now whether you're purchasing brent, which is currently more expensive than west texas intermediate, there are gaps. high inventories in cushing keep west texas oil prices lower because there's a lot of it sitting there, can't move. a lot of the east coast is getting its gasoline from europe. which drives the price higher because it's not just supplying europe, it's also supplying a lot of the northeast. in general, other countries use gasoline for other social purposes, and therefore put a different tax level on it. so largely the european countries with excellent mass transit systems i minet point out, where people may enjoy global mobility without a personal vehicle, they have used the gasoline and diesel as an opportunity to raise national revenues. and thus they have a higher price. and so consumers will pay eight or nine dollars equivalent for what we're paying five dollars for. so nearly twice the price. the rest of the world looks at the u.s. with some envy, but when you get into the darker discussions and the deeper discussions at government level, there has to be fundamenta

don teague, cbs news, west texas. >>> in london, buckingham palace announced the royal honeymoon hasce william and the former kate middleton were married 11 days ago, but william, a royal air force helicopter pilot, had to return to his base after the wedding. the british newspapers say the couple will honeymoon in the seychelles islands in the indian ocean off of the east coast of africa. >>> this morning on "the early" show, how popular diet programs stack off and get the pounds off. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test

i live in in ft.worth, and bonnie and clyde lived in west texas. after a couple of days, i decided this had to be a book about bonnie and clyde because i was learning things that staggered me and things i had never imagined before. i imagine some of you here tonight are bonnie and clyde long time scholars. there's jim spawn who's done wonderful things studying the platt city shootout. it's the barden spot -- garden spot outside kansas city where your airport is now located, and it's also where bonnie and clyde and their criminal career began to be extinguished. that was the beginning of the end. the thing that i thought needed to be done in this book -- there have been do my knowledge 27 previous books written about bonnie and clyde coming from rep -- reputable authors. there's few that have context. by that i mean this. the great historian steven ambrose said he wrote books to answer one question, and question was how did they do that? whether steve ambrose wrote about the transcontinental railroad or organizing d-day, the purpose of his books and

. >> reporter: it's auction day at the west cattle barn in central texas. for 74-year-old rancher cotton deitrich, his last. deitrich is selling off his herd-- all of his cattle. because the once-fertile grasslands that fed them are gone. >> that's what it is now. it isn't what it should be. >> reporter: three quarters of texas is in extreme or exceptional drought. lubbock has had less than an inch of rain this year, houston has had just over an inch and a half in three month, about the same as the sahara desert. wildfires are scorching more than 2.3 million acres since january. to make matters worse, this is typically the texas rainy season. >> we should be seeing rainfall. if we don't get the rainfall these next few months the impacts could be devastating. >> reporter: for cotton deitrich and thousands of ranchers across texas, the only choice is to sell their herds or go broke trying to feed them. >> after a while you just laugh at it to keep from crying. >> reporter: the drought in cattle company could actually bring a short-term benefit to consumers. b

visibility dropped yesterday and the west texas mountains as winds flung in around 300 acres of ash intoown. the cold front helped the firefighters trying to get the fires under control. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> new information this morning following the successful assault and targeting of public enemy number one. how the elet special forces carried out -- elite special forces carried out the historic directive. >> reporter: a towson school comes together to remember yeardley love a year after her death. >>> and parts of the southern u.s. will be at the mercy of the mighty mississippi. the country's largest river on the verge of swelling its banks. that could endanger thousands. that and much more coming up on this tuesday may 3rd. it's 4:58. good morning. i am charley crowson. megan is on assignment. let's kick things off with meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. i can't wait to show you the tornado video from new zealand of all places. just getting to the newsroom overnight. let's show you what's happening locally. we have a look at temperatures of 59 degrees. bel ai

