first the about the ulysses abandons his family in western minnesota without explanation for what is revealed to be a stunning moral quest. his sons, eli and little teeny follow him seeking out and finally his wife, credit enhancement to the montana badlands after sunset has been in the truth about her marriage. so this is a novel about the consequences of our actions, whether we are willing to answer for them and how much we are willing to sacrifice to make things right in the world. at the same time also captures sword as the social environmental degradation of the late 1880s. there is to reduce native population taking its last stand in the buffalo taken their last nfl. all this is told in exactly the language that wastes no time just as one cannot afford to waste time with you or any journey like the posts. i decide is defined in the book is the rough country between the yellowstone emissary bergersen also represents the support device in our lives. a quick word about our panelists. at the end can appear >> is the agent for this book. kathy poirier senior editor of algonquin so t

of the plains, the south, the upper midwest, including a late report of a tornado tonight in western minnesota. there's the radar map. this is how it looked last night in south dakota where a rare multi-vortex tornado with multiple funnel clouds kind of danced its way across the farmland in that area. also in south dakota last night, a tornado hit the town of wessington springs. damaged dozens of homes and businesses but caused only a few injuries. officials say their local emergency notification system worked the way it's supposed to. most people moved in an orderly fashion to the emergency shelter in the basement of a local courthouse, just as they have been told to do. to the east in minnesota, state of emergency declared today in 35 separate counties after days of heavy rain across the state led to widespread flooding of farms and roads and sewer systems. the forecast tonight sadly calls for more rain. >>> in washington today, house republicans elected new leadership after the stunning defeat of their house majority leader eric cantor in a primary in virginia which bounced him from congres

- been giving talks everywhere, it seems, and i was at the detroit lakes burning festival in western minnesotaand he was 90 years old, and he said when he was 16 in 1940, he met a guy who was 80 years old who used to trap passenger pigeons as a youth. and as he grew older, you know, the realization that he collaborated in the extermination of this bird really caused this guy to be sad. so to be, you know, one degree of separation from somebody that actually knee live birds -- knew live birds, that was quite moving and touching to me. >> that is remarkable. well, so if this bird is at the smithsonian and there are other specimens of this bird, you have one and there are others, would it be possible to, like, take its dna and somehow in the future recreate it? or is this science fiction? >> well, i mean, certainly some smart geneticists think that it's worth trying. there are more passenger pigeons in museums than that of any other extinct bird. there's 1500-2000 of them. so what they're planning on doing is taking dna from, well, from passenger pigeons and putting it into a band-tailed pigeon,

we have a flash flood woven across southern areas of minnesota and western areas of wisconsin and much of iowa dealing with the flood threat. in addition to heavy wrong fall, storms will be a good bet as we get into the later part of the day, minneapolis, watch at that and oklahoma city and push a little further east as we get into monday. so chicago has been fairly dry after storms went through the area on saturday, but now we have a frontal boundary moving in. lots of moisture already in place as the frontal boundary approaches overnight tonight and into monday, a stormy start to the week for you. looking decent across the northeast. high pressure is in firm control. we are seeing a mix of clouds and sunshine and a number of the bigger cities but not really expected to see much in the way of rain today outside of a spotty shower around d.c. and baltimore. things will be changing as we hit the into the middle of the week. slow moving front moves into the region. >> will bring wet weather into the bigger cities of the northeast by about wednesday. morgan back to you. >> we will try to

the big storms taking place in parts of minnesota in parts of western iowa.lly powerhouse storms. it is possible we could see a storm in the chicago area this afternoon. throughout the weekend it was raining rather heavily along the gulf coast. now you can see it is a little quieter. hail and strong wind have been the issue. tomorrow this area which includes chicago or at least the north suburbs has been out look for the possibility of severe storms. that we will watch for. he saw one batch moving along the northern suburbs. a little more of that stuff. by wednesday we could see more afternoon storms. over the next several days we have vacated a chance of showers and thunderstorms. more than an inch and maybe even 2 in. just over the border in parts of southern wisconsin. not expecting quick and generous of rainfall. temperatures at this hour look at the eighties around the chicago area. if a lake breeze develops expect the downtown area to be substantially cooler. release applying heat to just about everybody. the trend is going to be hot and getting hotter.

most of the rain across minnesota, western iowa and kansas - hit hard. in advance of the system, breaks in clouds allow for temperatures to climb, allowing instability. what we are dealing with now no widespread warning is in place. the watch is heading across arizona. they have dealt with a lot of rain fall yesterday. we picked up two inches. we picked up 4.5 inches of rain, and that was the record for the day. here wr expecting to see rain to the east. it will eventually roll into chicagoful down towards st. louis. those are the areas of concern. people, in the north-east, high pressure going in, and we are seeing shun shine against day. it will be a nice warm up. a beautiful father's day. there's a cold front. onshore flow bringing in the moisture of the later rain, seattle into portland. we could use it south, but we'll not get it. it will be dry, hot and windy, which is where there's a risk of fires across arizona and mexico. >>> train workers in philadelphia are back on the job after president obama stepped in to end a strike. more than a dozen tra

