it is a home coming for many of you who came to oklahoma in 1995 and gave us your sweat and your tears and your support. we welcome home all of you. this is your home. we are all oklahomans today and we are all americans. may god continue. to may god continue to bless our beloved land. >> my husband and i designed the outdoor symbolic memorial here. and that is everything you see in this space, it is green park life space. this was a competition. we decided to participate because we felt it was way to contribute to the community and give them something that would help them. as part of that competition process, the memorial foundation which was established here sort of a guiding force in creating this memorial, they sent out a mission statement, or a set of guidelines to which we should follow when we thinking about how to design this memorial. and there were a couple of things that were really important. they gave us the whole boundary, the perimeter and included in that was this seconds of fifth street that is now where our reflecting pool is. that used to be a regular street that jus

us. in oklahoma city a lot of power lines knocked over. >> a big issue when you get a lot of hail over large areas. we got photos in from the storm riders, if you've ever seen that show on the weather channel. some areas, some very large hail. this one is coming in from those guys as well. this is actually their back window. so don't feel too bad for them. they are professional storm chasers, you do get the idea we had a lot of reports yesterday of severe hail. some of them upwards of five inches, the largest one i saw out of piedmont, oklahoma. we saw a number of reports up into the northeast. actually over 400. so a few additional hail and wind reports, where some of those were clustered, we'll see a chance for some thunderstorms in the northeast. the better chances will linger here across portions of oklahoma, south-central kansas and northeastern texas. there's a look at it this morning with the active radar this hour, the frontal boundary pushing towards the east coast, that's slowed down across the area. that's what may help to give us at least some of the showers around new york city,

. >> okay our next question, another phone call we have sherry on the line with us in oklahoma.g. >> good morning. yes, i have a question. i have a raymond james freedom funds account consisting of mutual funds, bonds, and income accounts. i'm paying a fee of 1.75% per year on approximately $130,000. this is costing me about $2100 per year. is this wise? or are they just depleting one of my nest eggs? >> oh, a really good question. and david, you want to tackle that? >> and do you feel free? >> yes. >> here's what i want you to find out. first question i have for you is that 1.75%, does it include the mutual fund fees, or is it on top of the mutual fund fees? and the reason that's a really important question is, this 1.75%, and there's mutual fund fees on top of that, your real cost for that investment account is more like 2.5%. that's really high. so here's what i would tell you. you can go back to your add vieder and first of all, try and negotiate. the reality is 1.75%, that adviser has some flexibility. he's not going to want me telling you this but that can probably be brou

in donations from people who thought they were helping u.s. navy veterans. little if any of the money was used to benefit veterans. >>> in oklahoma, michael seltzer was executed by lethal injection last night, convicted in 1975 for a convenience store murder but legal appeals delayed his execution for almost 37 years. >>> a painting by french artist paul say san was auctioned off in new york. it was lost to be thought for 60 years sold for $19 million to an anonymous buyer. >>> a look at top health headlines on msnbc.com, according to a study for some women starting mammograms at the able of 40 may be worth the risk. women who had a mother or sister with breast cancer or with very high breast density had double the risk of developing cancer. for those women the danger may outweigh the risk of radiation, false-positives and unnecessary treatment from breast cancer screening itself. for more information on this and other health stories check out the health page at msnbc.com. >>> "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil, bring yourself back. >>> here is an early look how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opened at

in donations from people who thought they were helping u.s. navy veterans. little if any of the money was used to benefit veterans. >>> in oklahoma, michael seltzer was executed by lethal injection last night. he was convicted in a 1975 convenience store murder, but legal appeals delayed his execution for almost 37 years. >>> and a painting by french artist paul say zon was auctioned off in new york the the water color thought to be lost for almost 60 years sold for more than $19 million to anonymous buyer. >>> now here is your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 13,279 after adding 75 points yesterday, the s&p gained 7, the nasdaq up 4. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei added 29 points while in hong kong the hang seng rose to 14. >>> a little optimism drove the dow to its highest level in more than four years tuesday. news that april manufacturing expanded at the strongest pace since june gave stocks early momentum. signs of improving demand spilled over into financial, transportation and energy stocks as well as the price of oil. after the bell, chesapea