windy across west texas and new mexico. >> meanwhile, 57 in albuquerque. 83 in phoenix. 78 in sacramento. 57 in chicago. 54 in dallas. miami, 85, atlanta, 82, new york, 68. >>> the news of bin laden's death is boosting overseas stock markets. we'll have the numbers coming back. >>> and also this morning, bracing for possible retaliation. what the fbi told abc news overni >>> welcome back, everyone. it's the top sthe the world this morning. al qaeda leader, osama bin laden, has been killed by u.s. forces during a firefigh pakit if pakistan. after confirming his identity by a dna match, his body was buried at sea according to islamic tradition. >> a lot of people didn't think this day would come. but it is here. unfortunately, bin laden's death has raised fears about a possible retaliation against americans abroad. the state department has just released a warning. >> u.s. embassies remain on hig. pierre thomas spoke to an official about the threat. >> reporter: they're not taking a moment to enjoy this too much. they're saying, we have to worry about al qaeda in afghanistan, in pakistan, a

in drought-stricken west texas, cattle cannot find enough grass to eat, forcing ranchers to trim their herd. but in northern california, a spring snowstorm decorated the tahoe national forest. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," wall street salivates ahead of a big tech stock offering. >>> plus the crew of the shuttle "endeavour" get an early start to a big day, installing an important new piece of the space station. >>> this is the "cbs morning news." with being fed on. we demand k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. so let's put our paws down in protest. no fetching, no friendship till we all get k9 advantix ii. join us at poochprotest.com. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii. let's raise a glass to cookies just out of the oven. to the morning bowl of cereal. and to lactaid® milk. easy to digest and with all the calcium and vitamin d of regular milk. [ female announcer ] l

the markets now we sell the commodities and oil is trading below one hundred dollars a barrel for west texas period it's losing despite u.s. reporting unchanged crude inventories contrary to expectations of an increase. of korean stocks trading in positive territory best still however shrugging off news that dominique strauss town has resigned as head of the international monetary fund chairs an air france scale amaranth pulled one out percent of the airline swung back into profit in the latest financial year i ben says he'll see is down three percent in london up to the engineering group of all of the drop in it's a lot of work. and here in moscow is the picture that we're seeing right now it's flat to positive that's after closing in the black on wednesday rebounding from a five month however if we look at the storks not everything is rosy in manufacturing and chemicals are the biggest gainers in the my sex book banks are mixed up point three percent post burbank is down half a percent gas from is also down despite upping its european demand for. the biggest i.p.o. of the year is on the wa

. >> i started in this business as a copy boy in west texas when i was 15 years old and so you can imagine what a head- spinning experience today has been for me but it's a humbling experience because i'm going to be working with the men and women of cbs. the host of the amazing race" knows what is like to face obstacles in order to win big. mary joins us now. >> phil hogan's goal is different than the contestants. he crossed the finish line to raise money for others and he's in baltimore tonight to show you why. >> the biggest physical and mental challenge of my life. >> phil hogan's "the amazing race" started in new york city. he passed through baltimore a little battered and warn. but with one goal in mind to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis. phil also helped to raise $5,000 for the national ms society and now he's back in baltimore to screen his documentary on the amazing adventure. screenings of the documentary across the country are raising even more money for the ms society. >> i got involved with the ms society and really fell in love with the way that they think and the fu

the consequence of that is the separation of the brent and the west texas intermediate. in general, other countries use gasoline for other social purposes and therefore, put a different tax level on it. largely, the european countries, with excellent mass transit systems, i might point out where people can enjoy global mobility without a vehicle personal vehicle and in this country we can't. they have used the gasoline and diesel as an opportunity to raise national revenues. thus they have a higher price. so consumers will pay $8 or $9 a gallon ee give lent for what we're paying 4 or five dollars for. so nearly ties the price. the res of the world looks at the u.s. with some envy at a consumer level. when you get into the darker discussions and the deeper discussions at government level, there has to be fundamental resentment because the u.s. is the major cause of the global high crude oil price. the u.s. uses 25% of the world's daily production. and it doesn't produce much or enough of its own domestic supply. the u.s. has the option of dramatically increasing. so 7 to

