plains, from sections of the texas panhandle up in through oklahoma, kansas, and even up into parts of southern south dakota. a widespread area, again, look at the threat for severe storms today. this is all associated with the brand-new storm system that slowly will be pushing eastward over the next couple of days. take a look at tomorrow. oklahoma city, you're included in the slight risk for severe storms again. wednesday, midweek, more storms expected. so damaging winds, large hail and even some isolated tornadoes will be concerns. switching gears in the gulf of mexico, we actual lea have an area of low pressure we're tracking. this storm does have a chance of potentially becoming our next named tropical storm system. it would be the first one, and hurricane season did officially start on saturday. so we're looking at pretty active start out here in parts of the gulf of mexico. something to watch if you live in florida, sailor. >> steve: thank you. >> brian: let me tell you some news now. family tragedy for bruno mars with the sudden death of his mother. his mom died saturday of a brain