their practice facility to camden. the new jersey economic development authority plans to consider the team's application tomorrow to qualify for a $82 million tax credit the 76ers need to commit to bringing jobs to distressed areas. camden is among the nation's most poorest cities. >> relief for college students who finance their education through student loans. president obama says he is taking action on behalf of borrowers who are struggling to make their monthly payments. >>> in a 21st century economy, a higher education is the single best investment that you can make in yourselves and your future. and we have we've got to mick sure that investment pays you have a. >> the president is extending an existing plan to let all college loan holders limit their p

southward to 50s northward but the core of that heat has been in the southwest so heat advisories for arizona outside the area in red and kansasdanger because of the heat and wind and the highs today easily in the hundreds in the region once again. rooes -- the arest of the country in the 80s up the coastline and chance of severe weather but coming up, in a bit we will talk about a system in the east pacific that could develop, if it does that would be the name of boris and more on that coming up. >> you tee'd it upper -- perfectly, the study from the university of illinois found hurricanes with female names killed more people than those with male names, researchers say that is apparently because people view storms with a feminine nameless threatening and masculine killed less and females killed three times the amount and looked tat 94 hurricanes that hit the u.s. from 1950-2012. two 12-year-old girls are in jail this morning, 12 years old, charged with attempted murder. >> the wisconsin children allegedly stabbed a classmate multiple times leaving her to die and erica joins is now and said they did it because of something the

southwest. we have had thunderstorms starting to increase in numbers and parts of kansas and nebraska. nothing developed tonight. >> that's good news. we will expect that risk into the morning hours to continue through parts of illinois and ohio as we have a little disturb answer rolling through. it doesn't look like these thunderstorms could have as good of a chance as becoming severe but it's still there. in the meantime, hot weather for phoenix, 103, and our hugh mitty there is so low, single diligents, 5 to 8%. we have a fire weather watch once again. >> some of those conditions, it's absolutely amazing what they are going through. 103 in phoenix. >> heat will catch up to you, i tell you. r rebecca, thank you. >>> most governments campaign to have areas listed as world heritage sites but australia wants the u.n.'s world heritage committee to the scrap its ruling protecting a large area of the tasmanian wilderness. the move is all about money. andrew thomas has the story from tasmania. >> reporter: they reach for the sky, growing straight up. some are as much as 80 meters tall and 4

southwest is warm. 106 in phoenix and 108 in yuma. and those are the summertime temperatures. 86 in dallas and 91 in kansas city. and new york city. you can't get better than 77. back to you. >> it was a beautiful day outside today. >> i was. i investigated. >> thank you. >> we are not done yet. a boat filled with people begins to take on water. and the dramatic coast guard rescue. >> and the irs, in the hottest of hot seats. and thousands of e-mails demanded by congress for their investigation could fannish forever. we'll have preview for the irs's next appearance before congress. : the volkswagen passat is heads above the competition, but we're not in the business of naming names. the fact is, it comes standard with an engine that's been called the benchmark of its class. really, guys, i thought... it also has more rear legroom than other midsize sedans. and the volkswagen passat has a lower starting price than... much better. vo: hurry in and lease the 2014 passat s for $199 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. of swedish experience in insidperfecting the rich,ars never bitter taste of gevalia. we do it all for this very experien

southwest and south. in seattle, the high today won't crack 70 but phoenix will be well over 100. the center of the country will be in the lower 90s, hotter in kansas city than in miami. >>> a california lawmaker is the second most powerful republican in the house of representatives. kevin mccarthy has been elected majority leader replacing eric cantor who steps down at the end of july after his victory mccarthy promised to help republicans advance their agenda for the country. >>> one year after the supreme court struck down a key provision of the defense of marriage act president obama is set to extend a wide rank of benefits to gay culls. most federal agencies will now treat married couples equally regardless of gender. among the new benefits recognition of gay couples by federal immigration and the irs. >>> president obama has presented the nation's highest military award to a 24-year-old veteran who almost lost his life in afghanistan. marine corporal william kyle carpenter received the pedal of honor for jumping on an explo exploding grenade to protect a fellow marine from the blast. carpenter was severely injured, he lost an eye and spent 2

staying hot across the desert southwest with temperatures likely in the triple >>> and today's top spot comes to us from our affiliate ksn in wichita, kansasiver fest. a lot happening there today including rides on kayaks, coo canoes and jetski racing b. sure to check that out. that would be a fun time. i'd love to get on a jetski right now. or a motorcycle. either way. folks, that's a look at your weather. let's head back inside now. >>> up next, a high-tech way to cool off this summer and keep your electric bill in check. mario has more on that right after this. ben kaufman, founder of quirky. also known as the world's least important ceo. which is precisely why we tied him to this high-speed train. at quirky, our products are invented by real people who submit their ideas to our website. so whether our ceo makes it or not, quirky will continue to invent incredible new things. products invented by real people like you. quirky. over 150 years of swedish coffee experience.xists that's 150 years of experience in refining and perfecting the rich, never bitter taste of gevalia. and we do it all for this very experience. this very second. this

southwest air looline backed in another jet pulling out of the gates no. injuries, but damage to one plane. there were over 100 passengers on that flight to kansas city, and all of the passengers have been accommodated on other flights. >>> and the controversy of bowe bergdahl's release has more information provided by the talib taliban. this prompts a hearing today at the white house where doctors are saying at landstuhl, germany, that he is physically okay to come home, but has yet to deal with the emotional wounds. he has not spoken to his family and he said that his captivity was terrifying and he said that he was confined to a tiny space like a box and kept in the dark for long periods of time in captivity. and john kerry defended the move of the exchange in his first public comments. take a listen. >> what i know today is what the president of the united states knows, that it would have been offensive and incomprehensible to consciously leave an american behind no matter what, to leave an american behind in the hands of people who had tortured him, cut off his head, do any number of thing the, and we would consciously choose to do that? th