. >> this flying exterminator flies above the treetops of west texas, on the hunt for ferrel hogs. hing short of a four-legged menace. texas wildlife officials say that the lone star state is home to 3 million of them. >> right now, the helicopter is the best way to kill them. >> how effective? >> i kill 8 of an hour. >> the whole state has a problem. >> you can see how rough it is. >> hogs have torn up so much of jerry stone's east texas ranch, he can barely drive on it. >> the whole area is chewed up like this. >> they cause an estimated $400 million in damage in the state every year. they have invaded the pricey suburbs around dallas. he only flies with a trained shooter. he says texas allows just any hunter into just any helicopter, people will die. >> if you go out there and they reach out to shoot, if he shoot out there, it would hit the rotor blade. this is not a game. >> but he's in a battle, one that the flowing exterminator is taking off for again, and this time he worries who else might be about to join the flight. >> well, tonight, coming up, cashing in, from coffee cups

we'll continue to follow this situation as it develops, but critical fire conditions across much of west texas the forecast. an exceptional drought conditions are persisting. showers and thunderstorms have been rumbling across parts of the plains here as well as into parts of the upper midwest. can you see a couple of watches in effect across parts of kansas and into nebraska, as well as into parts of pennsylvania, and into upstate new york. now, she is storms did cause quite a bit of damage in lower parts of michigan. about 100,000 people are without power at this hour. now, let's talk about tomorrow's forecast, the big holiday weekend. got barbecue plans. you'll have to be alert because severe thunderstorms will be possible. they will be widely scattered from minnesota stretching down towards texas, but we think our biggest area of concern right in this area here. high pressure controlling the east so it's going to be coverageous for you here. temperatures really heating up. highs potentially into the middle 90s and heat advisories in effect for you in places like baltimore as well as into p

i grew up in west texas. we worked and scrapped for everything we had.nd hard work and our hard work ethic is how i had been raised my entire life. thanks to my parents. >> i read that -- you know, you have said publicly that you have written songs which your father has been offensive and you haven't recorded them. >> right. yeah. i mean, i respect his opinion. i said if you think this song is something that is too much and going to embarrass, you know, you or anyone else i will never record it. absolutely. respect is something that's missing in this world. you have to respect. >> you are being very respectful on the show despite provocation. you have to have respect in this world. as early as today, i called lady yes, ma'am. she said ma'am? what -- i said, well, where i come from, we refer to ladies as ma'am. and -- i can compete all day with marlee. trust me, i have hell at my heels. i'm coming at this lady and we will battle it out and somebody will emerge victorious. it has nothing to do with do i respect marlee matlin. i have mad respect for this wo

whether you are purchasing brent, which is currently more expensive than west texas intermediate, they are affected by events. west texas oil price is lower because the infrastructure is not there to move it in the volume that is needed elsewhere, which means a lot of the east coast is getting its gasoline from europe. which drives the brent price higher. it is not to supply and the consequence of that is the separation of the brent and the west foxx intermediate. in general, other countries use gasoline for other social purposes and therefore put a different tax level on it. largely the european countries with excellent mass transit systems where people can enjoy global mobility without a personal vehicle. in this country, we can't. they have used the gasoline and diesel as an opportunity to raise national revenues, and thus they have a higher price. and so consumers will pay $8 or $9 equivalent for what we are paying $5 for. so nearly twice the price. yes, the rest of the world looks at the u.s. at a retail consumer level, but when you get into the darker and deeper discussions at go

i grew up in amarillo, texas in west texas. and you know, we worked and scrapped for everything we had. and hard work and a hard work ethic is how i have been raised my entire life. thanks to my parents -- >> i must say i've read that you have said publicly that you've written songs which your father has deemed potentially offensive, and so you haven't recorded them. >> right. yeah. i have enough -- i mean, i respect his opinion. i said if you think this song is something that is too much to e else i'll never record it. absolutely. vekt something that's missing in this world right now. you have to respect. >> i agree with you. and you've been very respectful on the show despite incredible provocations sometimes. >> you have to have respect in this world. as early as today i called a lady yes, ma'am. she said, ma'am? i said, well, where i come from, we refer to ladies as ma'am. and i can compete all day with marlee and trust me, i've got hell at my heels. i'm coming at this lady, we're going to battle it out at the table and som

