thacker, but the johnny appleseed society in urbana, ohio. we are located for this program in the johnny appleseed education center and museum and historic daily hall here at the university. we are here to listen to howard means talk about his brand-new book. this is his 10th book in its written a biography of johnny appleseed or john chapman and is here to tell us all about the book. the book is "johnny appleseed," the man, that's an american story. so i welcome howard. [applause] >> thank you, thank you very much. my book was published only five days ago and since then i've done taping sessions with some of the nationally syndicated radio shows. this is the first live event for "johnny appleseed" and it couldn't have been in a more appropriate. not only because we are in the newly renovated johnny appleseed center, joe dusek was one of the first people i contacted after simon and schuster agree to publish the book here before it written a word of it and show has been atrophic hope from day one, one of the johnny appleseed society arthur hum

the tribes of ohio are making common cause with the british. there is an event that takes place, a horrible event that takes place in mansfield actually. they are rounding up green tree indium to send them to this very place right here, green town to march into urbana so they will be out of the british influence so they can't really sign up for the cause. they march them two miles away and they interthem. they burned their village. one girl, 12 years old i think she is, happens to be visiting from another tribe. her father comes to take her away and they shoot the father. they them and scalp them. the soldiers are drinking whiskey out of the scalp. it is a scene dionne description terms of horror and of course they were avenging, and attends an event cycle. so work comes the indians are on the warpath. meanwhile, the american, the garrison of soldiers and mob vernon had sent their choose to march these green town indians to urbana. there is not enough protection so they have this meeting, and i have to find us in the book. they have this meetin

i'm the directer of the johnny appleseed society here at urbana university here in ohio. we are located in the johnny appleseed education center and museum in historic bailey hall here at the university. we are hear to listen to howard means talk about his new book, his 10th book, and he wrote an biography about johnny appleseed or john chapman. the name of the book is "johnny appleseed, the man, the myth, and the american story. " i welcome howard. [applause] >> thank you, thank you very much. my book was published five daying ago, and i've done tapings with some of the syndicated radio shows, but this is the first live event for johnny appleseed, and, of course, it can't happen in a more appropriate place not only because we're in the museum. joe was one the first people i contracted after simon agreed to publish the book, but before i wrote a words of it, and joe's been a terrific help from day one, author humphrey helped and he gave freely of his time and knowledge once i was able to lanch on to him, and i say latch, but maybe more of a blood sucking parasite. [laught

the ohio river valley. at least 81 tornadoes reported yesterday. no reports of death. but dozens were injured in missouri and indiana. it's been four days since much of joplin, missouri, was wiped out by one monster twister. at least 125 people were killed and more than 900 injured. randall pinkston is in joplin with the latest. randall, good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. that search and rescue effort is inevitably transitioning into recovery. a team of local pathologists assisting a local coroner's office in identifying bodies. meanwhile the weather system continues to bring destruction throughout the region. the nation's heartland is getting pounded, again. >> it sounded horrible. i didn't even know if we were going to have a house. >> reporter: for a fourth straight day, powerful thunderstorms roared across several states with tornadoes touching down in indiana and missouri. >> all of a sudden felt this pressure and the wind came up and my mother-in-law says, there goes the roof, there goes. the grudge. residents in fredricktown inspect the damage. in in

. >> and ohio state's sweater vest is put on the shelf. 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. according to the "wall street journal," the pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war. the journal reports that for the first time, the finding opens the door for the u.s. to respond to such attacks using traditional military force. >>> europeans are trading blame over the source of a mysterious bacterial outbreak that has killed 14 people in germany and sickened hundreds across the continent. spanish vegetables are being pulled from the shelf something containing e. coli. spain says there's no proof its vegetables are a cause. >>> there's another incident involving sexual abuse of a maid in a hotel. his arraignment is expected today. this comes on the heels of the former head of the imf being arrested on similar charges. >>> and no wonder there's doubt about the future of pho