- been giving talks everywhere, it seems, and i was at the detroit lakes burning festival in western minnesotas 90 years old, and he said when he was 16 in 1940, he met a guy who was 80 years old who used to trap passenger pigeons as a youth. and as he grew older, you know, the realization that he collaborated in the extermination of this bird really caused this guy to be sad. so to be, you know, one degree of separation from somebody that actually knee live birds -- knew live birds, that was quite moving and touching to me. >> that is remarkable. well, so if this bird is at the smithsonian and there are other specimens of this bird, you have one and there are others, would it be possible to, like, take its dna and somehow in the future recreate it? or is this science fiction? >> well, i mean, certainly some smart geneticists think that it's worth trying. there are more passenger pigeons in museums than that of any other extinct bird. there's 1500-2000 of them. so what they're planning on doing is taking dna from, well, from passenger pigeons and putting it into a band-tailed pigeon, one of th

we are looking still for kansas, nebraska and iowa and up into minnesota and western wisconsin whered showers and storms through the ohio and tennessee river valleys and the southeast as well. the heat is going to spread eastward. 80s, 90s, high humidity. the northwest is going to clear out. sunday, a lot of sunshine and temperatures topping out in the lower 70s. the southwest is going to be extremely hot. we are looking for temperatures to top out around 100 degrees. another thing, west virginia, what is going on. there's a lot of west virginia people here. >> we took a bus trip here. there's a bunch of us. >> there's a bus load of peo >>> 6:33, good saturday morning, these are the temperatures, hard to beat, days away from the start of july, 87 degrees in the south bay. warm spot is the north bay at 87 degrees, 72 is the temperature for east shore, and throughout this weekend, tomorrow, we are going to climb significantly. that means better beach conditions on sunday. hope you have a fantastic weekend. >>> for today's top spot, kutztown, pennsylvania. our affiliate nbc 10. they cel

we are looking still for kansas, nebraska and iowa and up into minnesota and western wisconsin whereshowers and storms through the ohio and tennessee river valleys and the southeast as well. the heat is going to spread eastward. 80s, 90s, high humidity. the northwest is going to clear out. sunday, a lot of sunshine and temperatures topping out in the lower 70s. the southwest is going to be extremely hot. we are looking for temperatures to top out around 100 degrees. another thing, west virginia, what is going on. there's a lot of west virginia people here. >> we took a bus trip here. there's a bunch of us. >> there's a bus load of people from west virgin >>> hi, everyone. i am meteorologist, tedd florendo. another nice weekend, especially for our saturday. we are back for sunshine for the day today. temperatures by noon, 83. 86 for a high for the day today, and less humid by the afternoon, too. that streak continues for tomorrow. monday, more humid, but we have the return of thunderstorms by midweek and then looks real nice for fourth of july weekend. have a great day. >>> for today'

heavy rain to minnesota today and extend all the way east along the canadian border. there will be rain from western new york to texas. thunderstorms are likely in georgia and north florida. severe weather is expected in the plains states. and scattered showers in the northwest. >>> dozens of aftershocks are rattling alaska following a major earthquake near the elusion islands. the quake struck keep under the ocean floor yesterday afternoon. but it was so powerful, it shook buildings, cars and residents. >> about 200 villagers were forced to evacuate. and people ran from buildings into the streets. >> felt a very large building moving around. so, considering the length and duration and intensity, we would say we felt that. >> a tsunami warning was issued but lifted hours later. there were no initial reports of injuries or damage. >>> secretary of state kerry is back in iraq this morning, working to convince leaders that sharing political power with other sectarian groups is the only way to stop the raging islamic militants. but kerry says the u.s. will move forward, whether that happens or not. abc'

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minnesota and wisconsin. we'll continue with a thorpe watch -- thunderstorm watch. tomorrow we continue with the rain and threat of storms and large hail coming into the mid-western states temperatures - they'll be triple digit - the south-west heating up. we have a heat advisory in place. phoenix expected to be 108 degrees. there's an excessive heat warning going into effect tomorrow. temperatures near record. 110 to 112. down right dangerous. >> when is the first day ofcmer? >> -- day of summer? >> the 21st. >>> coming up, the family of a sudanese woman sentenced to death for her religion is hoping for her release. what her husband says about the court's change of heart. and how a series fz terrorist a -- of terrorist attacks crushed tourism in kenya. documentary series fault lines the school to prison pipeline only on al jazeera america way . al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >>> there's word a christian sudanese woman pay be released soon after rejecting islam. the family is waiting for it to be official. >> reporter: her plight captured the attention of the world. the 27-year-old sudanese woman, sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy. it caused an ou