. >> reporter: in flying exterminator buzzes just boost treetops of west texas on the hunt of forerrell hogs. the pigs he's trying to kill are nothing short of a four-legged menace. estimate the lone star state is home to 3 million of them. >> right now the helicopter's the most effective way to kill the hogs. >> reporter: just how effective? >> i killed 86 in an hour on one landowner. >> wow. >> reporter: the whole state has a problem. >> you can see how rough it is. >> reporter: hogs have torn up so much of jerry stone's east texas ranch, he can barely drive on it. >> this whole area's just chewed up like this. >> reporter: they cause an estimated $400 million in damage in this state every year. the animals have even invaded the pricey suburbs around dallas. look at what they did this to this yard. he is licensed by the state and only flies with a trained shooter. he says if texas allows any hunter into just any helicopter, people will die. >> if you bank it like this and the shooter reached out there to shoot the rotar blades are actually that way and if he shot out that way they wil

. >> when you're in the western part of oklahoma, west i-35, from texas up to nebraska, if you're on ide of that, most of your tornadoes are lp, low precipitation tornadoes, which means they are out there, you can see them, it's raining over here a little bit but there's not a lot of hail or rain and there's the tornado. when you get east of there, there is more humidity there. the dewpoints are high and thick, all the way up to the thousands of feet thick and it rains more and it comes around the backside of the tornado, southwest side into what is called the mesocyclone. so it looks like it's just raining over there. inside that rain, there is a violent tornado inside there but you can't see it. you don't see things spinning around because it's raining all the way around. there's a ring of rain around the tornado kind of blinding it or hiding it from chasers, hiding it from officials, the policemen. they didn't even know it was there. >> also it created a noise, just perhaps the rain and the hail, that kind of dampened the sirens, people perhaps couldn't hear the sirens. >> you know

picture, also the snow we talked about in the mountains, but everything south, muggy and warm, hot in west texashigh humidity for much of the gulf coast, big surprise there. of course the scattered showers certainly may pop up, occasional thunderstorms for portions of central florida including the mouse house at disney and as far south as key west, joe. >> with all that snow, this late in the season, that stuff is going to melt and then you could have even more floods going much later than you normally do, right? >> there's always that possibility. i will tell you that in some places, especially into the rockies and sierra nevada, it's as though the landscape is better equipped to handle that kind of thing, than what we saw in parts of the midwest. into say where we had 600 times the amount of snowfall in parts of say the upper midwest, hence the flooding in the mississippi river area. it could be interesting to watch, say the very least. >> oh, boy. all right. >> never ends. >> yeah. weather is weather. thanks. be back at you. >>> how much vacation time does your company give you? if it's not m

. >> reporter: this flying exterminator buzzes just above the tree tops of west texas, on the hunt fors. the lone star state is home to 3 million of them. >> right now, the helicopter is the most effective way to kill the hogs. >> reporter: just how effective? >> i kill 86 on hourer. >> reporter: wow. the whole state has a problem. >> you can see how rough it is. >> reporter: hogs have torn up so muff of jerry stone's east texas ranch, he can barely drive on it. >> this whole area is chewed up like this. >> reporter: they cause an estimated $400 million of damage in this state every year. the animals have even innovated the pricey suburbs around dallas. look at what they did to this yard. polasik is licensed by the state and only flies with a trained shooter. he says if he flies any helicopter, people will die. >> if someone shoots the rotor blades are out that way. and if he shoots that way, it will hit the rotor blades. this is a business for me. it's not a game. >> reporter: but it is a battle, one the flying exterminator is taking off for again. this time, worried who else might be

i'm humbled and grateful for the opportunity to work here in congress and represent the people of west texas. on behalf of the people of district 11, i'd like to ex-ten my humblest gratitude to president george herbert walker bush and president george w. bush for their service to our stace and nation. we are better for their service. i would like to also recognize the role judge robert chanel played in getting this courthouse renamed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois reserves. the gentlewoman from the district of columbia is recognize. ms. nomse: i -- ms. norton: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the blabs of his time all time being expired, the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 36 2. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the ea firmtive, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the sp