in cairo, illinois, which sits between the ohio and mississippi rivers, the ohio rose to a record level today. authorities have ordered the town evacuated because the flooding has already consumed part of the area. the army corps of engineers wants to destroy a levee on the mississippi river which would protect cairo but flood a huge area of farmland. today the attorney general of neighboring missouri asked the u.s. supreme court to block that plan. >>> the other big story we're following tonight, fallout from a nato air attack that the libyan government says killed one of moammar gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren. today angry mobs set fire to the british and italian embassies in tripoli which prompted britain to expel libya's ambassador to london. nbc's mike tie yaibbi. >> reporter: there's no doubt there was an air attack. reporters confirmed it. reporters here tightly controlled were bussed to the scene to record the damage. two of the four structures in the compound destroyed, blood trails on the floor. a government spokesman says moammar gadhafi's 29-year-old son saif a

an ohio auto factory revs up as general motors starts hiring again. and from local tv star to media mogul, 25 years of oprah. >> i won't say good-bye. i'll just say until we meet again. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> smith: good evening. this tornado season has been both relentless and ruthless. a new line of twisters swept across the middle of the country today ripping apart homes and flipping school buses in sedalia, missouri. there are no reports of any serious injuries there. this comes a day after nearly 50 tornadoes were reported across five states, leaving at least 15 people dead, nine of them in oklahoma. since the beginning of april, tornadoes in this country have killed more than 500 people. the average number of deaths for an entire tornado season is about 60. rebecca jarvis is in piedmont, oklahoma tonight with the latest. rebecca, good evening. >> reporter: harry, good evening. this is the hardest hit town in oklahoma. as many as 100 homes look like the one behind me after a tornado tore through town last ni

i've always loved ohio from the time his a layover there to the time i drove through there. it's wider than you think. now there's another reason to visit the buckeye state. we turn to cincinnati's news leader. >> the ohio house has passed a bill that would allow those with concealed carry permits to have a gun in a bar, restaurant or sports stadium. >> stephen: sounds dangerous, but remember any baseball game already carries the risk you might die of boredom. i'm giving a tip of my hat to the ohio legislature for giving pitcher's duel a whole new meaning. i say it's about time we let guns into stadiums filled with testosterone filled fans prone to violence. best of all my life partner sweetness is a huge sports nut and i'll finally be able to bring her to the game. who knows, maybe we'll even get on the kiss cam! [laughter] now they loved you, honey. republicans say the representative danny bubka -- [laughter] explained why his bill is so vital. -- quote -- "you can't always count on law enforcement. you have to be able to protect yourself." and he should know. where was la

we're in indiana what's going ohio you you know of course what's going on in michigan where they've deemed it the governor inappropriate for literally a town to fold a receivership and they can kick the elected officials that are out when they decide that it's time to kick the elected officials out i mean i think across the midwest which is obviously a swing region one that that often can go either way in an election in n.z. called pretty moderate overall we had these extremely right wing legislatures elected in two thousand and ten right wing supreme court justices in this case in this state especially governors and it's almost like they've gone through their wish list i mean here in ohio they you know they've been they can't acquit guns in bars and to assault a woman's right to choose they actually literally set up this as a horse and pony show where they had directly had a fetus come in and testify so you know we're going right now i mean this is this is the kind of step going on obviously every knows it's going on in wisconsin with what they're going to use the same thing here i

today the same system threatens the deep south and the mississippi and ohio valleys. the storm destroyed whole neighborhoods in joplin, knocking out power and phone service. the search for victims continues throughout the night. a state of emergency is in effect. the national guard has been activated. and fema officials are working with state and local agencies. joel brown has been tracking the storms overnight from washington. >> terrell, good morning. damage is just so overwhelming that people there are having a hard time even describing it. after an early report out of joplin, missouri, that at least 24 people had been killed, city officials quickly warned that they feared that the number could be much larger. the trail of destruction stretches for miles in joplin, missouri. dozens are feared dead, after the massive tornado tore through this town of 50,000 sunday, leveling entire neighborhoods. >> one minute it was just barely sprinkling, and the next minute, boy, just whole world just upside down. >> reporter: residents say there was little morning before the mons

