making their way into arkansas, heavy thunderstorms just to the south -- i should say north of waco texas. a lot of lightning in these things. a risk of strong storms from lubbock all the way up. large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes. as you can see we'll have the storms firing up all day into tonight and on into early tomorrow. rainfall amounts are going to equal anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain from birmingham >> the sun is starting to break out. high temperatures between 84 and >>> and that's your latest weather. >> thanks. still to come, the big news that had everybody racing to fwogoog still to come, the big news that hwhen we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring cente

and the president stood in waco, texas, as a memorial for those who were lost in the explosion. he made the commitment he said, we are going on stand with you. we are going to make sure that you have the support that you need. i am going to take the president at his word. hopefully, when he finds out that fema -- for whatever reason, decided not to send that request forward, that he will interscpreen do the right thing. >> shannon: something that will not surprise you-- the most popular question across the board. michael mays asked, are you going to run for thees about in 2016? >> we have work to do back in texas. that's a long time until 2016. i am greatly appreciative of his interest. special session is within a couple of days of being finished in texas. i will make a decision about whether i am going to run for re-election in 2016 -- it will -- it will still be out in front of us and we will make an appropriate decision at the appropriate time. >> shannon: i wanted to ask but the new law -- the merry christmas law, dealing with religious freedom in texas. >> it's fascinating

speaker, the city of west, texas is a small, tight-knit community, located a few miles north of waco, texas with a pop ligs of just under 3,000. west can commonly known for its czech bakery, czech gift shops and fwift stores. it's recognized as the czech heritage capital of texas. on april 18, it was subject to a cat strofpk explosion felt hundreds of mile away. the tragic explosion injured hundreds, caused tens of millions of dollars in damage and took 15 lives osm on the evening of the explosion, first responders from west and surrounding communities responded to a fire at the west fertilizer company. these brave men worked -- worked to try to tame the flames and evacuate a nearby apartment complex and nursing home when the explosion erupted and rocked this small community. when the smoke cleared and the rescue mission was complete, we learned we had lost 12 first responders. these brave men died while diing the job that they were trained and prepared to do in order to keep our community safe. today, we honor and remember these fallen first responders who put themselves in harm's way for

host: waco, texas, raymond, r democrat line. caller: good morning. i am wondering if we as and as diplomatic -- i don't know -- you know how we run this country -- should we be worried about china with the internet and how they react or look at us? butonly on the internet, the way we have come about allowing them so much money. they are using that money against us to buy this country up. i find it very disturbing. i heard on the radio just this past week that china is using buy off theo agricultural department in this great nation. people should be worried about this. i don't know how you all look at this. china and the internet since that goes your specialty. guest: there is growing interest in asia in technology and online policies to promote innovation. some nations in asia including the chinese take a different view about restricting content. as we continue our bilateral dialogue with the chinese and there are high level discussions taking place this week and last week, we need to be able to have policy disagreements about restricting content agr

making their way into arkansas, heavy thunderstorms just to the south -- i should say north of waco texasup to cheyenne. large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes. as you can see, we'll see these storms firing up all day into tonight, and on into early tomorrow. rainfall amounts are going to equal anywhere from three to five inches in rain in birmingham all the way to wilmington. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning. at 9:10, temperatures into the mid-70s most of the region and it's rather humid. partly sunny around the metro area. cloudy and sprinkles of light rain in far southern maryland arnold the northern neck and passing east. later, into the 80s. humid. repeat it tuesday. greater chance on wednesday. thursday, friday, lower humidity. heating up a bit on the weekend. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> thanks. still to come, the big news that had everybody racing to fwogoog still to come, the big news that hwhen we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn

making their way into arkansas, heavy thunderstorms just to the south -- i should say north of waco texasll the way up. large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes. as you can see we'll have the storms firing up all day into tonight and on into early tomorrow. rainfall amounts are going to equal anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain f >> back to work monday. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina lorenz. same blue sky over san jose. we've cleared out the low clouds. we'll see a really comfortable day even with the sunshine coming in early. 79 degrees on the way to livermore. 62 on the way to san francisco. 77 degrees today in loss gados and redwood city. friday to saturday, temperatures start to climb. we'll see a really nice week. nd that's your latest l then. weather. >> thanks. stilo everybody racing to fwogoogle stilo when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf

waco. many people might not remember that. terrible loss of life. i've seen the texas longhorns throngs of -- pulling a family of elian gonzalez, where we should go on immigration reform. we have seen the issues of impeachment and attempts on impeachment, trying to uphold civil rights, trying to write a patriot act which came out of the judiciary committee right after 9/11 in our most vulnerable time in a bipartisan way that balance the rights of americans alongside of the responsibilities that we had to secure america. i have seen the fight for individual rights, and i'd like to think that when it comes to that challenge, when you look at the record that i have offered, you have seen a record prides individual rights. so i do not believe it is of any value, no matter what you're in, to be in a cover-up. cover-ups usually wind up with the covers being taken off, and so there's not really much advantage to a cover-up. ut i want to discuss a way from the aura of cameras and hysteria the work of a public servant that i've known for a number of years. having come to this c

coming into the big "d," down i-35 towards waco and austin, so the morning rush hour again much like yesterday morning, rocky around dallas-ft. worth and north texas. and what we don't need in north georgia, but we never really complain about the rain because some summers we can't buy a drop. more rain and thunder coming into the atlanta metro area for the morning rush hour here. things will begin to dry up after today, but we've had upwards of 6 to 8 inches of rain and we had all that severe weather last week, and it was just not great around here with all the wind damage on thursday. severe weather today up there in your neck of the woods, around new york city, philadelphia, the d.c. area. could be some gusty thunderstorms. that will impact air travel also across parts of the midwest, along i-70 and out through the high plains, primarily east of denver, down towards amarillo. in this area, we have a chance of a tornado or two. in the northeast, it's mostly a wind and hail threat. so, here's that forecast map for today. there's that storm heading towards the big apple. cold front slicing back. beautiful weather coming into the upper midwest. once