and it continues as we speak 200 miles above us. this is coming to us from the international space station where two astronauts have been doing a spacewalk and they've got some serious work they're doing up here and have been at it for the past five hours or so. we'll give you an update about this historic "endeavour" mission. this is your cnn sunday morning for sunday, may 22nd. i'm t.j. holmes. also a big breaking news story we are following for you this morning. cnn has been able to confirm the earth did not end yesterday. more on that in just a bit. let me tell you about president obama following up on his vision for peace in the middle east as he addresses a group in about 2 1/2 hours. apec is t-- aipac is the name o. they can't be pleased with the president's stance as winds of change blow through the region. >> calls for change may give way in some cases to fierce contests for power. the question before us is, what role america will play as this story unfolds. >> cnn's senior state department producer live for news washington in advance of the president's speech. how is this supposed to play throughout the day? >> well, it is really a tense atmosphere that president obama goes into. these are some of america's fiercest defenders of israel. the israeli lobby aipac. they're really going to be looking for president obama to kind of clarify what he said the other day about those returning -- that a palestinian state should return to those '67 borders which prime minister netanyahu in the meeting the next day called indefensible, really a tense meeting. i think what they're really going to be looking for him to do is kind of re-affirm that deep bond with the u.s. has with israel and try and talk about some issues that are important to them like israel's security, what about some of those other areas of possible peace deals such as refugees, how do you deal with hamas. they're really going to be looking for president obama to show that the u.s. has israel's interests at heart. >> this is coming up in just a couple of hours. how will the president be received as well? even some are suggesting they were warning their members don't boo the president. >> well, it's a real rowdy crowd. there are thousands of people there. you can't discount the fact that some people may boo him. they have booed u.s. presidents and secretaries of state in the past when they don't like what they say. but in the end of the day i think the crowd knows president obama will give a speech talking about the close alliance between the u.s. and israel and also talk about some other issues in the relationship about how the u.s. will defend israel against iran, some of the other winds of change in the region, what about syria to its border. it is not just about the israeli-palestinian peace process that he's going to be talking about today. so there may be a fubus but at the end of the day i think he'll be perceived pretty warmly. >> elise, thank you so much. of course to our viewers, cnn, this is the place to be. we will cover the president's speech live happening at 10:30 eastern time. plus post-speech analysis with our candy crowley, host of the "state of the union," along with the best political team on television. the latest string of deadly bombings that have rocked baghdad today. at least 18 people have been killed from estimated 15 explosions in various parts of the iraqi capital. 80 more people are hurt. those explosions coming from a mix of car bombs and roadside ieds. the latest targeted iraqi security forces. iraq's interior ministry tells us the bomber wore an explosive vest and killed a dozen people, 23 others injured there. turning to what was certainly the developing political news overnight. indiana governor mitch daniels says he is not running for president. while daniels doesn't have the flash maybe of a donald trump or maybe the name recognition of mike huckabee, his decision could be sending some shockwaves through the republican party. gop insiders were pushing him to get into the race as he was the clear fiscally conservative choice. but here's how he summed up his decision in an overnight e-mail to supporters, "in the end, i was able to resolve every competing consideration but one, and that, the interests and wishes of my family, is the most important consideration of all." coming up a little later, we'll hear a little more about his -- what some say -- is a complicated family dynamic and why republicans wanted him to run. some nasty weather once again overnight that's left at least one person dead after a reported tornado ripped through a kansas town and we're told it damaged just about every home there. this was in redding, kansas. at least 20 homes were destroyed. hours after the storm, that's when we finally got the official word from folks there that in fact one person had been killed, two others were injured in this storm. you can see in this picture here, it's kind of dark, you can't see what's happening. in that flash of light you see that ominous picture in the back. also 200 homes suffered some sort of damage. the majority of the homes in the town got some kind of damage. we are efforting an emergency official from the state of kansas to hop on the line with us here in a bit to give us an update about how folks in that state are doing. people in oklahoma, look at the scare they got. >> it's coming! there's some power lines right here! >> storm chasers here capture this on video, a tornado there in oklahoma. no reports of any damage or major damage or injuries to tell you about just yet. also, disturbing sign out of yazoo city, mississippi where a few caskets are in the water here. they popped up out of the ground around a flooded cemetery. the missouri governor, haley bar baue bour is warning people against e. coli dangers. much more on the florida flood in about 20 minutes. jeanne meserve is right along the mississippi rivers. she'll tell you what people there are doing to try to hang on. new storms popping up across the south and midwest. let me say good morning once again top reynolds wolf. talking about the same storm system that caused problems last night? >> same one in kansas? exactly. everything's connected here. it