. >>> we're following some breaking news this morning out of ohio. we just learned that ohio state university announced football coach jim tressel has resigned. it's in the midst of an ncaa investigation. again, ohio state university head coach, jim tressel has resigned. we'll get you more information as soon as that becomes available. >>> time now, 6:33, and happening now, this morning, president obama will take part in the annual memorial day service at arlington, national cemetery. we have aired live, you see a lady there with flowers and in the midst of the tombstones this will be happening all day, she's among the many who will be there throughout the day at the arlington national cemetery. the president will be placing the traditional wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. these are live pictures, the camera moving around. before heading over to arlington, the president is expected to name this man, this is army general martin dempsey, expected to be named the new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the chairman will be stepping down in septemb

consider side of the county on the ohio river in southern ohio. and the rivertown prescription drugs cause nine of every 10 fatal drug overdoses. nearly two-thirds of these cases the individuals involved did not have prescriptions themselves come indicating of course they obtained all likelihood obtained the drugs illegally. an investigation by the gao which audited the medicaid program in the five largest states found 65,000 cases in which medicaid beneficiaries visited six or more doctors and up to 46 different pharmacies to acquire these prescriptions. this same report found approximately 800 prescription written for patients and 1200 prescriptions written by dead physicians. under the medicaid lock-in program states that if i high-risk richardson users those receiving sets of amounts of prescription drugs and those convicted of a drug-related offense. these high-risk prescription drug users would be placed in the program and designed one assigned one physician and one pharmacy. it would mean more than -- nomar doctor shopping. to the states wo

turner of ohio. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 276, the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. turner: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment is really very simple. we have had a recent election where the tide of the taxpayers has spoken where they want this house and they want congress to start making decisions and the government to start making decisions to address this issue of our debt and the existential threat we have to our country of out-of-control spending. we have an issue with the enterprise logistic exs director. it is being moved by the air force without any analysis as to what's good for the taxpayers. it's an arbitrary decision that appears to be made somewhere in the bureaucracy and needs the accountability of the taxpayers. congress has to have the effective oversight to ensure that the taxpayers' dollars are being spent effectively. what's interesting about this the air force said we are not going to move everybody. then everybody to ohio. we are goi

on this day in 1970, ohio national guardsmen opened fire during a protest. four students were killed. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. "today" takes you inside osama bin laden's sprawling compound as new details emerge about his death. >>> and music superstar shaniya twain is live in studio talking about her comeback from personal ruin. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

jim tressel to take the fall for this because if ohio state -- if it comes out that ohio state was not paying attention to this, was not doing what it should have done to stop this, then the program could face some pretty serious penalties. could be talking about lost scholarships, talking about being banned from playing in bowl games. they don't want that to happen. if they have a jim tressel problem, all they need to do is get a new coach. if they have an ohio state problem, they have to deal with a whole lot of other issues. >> is there a suggestion among anyone you've talked to or anything you've turned up in this story that he's being scapego scapegoated, or is it that he, is it the lying to the ncaa? >> well, he was going to probably lose his job anyway because he lied to the ncaa. if you look back at the history of those cases, we've looked at the last 175 or so dating back to 1989. every coach who gets accused of that loses his job. a longtime coach told me there are only two things you can get caught doing, buying a player and lying to the ncaa. when he did that, when it was p

maybe not even the ohio river. but a lot of the smaller tributaries and rivers and streams that all feed into those will certainly be impacted and could be rising. one last thing that i want to mention here are the travel delays, fredricka. a ground stop in effect for chicago. a lot of severe thunderstorms rumbled through there the last 20 to 30 minutes. looking at delays into the northeast. mostly clouds here. even out west we've got delays because of the clouds. a lot of travel issues, lots of severe weather breaking out. this will be ongoing through the night. of course, i'll be here all night long to help you get through it. >> keep us posted on all that. thank you, jacqui. >> sure. >>> scientists are watching a volcano erupting in iceland right now. you can see the plume of ash there. extraordinary pictures. it has forced the closure of the air space over iceland's four international airports. no flights into or out of the country right now. so far no european or transatlantic flights, however, have been disru