that's not including the biofuels or the wind farms in west texas and elsewhere.here is processes that have been known for many years that takes natural gas and turns it into refined products. so many of these foreign countries, even our own government, is playing politics. and if you take a look at what's going on in venezuela with the chaveezz using revenues generated in the u.s., when you take a look at what's happening in this country, the transcanada pipeline project that's trying to be brought in bringing millions of barrels is stopped at the border and can't come in. there's currently lots of the oil tar sands oil coming in and being refined and a lot better quality than some of the stuff that's being brought in to the gulf coast by ships. for example, the discrepancy between the current crisis of crude that's been in the range of $15 to $20 a barrel higher. none of these things seem to make it to the market. host: let me touch on somebody that you're talking about. this is from the "new york times" from texas, your state and they're looking at oil in shale

right now the flood is cresting near the arkansas city, and then just to the west here we see showers developing in the south of texas, oklahoma tonight. most of that precipitation will stay out towards the west. lots of wirntd pnter precipitat the sierra and southern cascades looking at isolated, heavy snow once again. western canada is looking at rain. we have large wildfires in northern alberta. about 250 kilometers north of edmonton. it's dry and windy since the weekend, so a couple of showers coming on on wednesday night. just a quick look at your temperatures then. we have 16 degrees in vancouver, mid and sunny, partly cloudy skies in seattle, 17 degrees. it stays mild in pin peg and very warm down in houston again at 31 he degrees. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. /s ge 0çc@

oil price, west texas intermediate, has been selling for $10 and $20 a billionaire less than the benchmark -- a barrel less than the benchmark for european oil. if it was as tight in the u.s. there wouldn't be such a discrepancy in prices. last point, the senate will be hearing arguments that the loss of these tax breaks is going to drive up the price at the pump. this is obviously very much on the mind of every senator when our people are struggling to pay the already steep cost of filling their tanks. at the 2005 hearing, i also asked the c.e.o.'s about ending these tax breaks on their companies, and several of them said it wouldn't affect them or it would only affect them minimally. for example, the c.e.o. of exxon said -- quote -- "as for my company, it doesn't make any difference." the chevron c.e.o. said -- and i quote -- "ending these tax breaks would have minimal impact on our company." and the c.e.o. of b.p. said the same thing. it's a minimal impact on us. again, common sense would tell you that major oil companies earning combined profits of close to $32 billion in a single fisc

minnesota, oklahoma, and south carolina are considering it, but states like west virginia, texas andf law in place. so here is a look at the dropout problem. the national dropout rate is 3.5%. 2.8% of 15, 16, 17-year-olds drop out of high school. and meanwhile, if you break it down by income levels you will see that 8.7% of dropouts come from low income families compared to 2% from high income families, but in many cases, students from low income families drop out to support their families which would mean getting a job without having a car. so we thought we should put the question to the the stream team today. should dropouts lose their driver's license? joining me today is nyu professor of education, and also cnn contributor l.z. granderson. and thank you both for coming on to talk about this. pedro, let me start with you, it is a good idea to restrict driving privileges for dropouts? >> well, i do think that driving is a privilege and anything that we do to send the message to students to stay in school and take it seriously is a good thing and maybe taking away the driver's licen

my fellow broadcasters, in mississippi, georgia, texas, west virginia, alabama -- in the last few weeks were on the air continuously to keep the public form. communicating the warnings from our colleagues at the national weather service, helping the community watching, listening to make the best lifesaving decisions. the last -- however, the last stop on our end to end weather forecast is the decision by the public end user in weather emergencies and that's what i do. the local broadcaster, the local broadcast meteorologists known in the community -- they serve and still using traditional methods of communing via over the air, television broadcasts during television newscasts and continuously as we saw last week during weather disasters is the trusted source. and just to wrap up my colleague james span in alabama during this terrible, terrible outbreak was on the air using all his assets from the public radar to spotters and over the air continuously. and i thank him in those efforts in pinpointing the terrible outbreak of tornadoes, helping people make the proper decision that save the

a storm system is moving slowly from texas to ohio. on the westoast, there will be light showers over washington and oregon, with plenty of sunshine in the states to the south. >>> now, recapping this morning's top story. the death of osama bin laden. it happened early monday, pakistan time, at a heavily fortified compound in a city north of pakistan's capital islamabad. a team of u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s raided the compound, shot it out with bin laden and others, and killed the al qaeda leader. late last night, president obama summoned reporters to the white house press room to announce the successful mission, which followed months of intelligence work and planning. >> a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. no americans were harmed. >> bin laden's body was recovered and u.s. officials say it was later buried at sea. the announcement of bin laden's death triggered celebrations outside the white house, at the ground zero site where the twin towers fell on 9/11, and elsewhere around the country. >>>