in the dark. very use today it in parts of oklahoma. >>> lynette. >> showers and thunderstorms overnight. now this morning just dealing with some light rain. i'll tell you when we dry out and how long we stay that way. those details coming up. >>reporter: traffic is just starting to pick up here on the west side of the beltway at liberty road. i'm tracking the delays and will let you know what 95 and the jfx look like coming up in my abc 2 news time saver traffic report. you're watching "good morning maryland." >>> eight minutes after the hour. a live look this morning at times square. let's head to new york now for the very latest in today's tech bytes. >>reporter: in today's tech bytes, news from apple, ceo tim cook speaking last night about what's ahead for his company. he told an industry conference he'd like to see more of the company's products made in america. cook also hinted at a stronger relationship with facebook. chrome book computers will win more converts to its operating system. the samsung boat machines use the internet for storage rather than a hard drive. they handle mor

would cook outside, and it is a remarkable thing to think about how people used to live just 100 years ago in the state of oklahoma. i asked her if her her parents and she were able to go to high school and go on to college and get a better education, and she told me that with so many people in the family we only had two horses, and my family moved a lot because they were searching for work to find better opportunities, so she said when she could go to school she did, so she only completed the eighth grade in her education. i want you to know something about her. she was one sharp lady. she was a first-class lady. she was one that was always putting others about herself, and she always took care of herself. she died when she was 98 years old, lived on her own all of those many years and was a great cooks, by the way. she was a great role model for me. in this day when we think about all that we have with text messaging, e-mail, facebook, twitter, cell phone, and travel, you can do business globally around the world -- i think about 100 years ago where my grandmother was to the opportunities that i have today, her

karen joins us in oklahoma city.aller: i wanted to call because you're talking about the tea party, and i think that the left has been desperately trying to characterize them as a radical group, calling them racist and not see end crazy, and all of these other things, and really is a movement of regular people trying to rein in the government. it is just out of control spending. there have been comments about the obstructionist congress, supposedly. if you remember the first two years of the obama administration, the democrats were shutting out the republican party trying to pass bills that nobody had red. it seems to me that obstructionism in this situation was exactly the right thing to do. as far as the influence of the tea party, the thing that is good about the tea party, rather than being a third party, they have influenced the republican party in ways that a lot of people agree with. i am not part of the tea party, but i agree with a lot of the things they have been pushing for. and as far as the population, i

. >>> most of us probably spent the weekend outside. some people in oklahoma were looking for dry land. the violent weekend weather passing through the area. >>> a twister passed through parts of kansas. >>> we are also on rainy start. no delays 895, i will show you how traffic is looking on 895 and jfx in the time saver traffic report. you are watching good morning maryland. >>> video from a tornado over the weekend on the ground in kansas. no buildings or homes damaged but numbers of reports about downed trees and no reports of any significant injuries. >>> oklahoma city over the weekend, golf ball sized hail pelted parts of oklahoma. >> it came following heavy rains and thunderstorms saturday in to sunday. none of that for the weekend here for us here in maryland. rain could be in the forecast for the week. >> it's lar started. >> we -- it's already started. >> we have showers pushing in to q]óno carrierringconnect 5760 >>> clear on 695, parkville, towson, 83, nice and clear in hunt valley, down as you make the drive onto the jfx in to the city. if you are

and that's why we think we urge many of our members here in the state of oklahoma to make their donations to us. one of the most interesting collections, one that gets used quite a bit, helen ka hayden douglas, served in the 1940s, was from california. what is interesting about her is that she was married to the hollywood actor, melvin douglas. served during the 1940s from california. had a very distinguished acting career. and so we actually have some of her stage photos, very imposing presence here. this is a promo photo from one film she made called "she." and actually the name of the character she played in this was she who must be obeyed. >> there will be slaves waiting without a wall to guide you in safety to your little world. >> it is probably more of a cult film now than well known film. has something to do with, you know, the fountain of youth and eternal light. >> how did she get involved in politics? >> she and her husband moved from the new york to the east coast, hollywood, and she got involved in the plight of migrant workers in california, her activism there also drew the attent