kansas and oklahoma but look at the forecast. more is in store. this is over the next three days. you will see how this area continues to fill in. another storm developing across the southwest pulling up a lot of moisture out of the gulf, in the same area, four to six inches of rain over the next three days, oklahoma, kansas, east to arkansas, missouri. flash flooding problems there. you can see the storm damage from last night's storm, the wind damage and hail even a few red dots there showing there was tornadoroy reports but now, it's the flooding problem across the southern planes and the lack of rain across the southwest. we have excessive heat warnings and red flag warnings in effect. the fire danger is high as we are looking at dry weather continuing and very little rain. so that is the big problem there. here is the severe weather across kansas and oklahoma, extending to the east. now, this is a bow line. it bows out, an indication there is a lot of wind damage but very little rotation. so just wind damage reports coming in as this rain continues to push east, a close-up view shows the line is pushing out of oklahoma and kansas in through missouri. there is one or tw

southwest that's where it's going to be exceptionally warm today. this white line here indicating areas where it will be above 100 degrees. phoenix, western texas, new mexico, western oklahoma and even western kansas where we are going to see some of our hottest temperatures today. we have some of our heaviest downpours to the west of m minneapolis. nothing severe. but we'll see into nebraska and iowa where we could see our strongest storms today. from the storm prediction center, areas in yellow, that's where we could see some stronger storms, isolated hail and damaging wind gusts. in red through eastern nebraska and north central kansas we could see an isolated tornado. it's more the threat of very large hail and damaging wind gusts. we'll have to focus on that area today. down through texas we'll be in the 90s. any showers and storms are few and far between. father's day, we are looking for temperatures to get back to the '80s in new york. hot in chicago at 87 degrees. it is staying hot up near 100 degrees across parts of the southwest. it is going to be a hot father's day for those dads down there. frances? >> it is summer, dylan. thank you very much. >>> the disappearance of malaysia flight 3

logan airport in boston this morning, a southwest airlines jet clipped a jet blue plane on the tarmac. you can see the damage here. the plane was heading to kansas city and nobody got hurt. >>> new frustration this morning in the search for that missing malaysia airlines flight 370. investigators admit now they may have to start looking in an entirely different area of the indian ocean because of new theories about the plane's speed and direction. victims' families are taking matters into their own hands, trying to raise $5 million to offer a reward for information on the plane's fate. >>> the manhunt for those three inmates who pulled off a daring helicopter escape from a jail in canada has now expanded into this country. the men said to be connected with the hells angels gang jumped on to a green chopper that landed right in the prison courtyard. this is actually the second time in two years that inmates in quebec have escaped by helicopter. >>> millions of americans struggling to pay off student loans could get relief. president obama is expected to announce he is expanding a program that caps the payments at 10% of the borrower's income. he

kansas. and finally, out across areas of the west, we'll see more showers in toward the northern rockies, but the desert southwesthe four corners remain clear and dry. back to you inside. >> thank you, rick. >>> veteran ace cross the country facing deadly delays waiting for health care they deserve. could the serious problems boil down to misplaced priorities? >> a v.a. in michigan spent time to cover jesus, mary and the cross after a violation found this is a policy. they must remain neutral so they put up the curtain. >> we told everybody about this story yesterday and you dig deeper to find out only 2% of the people there do not believe in jesus and mary being these religious figures. >> that's right. and those are the numbers coming from the government. they actually poll or find out from their patients what their religious denomination is. one of the local lutheran ministers got upset when he found out they were putting jesus and mary and this cross behind a curtain. what was really shocking about this is the v.a. hospital actually had time to send an inspector from washington, d.c. to michigan to make sure

kansas, clouds there, warm and sunny conditions in the morning. afternoon, showers and thunderstorms. it's going to be toasty through the southwestinto southern arizona. 90s in the southeast. a lit bit cool in the pacific northwe northwest, 60s and showers. sunshine in the northeast today. look for showers along the southern atlantic coast. gorgeous day in l.a. 104 in phoenix. look for 101 in las vegas. that's what's >>> hey, happy friday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. we do have some fog out there, in san francisco, and those low clouds actually span all the way inland. as a result, uniform temperatures, mostly in the upper 50s to low 60s for now. we are going to see more sunshine today and gradual warming as a result. your temperatures are going to be comfortable for two more days, and then that heat is on. for today, 77 degrees in the south bay. you're going to hit about 80 degrees straight up for the east bay, and 66 in san francisco. >> you know, since meredith's been gone, she hasn't lost a step. the stage manager said go up on stage. >> looking this way. >> get a little turned around. >> how are you guys? >> you're go

kansas city. tomorrow, 86 in chicago. remaining warm and sticky. overall, we don't have any incredibly high temperatures except across the desert southwest.verybody looking pretty average for this time of year. all right, guys. back to you inside. >> thank you, rick. >>> coming up, the crisis in the middle east is causing gas prices to skyrocket, but that's knot the only factor. what is going wrong here at home, and how can we fix it before summer starts in earnest? >>> and he said he's done with the media, so what's alec baldwin doing now? he's lecturing. the story is coming up. ♪ save your coffee from the artificial stuff. ♪ switch to truvia. great tasting, zero-calorie sweetness... ...from the stevia leaf. peace of mind is important when so we provide it services you bucan rely on. with centurylink as your trusted it partner, you'll experience reliable uptime for the network and services you depend on. multi-layered security solutions keep your information safe, and secure. and responsive dedicated support meets your needs, and eases your mind. centurylink. your link to what's next. it's progressive pain. first that feeling of numbness