in fact, most of the country is waking up to anything but spring fever today. severe weather is expected across the country this after floods and funnel clouds crushed the nation's heartland over the weekend. we'll take to you the disaster zone. take a look at that footage there. >> crazy pictures. >> pretty incredible. and on top of that, possible gop presidential candidate, donald trump is now ramping up the rhetoric calling into question president obama's birth certificate. the white house reacts. what they really think about the donald's claims and his chances of winning the white house come 2012. >> certainly good at getting the attention. >> oh, he likes that. also, the royal wedding guest list has now been revealed. rob, of course, top of the list. >> yes. >> we're going to take a look at the big and not-so-big names that made the cut for the social event of the year. >> how many days away? it's the 29th, right? >> the 29th. today's the 11th. getting pretty close. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. but before all that, 20 states, nearly half the country felt the wrath of mother nature this weekend. there were tons of fierce storm, tornado, fires and floods.