they had opened up 400 employees of -- factories of 400 employees in ohio. they are buying up factories that american capitalism has left behind, modernizing them, and giving them jobs. three mayors came up to me from three cities in ohio and said what tips can you give to me. we are talking of doing this on a national basis. i think that -- i have put the tapes on my ipod to practice the mandarin. we have one or two delegations from china and we would like china to be part of that welcome. we are welcoming a group of major investors. china has four major banks that invest in internationally and we are welcoming a group of them next week. i think that we can play an important role in making the investments. they would like to come by and they like to talk so you will see us doing a lot more trips to china and more internet. i will probably and more out reached npr from the bay area. mayor lee: if i'm smiling, it's because we literally were giving some valuable tips. some of the mayors were asking if it would be polite to hug. you can shake the hand and balan

i thank the senator from ohio for his leadership. i wonder in the last 30 seconds or so he wanted to reflect especially on trade and jobs which has been his specialty. mr. portman: i thank my colleague from tennessee for helping to promote this idea and, again, we're looking to reach out to democrats in this chamber, in the house, working with the administration, to actually get this done. we need to get the american economy back on track. and as i just heard you talk about trade, we talk about that earlier, but as was said earlier, we need to increase exports. because exports equals jobs. if you look at these three pending trade agreements that the administration has yet to send up to the united states congress, and we can't move until they do that they would create 250,000 to 300,000 jobs -- 300,000 jobs. it would help our farmers, workers in these three instances. we need to private president with the authority to knock down more barriers by giving him trade promotion authority. i call on the trade administration to send us those

>> therein there's -- and there's frost across much of ohio and places that flooded out are under frost advisories. we are trying to clear the clouds out. partly cloudy this morning and mostly sunny into the afternoon. a policant breeze and -- pleasant breeze and up to 67 for the two degree guarantee. warmer into the start of the holiday weekend. here's kim brown with traffic. >> reporter: thanks. well, we are dealing with one accident this morning. traffic looking pretty good here southbound on 895 at the o'donnell street exit. we are starting to see building volume. not a lot to slow you down. looking at the maps, traveling through dundalk northbound north point at eastern boulevard, an accident is there in the work zone. some lanes could be partially blocked. southbound 95 off-ramp a disabled vehicle partially blocks the ramp thrment and you will have problems on york road this morning megan has more details. >> reporter: that's right. if you travel on york road it's bit slow. coming up, what crews are doing to help you get around after having to shut down a couple lanes. >> reporter

a little in ohio. more in illinois that's coming our bay -- way. when do we get it? forecast just ahead. >> the 91 -- the 911 tapes the night a woman was attacked by two people inside a mcdonald's. >> baltimore county 911. >> hello. >> we have a customer having a seizure. >> you have a customer having a seizure? >> yes. >> at one point christie pols' parent seizure was too much for the woman to bear. it is still unclear what propoke folked have vicious attack, but an employee captured it on a cell phone camera. at one point, the victim was

this is beckett ohio and western pennsylvania. we should get through the morning dry -- this is back in ohio and western pennsylvania. they are developing along a boundary that is stalled across central pennsylvania and back into west virginia. anderatures in the 80's were the air masses collide is where you get the showers and thunderstorms. we will be in the collision zone today. the bull's-eye for the possibility of severe weather is in the mid atlantic region. some of these storms later tonight could have wind gusts over 60 miles per hour, large hail, and a slight chance for tornadoes. this morning should be dry, a mix of sunshine and clouds. a chance for thunderstorms this afternoon, most likely late. the high temperature is 82. showers and thunderstorms likely tonight. some will be strong. temperatures drop back into the low end of the 50's. it will turn much cooler for the rest of the week with a high of only 62 tomorrow. a chance for a couple of rain showers, especially in the morning. thursday and friday will be dry. we w