in the northwest. >>> finally from us this morning, a down on his luck dog in oklahoma is getting a new leash on life unlikely pal. >> abc's john berman reports on an amazing animal friendship that's got everyone smiling. >> reporter: forget the adorable, irresistible face. this is a dog that was down on its luck. really down to his last chance. >> i can tell you, it was more than one time i recommended putting tanner to sleep. >> reporter: tanner, a golden retriever, now 2 years old, was born blind. by the time he was turned over to this animal hospital in tulsa, oklahoma, he had nightly, uncontrollable su uncontrollable seizures. but his whole life was turned around, probably saved, by the world's most unlikely helping hand. helping paw, really. >> just haven't seen anything like this ever. >> reporter: several months ago, blair arrived at the hospital. a street dog with her own problems. shy to the point of cowering. probably because she had been shot as a puppy. when the blind, seizure-stricken tanner, met the timid, gunshot victim, blair, they did more than play. they bonded. blair came out of h

in this book of former oklahoma astronaut writes that the same basic design that this self educated sixth grade dropout used in developing the suit, the space suit in 1934 is the forerunner of the modern space suit. same design, basically the same premise. my only guiding force is that every five books i want to write about someone that no one's heard of. for example, of few years back had decided that i wanted to write about a lady named k bernard. well, the only thing we have lived for her in oklahoma is a little halfway house. it turns out she was our first commissioner of charities and corrections. not only that, little five ft 90-pound dynamo woman who was the only woman to speak to our constitutional convention and was the first will collected to a statewide office in america. it's an incredible story she never married and did not have any children. unheard of. did not have a tombstone for 50 years. i wrote a biography. kind of major famous. she even ended up with a wonderful bronze statue of her sitting on a bench. so every fifth book of read about someone that no one has heard of. >> sell many books

available to scholars, and that's why we think we urge many of our members here in the state of oklahoma to make their donations to us. one of our most interesting collections and one that gets used quite a bit is helen gahagan douglas who served in the 1940s and was from california. what is interesting about helen gahagan douglas is that she was married to the hollywood actor melvin douglas. served during the 1940s, from california. and had a very distinguished acting career, and so we have -- actually have some of her stage photos. very imposing presence here. this is a promo photo from the one film that she made which was called "she." and the name of the character that she played in this was she, who must be obeyed. >> after the festival in the hall of kings, there will be slaves waiting at the outer wall to guide you in safety into the world. >> it is a, probably more of a cult film now than it is a well-known film, and it has something to do with, you know, the fountain of youth and eternal light. >> how did she get involved in politics? >> well, she and her husband moved from new york, and the east coast, to h

in particular oklahoma. governor romney will be a partner for us. he won't be -- he won't establish a government that's like our boss. he knows the appropriate role of government, not only our individual lives but in our business environment. and i believe governor romney has both the vision and the experience and the know how to keep america moving in the right direction. we are a great, great nation, and we need to do everything that we can to get us right back on course to be that great nation that all of us believe in. so, i am here today to say that i fully endorse governor mitt romney for the next president of the united states and i'm going to do every single thing i can to bring you votes from oklahoma and to help you on your campaign. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome governor mitt romney, our next president of the united states. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. quite an endorsement. and quite a record you have in this state, governor. and you republicans, i know we're in republican headquarters here, so this tends to be a very frien