from texas up to minnesota we could see stronger storms today with damaging wind gusts and some hail, but in orange here, right through eastern nebraska, north central kansas and into western parts of iowa and even extreme northwestern missouri, that's where we could see some isolated tornados but very large hail. perhaps baseball-sized hail in this area and also damaging wind gusts. also watch out for brief flooding with 2 up to 3 inches of rain expect >>> good morning. i'm first alert metrologist we are going to great ions plen niceerates 9 ee northwesterly wind 10 to5 mis ae beginning after fantastic weekend for sunday as we head into father's day. we are going to see 84degrees. another dath plenty of sunshi sunshine. take a look at what happens as we had hinto next week. 89 by monday. 0sy tuesday. happy 's der. > and that is your lest forecas. lester. >> all right, dylan, thanks. >>> up next, a tri ballpark, game of golf or maybe a night out with the boys? whado we dads really want for father's day? we'll find out next. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back now on a saturday morning with a very important reminder. tomorrow is father's day. >> which is good. >> we rem

texas up into minnesota, that's where we could see stronger storms today with damaging wind gusts and hail. but in orange here, right through eastern nebraska, north central kansas and western parts of iyaw and even extreme northwest missouri where we could see some isolated tornados but large hail. perhaps baseball-size hail in this area and damaging wind gusts so we'll focus on that area. also watch out for brief flooding with two to three inches of rain >>> a sun see start to the day so far, including 58 degrees in san francisco. we should see temperatures comfortably in the 70s as we head to the afternoon. near 70 around downtown san francisco and into the north bay we'll see highs in the low 80s for santa rosa today. pleasantton and livermore near 80s and 90s today and cooler into father's day and the beginning of next week. up next a trip to the ballpark, game of golf or maybe a night out with the boys. just what do dads really want for father's day? we'll find out next. this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪ [ barks ] whoo! mmm! ♪ ♪ oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. start exploring at followyournola.com. [ woman ] and i love new orleans! the a

the flooding we've seen across minnesota and iowa and nebraska, more rain today. thec this evening, very heavy rain across westernts of kansas. they need the rain there. in the west, showers across the northern rockies. aside from that, just another warm day. all right, guys. back over to you. >> all right, rick. thanks. next on the rundown, militants spreading across iraq, and they have a new weapon in their fight. social media. >>> and he's the mayor of america's largest city. he's got some very big problems on his hands. should bill de blasio really be dressed up like a pirate? we'll have more on that coming up. (coffee be♪ng poured into a cup.) save your coffee from the artificial stuff. switch to truvia. great tasting, zero-calorie sweetness from the stevia leaf. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.s mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. means keeping seven billion ctransactions flowing.g, and when weathe

iowa, into minnesota, for threat for some of those storms that could get on the strong to severe side. monday, still strong storms here. maybe spreading a little farther east into the western portions of the great lakes. and sliding south and westbound as well, into parts of the central and southern plains. weekend though in the northeast, picture perfect. high pressure settle on in. great for the beaches and great to take a stroll outside. lots of sunshine and mild temperatures. we'll send it back to you, alex. >> appreciate that, alex wallace. developing overseas, in iraq, the u.s. military is stepping up its presence. armed drones are now stalking the skies over baghdad to provide cover for the 300 american advisers on the ground. in isis-held iraq, drones are on patrol, but they don't have authorization to fire upon the militants. joining me, nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: for years, it was american troops who played this game of whack-a-mole with iraqi insurgents, attacking to one place, only to see them move to another town. this typime it is the iraqi military engaged in the same kind of fight against many of the same militants. today,

western suburbs. sections of a major expressway were shut down due to flash flooding. this weather has also left many in minnesotabailing out. damage from widespread flooding there is likely to reach into the millions of dollars and emergency funds are drying up. this morning crews are picking up tree limbs and power lines that were torn down, but they're relieved no one was reported to be injured here. >> thank you very much. >>> now the latest news out of iraq where iraqi soldiers are trying to get the control of their country from militants. when it comes to the war in iraq, a new poll shows 71% of americans say the war was not worth it. richard engel's in baghdad this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, carson. around 130 of the up to 300 american military advisers and special forces are now in iraq working with iraqi troops. and from what we were able to see of the iraqi army, they can use their help. iraqi troops are trying to re-take the country one small step at a time. capturing a village in the west from sunni insurgents. iraqi forces are still struggling to hold the oil refinery. n

minnesota, far go, duluth, indianapolis. rainfall amounts one to two inches. as you get to appalachians and parts of western we're at 69 in concord. headed towards a pretty comfortable day, but i've got to tell you, it will be warm out there, everywhere expect for right by the water. san jose showing you hazy sunshine. we're going to be up to about 84 degrees. you'll hit 72 in the city and 92 out in the north bay. >> it's cold in here. >> freezing. >>> that's your latest weather. >> thanks a lot al. the hilarious talk show coast coming to netflix. and which music super star posted this picture with her new best friend. the music is the hint. you hear it? ♪ ♪ >> is that chris? >> he's waxing his armsarms. >> we've got your ticket to hollywood right after this. unlimited. as in, no limits on your hard-earned cash back. as in no more dealing with those rotating categories. the quicksilver card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase, every day. don't settle for anything less. i'll keep asking. what's in your wallet? whatever happened to good? good is choosing not to overshoot the

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