. >> the attorney general in ohio said, they are flying down from ohio to florida. help us. you have to stop this. >> reporter: a pill mill bill passed in the florida legislature, stops doctors from dispensing in clinics. it establishes a drug-monitoring database aimed at stopping doctor shopping. the majority of the 50 states have a database. on the federal level, a bill has been introduced that doubles from 10 to 20 years the prison sentence for anyone convicted of running a pill mill. it imposes a $3 million fine. >> on a side street in ft. lauderdale across in a pain clinic, people gather. many are mothers who meet once a month outside a different pain clinic. renee doyle is among them. the signs they hold up carry pictures of sons or daughters who died from an overdose. they blame the doctors who made it so easy. >> as far as i am concerned, they are murderers. they are truly murderers. these doctors have no conscience. >> reporter: the mothers vow to continue their monthly rallies until not a single pill mill remains. >> john zarrella, cnn, hollywood florida. >>> at 11

the first ohio law said you cannot take a photograph of a naked child. that would make most of us funds. [laughter] fortunately the law had been constrained by the u.s. supreme court. to cases where there was a luke exhibition or a graphic focus on the genitals. nudity alone would no longer be the standard there had dba clued exhibition. the second that she was indicted was prohibiting photograph being in a sexual performance. this photographs were taken after they had been to a photo exhibit at a local art gallery and there was one of a woman rising a mysteriously and nora asked if they can replicate that at home and as cynthia said yes. day filled of the sub with the bubbles and she took photographs but wants the water had run out she continued taking photographs and she took a series of for that norah was rinsing off with a shower sprayer and her hands. her head, her neck, and in the third photograph the water was streaming toward her gentle area but that was obscured by the water they showers prayer was not touching her. the last photograph was the s

this to ease the pressure on the levee on the ohio river side and save the town of cairo, illinois. and this decision went all the way to the supreme court on sunday night. the first explosion went off last night, sending at least four feet of water across 130,000 acres of missouri farmland. this flooded 100 homes and left 200 residents homeless. now, there was a second explosion this afternoon, and a final one goes off this evening. now, so far the corps's plan has worked out like a charm. it's paid off. the ohio river has dropped a foot and a half from last night's record crest in cairo and they're expecting it to drop four more feet by wednesday morning. and brian, despite that the sun is out and there's no more significant rain in the forecast through the weekend, the ohio river behind me, which has swallowed up about four blocks here in metropolis, will not drop below flood stage until sometime next week. brian? >> unbelievable story there. mike seidel covering an incredible decision. one evil versus another. >>> we have in domestic news another headline in the news tonight has

here in ohio that you know if they mean they can't acquit guns in bars and to assault a woman's right to choose they actually literally set up this as a horse and pony show really have to radically in a fetus come in and testify so you know we're going right now i mean this is this is the kind of stuff going on obviously every knows what's going on in wisconsin with what they're going to use the same thing here in ohio so this is part of a greater role is this indiana supreme court decision just another example of right wing g. bush will activism in the midwest. it actually is i mean it's hysterical you know it's classic right wing that they always yell and excuse the other side of what it is they're really going to give or want to know what the right really thinks about what they're really doing this is what they accuse you about during impeachment when newt gingrich went after bill clinton for having an affair and we of course all found out what was going on there that's one of out of bounds and example so here you know to say it's the same thing make use the left you know on one co

l omething going out here to t west and the clouds stretch into ohio ce.ere there is more rain right now. and a little close tore this l torm system ce.ich wcusl be of sliding across the area and pushing to the south is what's gd sng to save us.

that's how the researchers from ohio state were able to conduct their cancer study. >> the amish take social networking to a high degree, but they don't do it with computers. they do it by chatting and letters, and talking with folks after church. so they know pretty well what's going on in their community and their extended family. by interviewing just 92 families, we actually covered 90% of the existing population in the county. >> the researchers think they already know the reason why the amish have low rates of skin cancer -- their wide brimmed hats and long sleeved clothing protect them from the sun. they're also protecting their health with fresh food from their farms and active lives. they don't go to the gym, which would be good to get aerobic exercise, but they're all working on farms and factories and construction. so they do heavy labor, so they're not sedentary. and the amish avoid tobacco use. so while we might not share their genes, we can all join in their healthy choices. >> all right, young america. what's your opinion? we'll find out in speak of the week. >> here's a