is funny how we're seeing more of this stuff than we ever have before. doesn't mean there's a greater frequency, everyone has a camera able to capture, document and share with others so we're seeing more of this. >> is that really what it is? we know we get bad springs sometimes. is it really not that? are we outside of the norm, if you will, for what we would get for a springtime? >> it's very active but we still have a long way before we're really done with the season. could come to an abrupt end but i don't think so. the thing is with our technology world, we can really hone in on some of these spots and detect more severe weather. certainly numbers are increasing as far as that's concerned but in terms of are we having just an outrageous year, it sure seems like it. numbers are still high but it is not over just yet. this morning we're seeing a large number of storms, some moving to the northeast of st. louis, east of peoria. some of these are beginning to fade apart. but in arkansas this morning we had some storms that erupted quickly from hot springs to little rock. little rock had this one element that came through, a little bit of a breather, now developing again. you have the first round that came through, the ground is saturat saturated. the second installment of rainfall could bring some possible street flooding. that could develop all the way from the central and western great lakes clear down to the central plains through into the mid afternoon hours and perhaps evening, more tornadoes a possibility. >> reynolds, we appreciate you. we'll check in with reynolds once again. we are standing by trying to get some of those daytime images, this tornado we were telling you about, hit overnight. we are waiting for daylight there in kansas and maybe that will give us a better idea of just how bad the situation is. on the line, spokeswoman for kansas division of emergency management. ma'am, we appreciate you hopping on the line here. just how bad did parts of your state get it last night? >> certain the toucwn of reddin took the brunt of it but 16 counts were impacted in some way but numerous touchdowns of tornadoes or strong winds and hail so the governor has declared a state of disaster for the 16 counties just to ensure there -- this paves the way for state resources to assist. should we need federal help, that could be requested later. >> ma'am, we got the confirmation that one person had been killed in these storms. has that number gone up? can you update us on the numbers of injuries you have been getting? >> yes. the one fatality is the latest information that we have and about five people injured in that town. we expect numbers could change throughout the day. those numbers -- the fatality came in about 3:00 in the morning. that was confirmed then. but we do not have any reports of any other injuries in other counties. we did have a report of an elderly couple that was temporarily trapped in a mobile home that had been destroyed but they were okay. we were very fortunate in that sense but unfortunately we did lose one life in the town of reading. >> ma'am, how widespread is this damage? there are some reports of just about every home, hundreds of homes, in the town of reading at least damaged in some way, form or fashion. you talk about 16 counties. are we talking about a lot of daniel to homes an businesses? >> most damage was certainly in the town of reading with about 200 homes and also 20 homes completely destroyed in addition to those 200 that have some type of damage. but there were other counties with the same damage, not nearly to this degree but certainly some areas that had a mobile home or two that was significantly impacted and just a lot of damage with trees, as well as broken glass, hail damage throughout the area. >> is it fair to say -- i know a lot of parts of kansas, you have a lot of rural parts of your state. the areas, these 16 counties we're talking about, the area of the state, fairly rural, not major population centers. again i know it's not the most populous state we have in the union but still as far as your state goes relatively speaking, not very populous areas where these stwrorms hittinorms were ? that's correct, excepts of a touchdown in the county where the state capital is but most of the damage seems to be from hail and strong winds this morning. most of the other areas would have been in more rural areas. >> ma'am, we appreciate you taking time. sharon watson, spokeswoman for the kansas division of emergency management. it is a busy time for you all. we appreciate you giving us an update. good luck to you there. we're at 12 minutes past the hour now. to our viewers, something a lot of people are keeping an eye on yesterday. we can tell you that geologists are not reporting any major earthquakes anywhere on the planet or any other major natural disasters. the world is still here. the world still goes on. so what are you saying today about the failed doomsday prediction from yesterday? >> better luck next time. that's all i can tell them. >> last time it was wrong they said they had to recalculate. they recalculated to this date. so maybe they'll have to recalculate again. >> you know the deal by now -- months and months went on and followers of christian broadcasters harold camping were warning the world that the world would end yesterday. not immediately clear what camping and his followers are saying today. we haven't heard from him just yet. people around the world have been making light of it, making a lot of jokes but this was something that certainly got a lot of people talking, got a lot of attention on the internet, including on twitter. what exactly happened? at the 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>> i think they'll be okay. obviously the flooding situation but in terms of the additional rainfall over the next several days from the storm system as it pushes eastward certainly will not help matters, although things are pretty bad in parts of southern louisiana, parts of mississippi also. i would think a stray thunderstorm or two is not going to make the situation that much worse than it already is. right now the type of reason we're seeing is very