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us who call the gulf home. >>> in the summer of 1980, an unusual type of serial killer, a racist sniper, roams the u.s. looking for targets. in states from virginia to oklahomafles, shotguns and a .357 magnum to kill. in salt lake city, detectives are facing a double homicide that has all the trademarks of this serial killer. >> we had reports of several shots fired. when we arrived here, we had two victims down. we do have confirmed two of the victims that they have expired. >> two young men, 18 and 19, both black, and well regarded in the community, are dead. the two white girls they were jogging with escaped. >> i responded that night, it looked like the sniper had laid in wait inside this field and shot these people as they were coming across the lighted intersection. both the boys were shot even after they quit moving. these were all kill shots. >> i would like to talk to you about the salt lake shooting. that was august, 1980. >> uh-huh. >> why did you travel to salt lake? >> i've been there before back in 1975, and mixing of the races, especially white with nonwhites, it would be a good place to target. i saw two interracial couples jogging towards th

use a loofah, missy. some of the laws, the more track onnian you get ian dcaconian you get, to me being a teen where i was very much alone in oklahomaher as though we were one big uterus and your life and your needs are very different than my life and my needs, and i have known from a young girl that i would not be a good mom. i just don't have that thing. i have other goals, other drives, other needs, and the thing that i think is sort of the untold scary part of all of this, and i hope we talk about that more, the less access we have to health care, the less access that women have choices to follow their destiny and that's the part i feel so incredibly strongly about. and i tell my story, because it's not an extraordinary one. >> that's the thing about the book, self-determination. being raised to be a kid who knew who you wanted to be. it being incredibly unpopular from the moment you told the priest that you wanted to be an altar boy. but self-determination is sort of your listen. know who you are, fight to get it, and that's the most rewarding thing you can do with it. >> i have this anvil rule. i can't lift an anvil, so i woul

the severe storm prediction center out of oklahoma has us in a slight risk for severe thunderstorms astorms should make their way down from the north and west across our area tomorrow. we do have a chance for some severe weather during the day. i don't think we'll see too many of them. watch out out there. starting off tomorrow morning with a temperature of 62. highs tomorrow in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees just about everywhere. another warm day. keep the umbrella handy just in case. >> we like that. thanks, man. >>> dan, love this story that you're getting ready to tell about what bryce harper did. that is really cool, isn't it, man? >> reporter: that was really surprising to say the least when we saw the video of that story. we're going to be talking about that story in just a minute. first i want to get to the meat and potatoes of what's going on. bryce harper, 19-year-old hitti hitting protege. finally making his home debut for the nationals. he was, of course, was called up over the weekend. played two games out in l.a. actually he played very well in those two games. his f

oklahoma city. governor mary fallon tells us about what she considers the most important political books available. she was elected the first female governor of oklahoma in 2010. >> for students that are interested in getting into politics, what books, um, have you read over the years, the course of your life, actually, that you would recommend reading and why? >> well, one of my favorite books that i hope students will look at -- and i've actually encouraged many students especially at graduation speeches for students to look at for leadership is "lincoln on leadership." this has been one of my favorite books. it's a little bit worn out right now, but i read this many, many years ago, and it talks about abraham lincoln's principles and how he was able to get things done. and one of the things it talk ts about is he would go out among his troops, especially during a time of war, he would depend upon his top lieutenants, per se, to give him back information also. he valued the sad vice of -- advice of other people. he didn't think he had to know all the answers, he actually sought out wise counsel from other people. he was also a very honest man, a very i

in washington to tell oklahoma what to do. are you in the better place no washington to tell us in pennsylvania what to do. >> thank you. i would simply say those are the same kinds of arguments that have been used for generations against federal involvement. if we were talking 40, 45 years ago about for example jim crow laws in the south and civil rights movement we would have heard testimony -- >> with all -- >> it is my time. mr. chairman, i insist that committee rules be adhered to. this is my time and i gave you the benefit of the doubt and allowed you to answer as you wish. it's now my time. and i believe that that philosophy is in error. i don't share it. >> that philosophy fuzz enacted -- >> mr. chairman, i encyst on order. >> allow the member to speak. >> i thank you, mr. chairman. i believe that the philosophy that there's no role for the federal government or never be a prepemptive role for the federal government has been proved false by history. that's what this hearing was designed to do. i don't share the philosophy. the fact that you had a good experience in pennsylvania i don't believe can be extrapolate