they are now tied with texas atop of the american league west. gio gonzalez seven innings.one hit. as put up six more runs in the 6th inning. 14-0. obviously their biggest route of the season. one of the all time great power hitters passed away. harmon kilabrew died today in scottsdale following a battle with throat cancer. he was 74 years of age. paid 14 of his 22 seasons in minnesota. 11 time all-star. and before the alleged juicing of the current players he was one of the top home run hitters in the history of the game. still, 11th on the all-time list with 573. second to baby ruth. >>> great individual performance tonight in game 1 of the nba finals. dirk nowitzki 24-24 free throws. all time playoff record. also 12 of 15 shooting. 48 points. jason terry added 24. offset kevin durant's 40 as dallas wins game 1 of the nba west finals 121-112. mavs lead the series 1-0. >>> nba draft lottery for nonplayoff teams held tonight. >> picking number 11 will be the golden state warriors. >> that's new owner. got all dolled up to be on t.v. he is number 11. >>> big story was the li

according to this "new york times" article, was that they had two-thirds of the barrels on the west texas intermediate exchange. here's somebody that had the physical supply and was controlling two-thirds of it and then controlling the futures market. so they were basically making money on the up side and they were making money on the down side. that is what the cftc is alleging in its case, and i think it's one of the first cases in which a small group of traders are being charged in the potential role of manipulation of gas prices. well, i don't have to tell the presiding officer how critically important this is. i've been home recently and paid $4 a gallon for gasoline. many people are starting what is soon going to be the summer driving season, and they are outraged at the price of gasoline. it is hurting our economy. people who have to commute to work every day, people whose businesses depend on reasonable fuel costs are getting gouged over these prices. and we have federal regulators that need to be more aggressive at investigating these cases. now i'll say i'm very happy that the o

my fellow broadcasters in mississippi, georgia, texas, west virginia, alabama -- in the last few weekse on the air continuously to communicate the warnings, helping the community to make the best life saving decisions. the last stop on our weather forecast process is the decision by the public and user and in weather emergencies. that is what i do. the local broadcast meteorologist, known in the community -- they still use traditional methods of communicating by over the air, by radio, and continuously, as we saw last week, during weather disasters is a trusted source of the public to make a decision. just to wrap up, my colleague in alabama during this terrible outbreak was on the air using all the assets at his demand from the public radar to spotters. he has received hundreds and hundreds of bank use for his efforts in pinpointing the terrible outbreak of tornadoes and helping people make the proper decision to save their lives. yes, the system is working. the way we communicate whether information is expanding every day. other -- federal investment in our whether enterprise is of v

they stretch from south texas to cleveland, ohio and all the way up just west of chicago. more tornadoes on the ground today. at least 48 separate reports of tornado damage already and more coming in as we speak. john. >> chad myers, 48 reports of damage already, 20 tornado watches in effect. we're going to stay in touch with chad throughout the hour. also tonight, there's grow anger and frustration here among the families still searching for loved ones 72 hours after the record setting tornado ripped open a wound here. this couple was told by a neighbor he saw their 12-year-old son's body taken from the rubble of their apa apartment but they say they can't get a straight answer and aren't allowed to visit the morgue to look. >> this is not just for me, this is for the people that's got 100 other bodies laying down there. something's got to be done. >> now we were not allowed inside when tammy and tony came back for a third day demanding answers. but we did record some of their tense meeting inside. listen. >> so we know that he was deceased. there was no doubt when they p