quick moving. some strong storms developing this morning in places like arkansas. on this map you see little rock, some storms just popping up, hot springs has had some fairly heavy rainfall this morning. would not be surprised at all if we have a little bit of flash flooding this morning in little rock and places with poor drainage and low lying areas. the major catalyst is this storm system driving from west to east has already spawned tornadoes across parts of kansas just yesterday. now we may see the threat exist all the way from the central western great lakes clear down through portions of the mid mississippi valley and back down into north texas. dallas, ft. worth, denton, texas, maybe even later today as far south and austin you may have a rumble of thunder, perhaps even an isolated tornado. >> back to you. >> come on over here, reynolds. many of you may have noticed reynolds was not here yesterday and we were so happy that he was not but there is a very good reason. look at your television screens, folks. and say hello to the newest member of cnn saturday and sunday morning. >> he's quite a munchkin. that's my first borne son. william patterson rhodes wolf. is he an absolute mess. he's a great sleeper though, eating everything in sight. it is amazing. as you know very well, i lost my father about a month ago. now we have a new baby who been named -- his name william after my father. a man he never had a chance to meet. but it is kind of a healing thing, it is a wonderful thing for family. obviously very happy and very sleepy. not a whole lot of sleep in the wolf house right now. >> your family has been through a lot in the past month or so but we couldn't be happier. you know we are excited. you got two little girls running around the house. three women all together if you throw in erin. but now you got two guys, now you got a little homey there. >> it helps. you're right, we're still outnumbered no question about it, but it kind of evens the score a little bit. the kid is definitely his father's son. i've got feet the size of aircraft carriers. the kid could surf on those things. just tremendous. he's just a big skinny kid and we're so happy to see him. we -- i offered up the name t.j. but my wife wouldn't sign off. >> viewers probably have some questions, we just don't even want to go down that road. reynolds, good have you back. thank you for sharing that with us. there's patterson. thank goodness patterson just god here. his birthday just last wednesday. then doomsday was right around the corner. thank goodness that prophecy did not come true. we have confirmed here at cnn that the world did not end wed. but for weeks followers of a christian radio broadcasters have been warning us all of judgment day. well, we're going to sit down and give some perspective here from an ordained minister and professor of old testament studies, find out how the bible played a role in the prophecy. there he is, he's here with me. you'll hear from him right after the break. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. 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. 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[ male announcer ] with xerox, you're ready for real business. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. it is the day after judgment day. we're still here. you probably noticed. you're still here. we're all still here. the predictions of the world coming to an end yesterday did not pan out, thank goodness, i guess. the man behind the prophecy is christian radio broadcaster harold camping. he did the math, he says, and says it is all based on scripture in the bible to come up with may 21st as the day he and his followers have been warning about for a while now. let's get some theological perspective here, dr. brent strawl is director of biblical studies at emory university. are you surprised to be here? >> relieved. >> people have been making light and some say rightly so. but this whole idea of the rapture and end of days is deeply rooted in a lot of religious belief. >> that's correct. a lot of this goes back to specific texts found in both the old and new testaments. >> put up the first one here for many of you, pull out your bibles. thessalonianses 4:17, those who are alive and left will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the lord in the air and so will we be with the lord forever. is this the idea? that's the idea of the rapture. >> the idea of the rapture comes from this specific text but other texts that talk about the end of the world or apocalypse don't speak about it in quite that same way. one of the real questions about these end-time speculation is the relation of one text to another text. the rapture in particular though comes from that text you just read. >> how many references are there? are there a lot in the bible to both? hundreds, thousands even? >> it depends on how you analyze them. right? a lot of texts will speak about the -- go god's coming but not necessarily coming in a final cataclysmic sense or end of the world kind of thing but coming in judgment. very few speak specifically about jesus' second coming, or coming to earth. >> matthew 24:36 -- did the but about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the son, but only the father." now that seems to suggest you don't have to be a biblical scholar. it sounds like nobody knows the date. >> that text is pretty definitive. jesus says something very similar in acts 1 which seems to suggest that no one knows, not even jesus, only the father. this sort of calendarization about the end times is misconstrued and wrong-headed. >> misconstrued but as a professor, do you find it even silly for anyone to try to predict when any of this is going to happen? >> oh, definitely. definitely. in light of these texts that you just mentioned, as well as the fact that live family radio that makes these predictions are relating texts that aren't related. they draw direct connections between texts that are really disparate and different. >> again, we have -- i certainly have and many people have out there -- been making light of this, but is there serious damage you think can be done to the -- to religion and to