since last week, is literally sitting out there it seems like in the middle of the ohio river. over there, folks have been moving items back in their home. on the other side of the street, they have got a play flower truck and they're thinking about moving furniture out because they heard the river is going to come up even more. well, officially it is not supposed to do that. so we'll keep our fingers crossed, the fact that it has gone down already. good news, dry weather through the weekend. but, again, many creeks and rivers still over their banks. record flooding or major flooding up and down the ohio and the southern half of the mississippi river. and until all this water drains out into the gulf of mexico, somebody along these rivers will have issues with flooding. back to you. >> mike, thanks. >>> u.s. officiales say dna tests proved they killed osama bin laden with a 99.9% certainty. how can they be so sure without having a sample of his dna? we'll be right back. ooh, a brainteaser. how can expedia now save me even more on my hotel? well, hotels know they can't fill ever

he is in his 11th term as representative for the eighth congressional district of ohio. he is the second of 12 children. at the age of 8, he was already sweeping floors in the family tavern. he went on to graduate with a degree in business from xavier university in cincinnati. before entering politics, he ran a small business in the plastics and packaging industry. he and his wife debbie have been married for 38 years and have two daughters. the speaker was first elected to the ohio general assembly in 1985 and was subsequently and elected to congress in 1990. in the 104th and 105th congress, his colleagues elected him to serve as the house gop conference chairman. in 2006, he was elected to serve as the house majority leader. he has served on the house agricultural committee and as vice chairman of the house administration committee and chairman of the house committee on education in the work force. following his speech, we will have two designated club members ask questions and you concentre questions to our president by simply be mailing them to questions@econclubny.o

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western ohio is saying some tornado possibilities as well. oklahoma, super thunderstorms are developing. the possibility is here where you see all of those deep shades of red. we'd take a look at where the areas are under or tornado watch. they show where we could see tornadoes. we are actually seen one tornado warning chair in northern oklahoma. severus thunderstorms to the east. the instability in oklahoma is incredible. that is where the weather service is one and. there's still a possibility into ohio. indicating severe thunderstorms. planning, hell, heavy rain is a possibility. area -- lightning. >> reporter: in use around the bay, jurors are deliberating the fate of the former oakland community group leader accused of ordering the killing of chauncey bailey. the prosecutor said he thought he was above the law when he ordered the death of bailey. the murder was set up to stop a story about the your black muslim bakery. a taxi driver in san francisco is now in police custody after allegedly hitting a pedestrian and fleeing. the process tr

the ohio and mississippi valleys are mainly clear. later today, strong thunderstorms will develop in the northeast and southeast. triple digit heat will return to the desert southwest, and the ohio valley gets a date to dry out. >>> in sports this morning, miami is going to the nba finals. in chicago, the heat's lebron james led a fourth quarter comeback. he made a jump shot to put them ahead. he finished with 28 points. james capped an 83-80 win by blocking a last-second shot by the bulls' derek rose right there. that would actually tie the game and gave miami the eastern conference championship. 4-1 over chicago. after the game, former heat star alonzo mourning handed over the prize. miami hosted dallas mavericks in game one of the finals on tuesday. >>> in baseball a dramatic walk-off win for baltimore. score tied in the bottom of the 12th inning, the orioles, a slow bouncer up the middle that scored the winning run. baltimore beat kansas city 6-5. in the national league, philadelphia pitcher cliff lee smashed a long drive to cente

you can see it is in ohio, crossing near pittsburgh. there is shower activity moving in our direction. whether it survives across the mountain is questionable. further west, there is more rain, so eventually, we pick up their rain chance, similar to yesterday. right now, it is sunny. 60 degrees at the airport. inner harbor is 62 degrees. the barometer is low at 2994. yesterday, we were swinging around, and the wind was gusting into the 20's. we are more calm on the wind scope. there has been some fog on the east shore. annapolis 52. cambridge 59. 57 westminster. frederick was up to 64, but were down in the 40's earlier this morning. the satellite picture shows the generally clear skies overhead. there are some scattered clouds. here is the area of rain in ohio moving into pennsylvania. if the rain does not make it across the mountains, some of the clouds probably will. there is a front to the north of us that has dissipated. this new one, in combination with the disturbance in the mississippi valley, will conspire to give us some clouds