us be seeing too much. if you're to the west of i-95, you're under the gun and we're starting to see more thunderstorms develop. that's why the severe storm prediction center in norman, oklahomahas placed the rest of us. just about the rest of us under the severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight. you can see the clouds getting a little darker across the metro area but still some sunshine. here's storm 4 radar. you noticed this line right here extending from hagerstown through frederick, leesburg and along the blue ridge. this line was coming through weakening a little bit. now that it is making its way across the mountains, we are going to see this potentially increasing in intensity and moving right toward the metro region over the next couple hours. now moving out of washington county. frederick county, maryland. you are really getting hammered. there's a ton of line, extremely heavy rain. if you're out there along route 15 toward the kreegerstown area, watch out. there's a lot of line with this. very, very heavy rainfall. i wouldn't be surprised to see maybe 40, 50, even 60-mile-an-hour winds from these storms as they move off toward the east and watch this. still a

us." >>> now here is a look at other stories making news "early today" in america. in oklahoma, severe thunderstorms brought hail crashing down and splashing in one man's swimming pool. the force from that hail also shattered a skylight in the house. the storm knocked out power to more than 60,000 people. >>> in florida, video shows an 11-year-old girl falling from a rock climbing wall. oh my goodness. she suffered a concussion, the images show the girl just before hitting the ground. 20 feet below. it happened outside miami marlins stadium. a family believes a cable was not properly attached. >>> in new jersey a nightmare for june brides-to-be after their store went out of business without warning. women tried to get dresses during one of the busiest time of the year for weddings. in some cases they were able to get their gowns, but one woman says the store kept her deposit and will not hand over the dress. >>> finally, a utah state university team of engineering students developed a device that could allow military special forces to scale walls without ropes or hooks. the mac

us what he is saying. >> visiting campaign headquarters in oklahoma, romney reacted to the position of being opponent toer of same-sex marriage by president. >> i had the same view i had as governor and expressed many times. marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. i know other people have differing views. this is tender and sensitive topic as are many social issues. i have the same view i had since running for office. >> reporter: earlier, romney said he was more pro-gay rights than the late ted kennedy campaigned in battleground of colorado where he described the views in a greater detail to denver tox affiliate. >> i do not favor marriage between people of the same gender. i don't favor sim unions if they're aid call to marriage other than by name. my view is domestic partnership benefits, hospital visitation rights and the like are appropriate. but the others are not. >> romney made no mention of the sweep of primaries yesterday. 30 states now have laws or constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriage. seven of them are key swing state battlegrounds including north carolina. w

used by the a's. oakland now four games back of texas in the american league west. lakers in oklahoma world peace's first game since the elbow. >> number 15, metta world peace. >> they gave him some booing. but instead of wearying about artest -- worries about artest. take it. russell westbrook 27 points, 9 assists. 7 rebounds. mike brown's team trailed by 35. ends up 119-90. first game goes to oklahoma city. this young man wants a celtics win but the 76ers didn't help. ray allen's mom. to the finish here. evan turner puts it in. 76ers up one. kevin garnett a foul very late in the game and philadelphia wins it, dock river's team loses. eastern conference finals nhl final, henrik lundqvist could not be beat tonight in goal. three keckative saves. -- connective saves. chris kreider sneaks in on the power play. rangers win 3-0. they lead the devils 1-0. two stages down at the amgen tour of california. real quick. people on bicycles. there it is. from san francisco. peter sagan, he is the leader. tomorrow they go from san jose to livermore. bicycling racing for 8 days. >> okay. good night