the idea of christianity because maybe some casual observers out there are looking at this and saying, well maybe christianity is not what i thought it was and maybe it leaves even some atheists saying, see, we told you? >> i think it does cause damage, particularly those who adhered to the particular belief. they're disenchanted and dismayed today. but these kinds of people also have very supple and flexible beliefs. they'll probably run the numbers again and come out with a different number in the future. >> don't tell me that. >> but people need to know that christianity is a complex phenomenon and these sorts of groups that attach specific dates are very few and rare and they don't represent the mainstream of christianity. >> all right. another date is coming, i'm sure we'll cover them as well. dr. strawn, thank you so much. if you want to explore more about your faith, other faiths or the math, when it comes to predicting the rapture, by all means, go to cnn's belief blog, cnn.com/belief. president obama had kind of a tough week on the issue of israel. this morning he gets a chance to maybe mend some fences. it's time for candy right after the break. 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>> well, first, i'd be surprised if he was booed. but he did, as you're indicating, sort of rile up a lot of friends of israel here in the u.s., aipac is a very important lobbying group, americans you supporting israel who lobby for israeli causes on capitol hill and at the white house here in washington. so listen, when the president said what he said, we had one group of people saying, well, because the president said that israel and the basis for negotiations is the 1967 pre-war borders, that this is a huge change in u.s. policy and we had another group saying well not so much, that's pretty much where the u.s. had always been, only in different wording. he nonetheless -- the reality of the politics of this is that he created a bit of a stir and caused some concern among pro-israel supporters here in the u.s. so insofar as this, which is a long-planned speech, by the way, which he is giving today, gives him a chance to clarify what he said and put himself firmly back into that strong alliance the u.s. has already had with israel. i think he will do so. >> all right, candy is coming up here in about 14 minutes. for your show, "state of the union." i know you're going to have dick durbin on as well but you're also going to be a part of our coverage. folks are going to get a lot of candy this morning. always good to see you. to our viewers, stay with us. the president's speech to aipac starts at 10:30 eastern time. before we get to that, candy for "state of the union," again in about 15 minutes, 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific, right here. about 12 minutes to the top of the hour now. he says he has one reason and one reason alone for not running. his family. that's coming to us from indiana governor mitch daniels. he says he has concern for his family and that will keep him out of the 2012 race. daniels was a popular pick among some in the republican party. overnight though he released a statement to supporters saying, no, thank you. even offered a bit of an apology saying, "if i have disappointed you, i will always be sorry. if you feel that this was a noncourageous or unpatriotic decision, i understand and will not attempt to persuade you otherwise. i only hope that will you accept my sincerity in the judgment i reached." joe johns now taking a closer look at the indiana governor, his complicated family dynamic and why some republican leaders saw him as a good choice for 2012. >> reporter: for indiana governor mitch daniels deciding whether to run for president has been a rough ride, a decision made even worse by all the guessing about his intentions. >> if i switched from oatmeal to cornflakes, someone would say it was a move for the iowa caucus. >> reporter: who is this guy and what makes some republicans think he has a shot at the white house? friends and former co-workers say he's right for a job because he has a penny pinching mindset to tackle the budget which many see as the country's biggest problem. chip andre who worked for him on the hill saw it negotiating his first salary with daniels. >> he and i worked through what the monthly expenses would be for me, my rent, food and et cetera. he said i'll throw in an extra $100. i said per month? he said, no, for the end of the year. >> reporter: but that could be a chink in daniels' armor as a former budget director under george w. bush, dance was there when the country went from a surplus to the deficit. he says the problem wasn't him but that the bubble burst and we had a recession. >> wouldn't have mattered what policies you tried to implement. >> reporter: he's been a conservative governor pushing for a balanced indiana state budget, killing funding for planned parenthood, enacting one of the most aggressive school voucher programs in the country. but he's been whacked by conservatives for proposing a truce on social issues until the country gets its finances fixed. >> someone who doesn't believe that the social issues are part of the agenda and are part of the total platform, that person is not going to be nominated by the republican party in my lifetime. >> reporter: daniels, the guy, has a colorful story. he admits he was arrested on a marijuana charge while attending princeton but those charges were dropped in a plea deal. he paid a $350 fine for maintaining a common nuisance. he and his wife sherry divorced in the mid 1990s. she married another man and divorced him also. later sherry and mitch daniels reconciled. he was a lobbyist and executive for pharmaceutical giant eli lilly. all issues that could get close scrutiny in a run for national office. >> so daniels is out. in the race, the republicans are newt gingrich and also texas congressman ron paul, conservative radio host her mma cane, gary johnson and tomorrow former minnesota governor tim pawlenty expected to announce his candidacy. former south african archbishop desmond tutu hit the streets in connecticut yesterday. why? 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