they have fired dozens of rockets onto the road going to the ohio. shelling has caused the road to close. it was focusing on cutting the lines between gaddafi and his troops. >> so far, so good. rizzi and warm this afternoon. temperatures will make it into the low-80's. look at the hd doppler. we can see thunderstorms on the other side of the mountain. they are moving to a very unstable air mass. we could see some severe weather this afternoon and into this evening. the next few hours will be dry. 77 degrees at the airport with a south wind at 12 m.p.h. we will get to 82 degrees before the thunderstorms command. -- before the thunderstorms come in. >> a tornado of the destruction across of an, australia. cars were overturned the funnel cloud cut aid three-mile path of destruction, hitting a shopping mall, eight supermarket, and hardware store. -- auckland, new zealand. efforts continue in the south following the tornadoes that hit there. it is a race against time to clean up as much as possible and get tarps down before bad weather comes again. it is

the ohio is a record level high right now and is expected to continue to rise. most of the 2800 residents of a local town evacuated and pipes are buried in the levee with explosives in case they decide to blow it up but no final decision has been made yet. . >> it is really bad. all are marks of la nina and record tornado outbreaks last week in the south and flooding in the ohio river all record magnitude. we had a great turnout at fermi lab it was nice to see some many of you out that our tornado and severe weather seminar on saturday. " it turned out some people got there and we did not have as many seats as we is hoped but we're glad you came out and what a beautiful day we opened the week with this and the second day of the new month of may. we concluded april was a cloud east on record where temperatures awash with six degrees cooler than a year ago and rainfall was above normal. as we come to this day the sun is out and it is 56 in chicago the warmest year down to the south with high latitude flocking around greenland and all for the next few weeks. a cool

we haven't seen the ohio this high since 1937. desperate times, certainly calls for desperate measures. this town has been evacuated. you know the pressure was so intense that the water was actually bubbling up from underneath the ground here. we had what they call sand boils, the arm corps of engineers had to combat against. remarkable situation here that they acted on last night. they still potentially have to do a couple more explosions down the floodway later today. >> what's the overall picture, rob? is the flood moving south and moving out to sea eventually, or are we still on the rise? >> reporter: well, there are some parts of -- even upstream still on the rise. we just had a bun. of rain, so places like metropolis, evacuation order there's, livingston county, potential failure of a levee there as well. this is not just unique to this particular town. right, the water released here does go downstream. they potentially may do similar actions downstream toward the boot hill of missouri. that decision has yet to be made. we'l

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. >>> ohio state's football coach resigned this morning in the middle of an investigation that involves players selling memorabilia. jim tressel guided the team through ten seasons including a national championship in 2002. that was the team's first championship in 34 years. in his resignation letter, he said after meeting with university officials we agreed it's in the best interest of ohio state that i resign as head football coach. the assistant coach will take over as interim head coach for the upcoming season. >>> a journalism professor and reporter is in afghanistan on this memorial day. at 5 her story of the moments after violence rocked the city where she's currently teaching. >>> we're talking with friends of this nurse. she hasn't been heard from since friday night. we'll have that coming up. that's it for us on this memorial day. have a good day.

manufacturing district in the state of ohio. the people i represent -- i heard one thing -- gas prices. it is taking every extra dollar out of a lot of people's pockets. i spoke to a gentleman the other day who said he was filling up his car. he saw a woman who was filling up her car. he went in and paid for her. she came out and tried. she said that now she had money to get through the next week. a lot of people are living hand to mouth right now. fuel prices are one of the big concerns right now. host: you introduced new legislation last week. what would your bill do to reduce the price of the pump? guest: this is almost like deja vu all over again. we were talking about this in 2008. the american people said we had to do something. and then we had the financial crisis occur later in the year and some things they did off when we were talking about gasoline and oil. i think gas prices per barrel went up over $5 per barrel yesterday at one time. we have to do several things. one, we have to get -- the president -- the permit mor