west virginia, kentucky, tennessee. the big story, though, will be parts of oklahoma and texas. look at this map. ll show you the severe threat. it is big. it is important. and these tornadoes will be huge today. kansas city, all the way back down west of oklahoma city, down to dallas, texas, little rock and that's our joplin, missouri right there, right in the middle of this. they will fire about 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 and they will be begin. and some could be f-3s, f-4s. it's that type of day. this is a tornado day. i know we don't need it, with you it's hear. >> all right, chad, thank you very much for the warning. to find out more on how you can help those who have been devastated by the tornados in missouri, go to cnn.com/impact. and there you're going to find all of the organizations, all of the different ways you can help those folks who are in need. that is cnn.com/impact. love it ♪ ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ i work so hard at my job ♪ and then i bring it home to you ♪ ♪ i love money in my pocket >>> this just in. we're getting some news from our

west coast are enjoying clear skies and calm conditions. later today, though, severe thunderstorms will develop in the plains from texas to south dakota. s of the northeast will see scattered showers. but much of the region will finally enjoy some sunshine. it's also sunny on the west coast from california to washington. >>> in sports the nba playoff series between oklahoma city and dallas is all even. kevin durant of the thunder scored 24 points, and james harden added 23 against the mavericks. oklahoma city won it 106-100. and that tied the series at a game apiece. game three is saturday night in oklahoma city. >>> a heart-stopping crash during practice for the indy 500. driver simona del silvestro lost control of her car and it went airborne, slamming into the wall, sliding down the track, overturning, and then catching on fire. she was actually able to walk away but was treated for burns on both hands. >>> in baseball the rockies' jason giambi had a big night in philadelphia. he hit three consecutive home runs off the phillies. at age 40 he is the second oldest player to do that. giambi's homers drove in all of the rockies' runs in

west and it's starting to move our way. it'll be nothing like the last storm. it is over the middle of the country and around severe weather into texas and arkansas. this is part of the storm. the other part is down here. they are going to stay out to the west the next two days. what will happen is it gets close enough to form additional clouds and the chance of a shower or two. not complete rain out. we will see sun. then it's tuesday into wednesday, that this storm finally wraps up and moves our way. when that happens that is when we will see most of the chance for rain and thunderstorms around here as the center of that storm passes by and while that happens it'll knock down the temperatures. ahead of that we stay mild for the next few day around here. another thing to address here because it's still going on. flood warnings in effect, around the dam because we have -- the flooding however it'll take time for the water to start to go down even though they are in the process of doing that. the warning has been extended and we will keep you updated on that until it's canceled. on the waters, bay temperature 61 degrees, winds out of

texas. because out west, that wind blows all the time. it's like a gold mine. for wind. when you -- what do you think boone pickens is talking about when he talks about wind energy and his idea of putting cars burning natural gas on the road is a good idea. i support it. when we hear now with the discovery of shale gas an the abilities, we just started to tap, it's just a small part of the future. by the way, i would be really interested to find out if some of our colleagues who are so opposed to natural gas, knocked on his door and said, sir, we'd like to talk to you about making a lease with a share of the profits on drilling for natural gas on your property. and i wonder if they'd say, oh, no, i wouldn't take that. those hundreds of thousands of dollars i might make from you developing that resource. no. i don't believe in that stuff. i don't think so. it is -- whenever you produce wealth, wealth enhances a nation. and your natural resources are part of the wealth of the nation. always have been. my friend, they always will be. i yield back. mr. thompson: i want to co

record-breaking heat will be the story in the mid-section of the country from the upper plains to the west down through texas and the gulf coast. >>> well, we have another great day on top. good morning to you. the temperatures are going climb into the 70s. we have a mix of sun and clouds out there. 75 degrees in santa rosa. 73 in los gatos. 75 in santa cruz. the marine push will be back. the temperatures aren't going to be able to climb as we thought. we are going to hit 74 degrees with patchy fog. 75 by thursday. the rain arrives by the weekend. could pick up significant rain in the north bay. arzene and maria shriver. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. and stick to it. like seriously low prices. [