all of the land around us is settled in the 1860s, 1870s and into the 1880s. all this time, oklahoma is withheld from settlement as the indian territory. starting in 18-teens, congress and the president starred started moving tribes out of the southeast, midwest and moving them to oklahoma until we had 39 tribes here. all of these indian tribes are sent here. it is one vast reservation as other reservations are abolished. here is one last island of land that can be farmed and ranched that's valuable and everyone wants it. in 1889, there are no more tribes to bring into the territory. yet there's one parcel in the middle of the indian territory that's unassigned. so it gets its name, the unassigned lands. today it goes from still water, oklahoma to norman on the south, where osu and ou are today. it is about six counties of oklahoma. not owned or settled by indian, other indian tribe. so congress decides we are going to open this under the homestead act, let people claim the land. well, how do you do it? it is a small parcel of land. lot of people wanting the land. so if you take the

in the neighborhood, come down and join us. we're here through 9:00. >> here's a live look at tulsa, oklahoma this morning, still dark there. s the patriot's cup golf tournament in tulsa, oklahoma. beautiful site there with the american flag waving. and we'll get back live down there a little bit later. >> former home, i do love tulsa. >> are you able to play some golf there this morning? >> some good friends, major dan rooney and great golfers. it's one of the great events that happens every memorial day as are the three of us. it's tradition, the three of us, i think the last four or five years we have been here on memorial day. >> holiday crew. >> so, too, has pork barrel barbecue. my wife this morning said don't forget to take your breakfast with you. i said i'm good. pork barrel barbecue are here today, baby. we'll be cooking outside this morning with them. come out to 48th street. >> you at home get to have your barbecue today. we needed one here. we begin first with an extreme weather alert. lots of people around the east coast especially talking about this. tropical storm beryl making landfall overnight. this storm i

in. as to claim the series inside the oklahoma that message without us after beating the mavericks ninety five seventy nine. russia star on the ticker lanka could be making a move back to the n.b.a. to join up with the league's only russian i know this believe that to just go for it has a verbal agreement with me cal protocol brooklyn that i moved signed a three year deal at the end of the season. i say you can't beat local knowledge and that definitely seems to be the case at the moment i go to wells fargo championship in north carolina webb simpson saying he lives just a stone's throw from the quail hollow cost and knows the lie of the land this breaking right at the last minute for a birdie he carty to sixty five to share the first round lead with fellow american driver moore and sink five shots back is rory mcilroy he recently lost the number one ranking to luke donald while phil mickelson and tiger woods hit a seventy one this tiger's first tournament since finishing fortieth at the masters . than is an american feel to the top of the leaderboard at the spanish open sure maciel leadi

mexico and through arkansas and so argument the land around us is settled in the 1860s, 1870s and into the 1880s. well all of this time oklahoma is withheld from settlement from the indian territory. start in the 18-teens congress and the president started moving tribes out of old southeast, out of the midwest, out of the atlantic coast states, and moving them to oklahoma, until we had 39 tribes here. it's one vast indian reservation as other reservations are aboishled and those lands are opened. here is this one last island. farm that can be farmed and ranch. and everyone wants it. well in 1889 there are no more tribes to bring in to the territory. but yet there is one parcel right in the middle of the indian territory that's unassigned. it's about six count eaves oklahoma. not owned or settled by any other indian tribe. so congress decides, we are going to open this under the homestead act and let people claim the land. well, how do you do it? it's a small parcel of land. a lot of people wanting the land and so if you take the political philosophy of the time, laissez-faire government. government needs to step back into the

us on twitter @twitter.com/cspan history. >>> all weekend long american history tv is in oklahoma city, oklahoma, to explore its history. you're watching american history tv, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. >>> well, we want to welcome you to the carl albert congressional research and study center. this is one of the largest congressional archives in the country. we hold the papers of 55 members, plus, of congress, as well as staff and other individuals, and it's sort of really a unique resource for scholars who are interested in representative government and the congress in particular. my name is cindy simon rosenthal and i'm the director and curator of the carl albert research center. >> let's go inside i. want to walk in the back. this is really the heart and soul of the archives. essentially what is the finished product of the work that we do. the center has, really, a broad mission. the mission includes research and our archives play very significant role in that in that this is available to academic scholars, genealogists, interested in policies hadtry. and we have a public service missio