a storm system will hit the west coast bringing snow to the higher elevations and mild but windy from the dakotas to texas sports, a tough night in kansas city. ben mazaro in the record books for pitching the worst game for pitching the worst game ever for the royals. 14 runs in two innings against the indians. cloefd -- cleveland lights up kansas city, 14-1. >>> chris tillman makes a great behind-the-bag grab in the fourth to make a force out in second. in the ninth, adrian gonzalez hits a game-winning two-run double off of the green monster giving the red sox an 8-7 come from behind victory over baltimore. >>> a crazy double play in a tenth against the mets. missing the bad hop but goes right to omar infante. in the 11th, burt badenhoff singles to center to drive in the winning run. florida wins the rain delay, 2-1. >>> in the nfl, a big win for the owners. an appeals court ruled the lockout can stay in place until june 3 when the court will hear another appeal. the owners and the players plan to resume their court mediation today. >>> when we return, a look at the top stories. and stewart versus o'reil

west. we're talking about in the cascades and northern rockies. rain from seattle down to redding, california. severe weather threatens the midwest to texas, with the strongest storms around chicago, milwaukee and st. louis. showers from fargo to the twin cities. the more scorching heat will hit the east coast. >> yeah. 90s from atlanta to baltimore. 88 here in new york. detroit heats up to 90. chicago 87. minneapolis 77. 61 in seattle. a balmy 71 in boise. 78 in salt lake city. phoenix is 95. albuquerque, 84. >> quite a variation there. >>> coming up, some very important numbers out this morning about the housing situation across the country. they're bound to move the markets and also lead your business news. that's straight ahead. >>> and sarah palin, rolling down the road in that bus of hers. where she's going and what she's doing. you have to stay with us. >>> the most-widely watched housing index is out later today. and it's expected the show existing home prices in march at their lowest level since the housing crash began. the number of people who own a home is also falling, partly because there's less desire to be a homeowner. >>>

texas, will soon go on a severe thunderstorm watch. and look what happens torrow. that severe weather threat does shift to the east. still west of alabama. but it starts to creep in in mississippi. and then as we get back into monday, once again, we will be back in that risk for severe thunderstorms. at least the good news is it will not be a huge tornado outbreak. nothing even close to what we had on wednesday. back to you. >> jim cantore here in tuscaloosa. thanks. >>> we're going to go overseas now to rome, where thousands of people are gathering this evening to honor the late pope john paul ii on the eve of his beatification. that next to last step on the path to sainthood will be performed at a mass in st. peter's square by pope benedict xvi. nbc's anne thompson is covering it for us tonight. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. and take a look at this crowd. there are thousands of people here in the streets just waiting for a chance to attend that beatification mass tomorrow. to get to this live shot location i had to walk over nuns, priests, adults, children, all already sleeping in the streets. it is

texas we are dealing with severe weather today. weather pat earn around the nation. in areas of kansas, and oklahoma. we have a cold front moving on are shore in the north west. we had a couple of good days in the row. it is going to bring clouds and showers for more than one day. marine layer down in california. temperatures will be cool today. we'll have that foggy marine layer today. the forecast for today, showery weather theers the chance of showers. partly sunny. >> we'll talk about that forecast comion up for your thursday. did microsoft pay too much. disney disappoints and wall street has a date with china. >> plus location of the royal honey moon revealed. >> coming up the nba hits the lakers andrew bynan where it hits the most. you are watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. a congressional aide says the cia has told some lawmakers they can view postmortem photos of osama bin laden if they wish. meanwhile, al qaeda is warning that the u.s. has committed a, quote, big mistake on killing bin laden and is calling on all muslims to avenge his death. >>

west best teams are preparing to slug it out for a trip to be n.b.a. finals the oklahoma city thunder dallas mavericks beginning their conference final series in texas later on choose stay up and coming oklahoma were pushed to the limit in the previous run by high energy memphis grizzlies squads a perv twenty two year old superstars and eventually ruling the thunder to victory with kevin durant's and russell westbrook both having huge gains when it mattered most the mavs meanwhile are chock a block with veterans in fact they are the leads on this team but the part over a week of rest after sweeping three time defending champions the los angeles lakers at the quarterfinal stage are looking pretty good chicago are miami are the other teams are meeting this since. following a disappointing time the beijing olympics three years ago russian weightlifting seems to be on the up again the russians managing to secure nine goals at the recent european championships puts with the london games drawing ever closer improvement remains and assess the day it was an impressive showing though by the one nation in cars. one rushes women topping four out of seven with the ma