on that note, we ll take it to the break. thank you, sam. still ahead on morning joe, the collapse of security forces in iraq has many lawmakers rethinking our path in the middle east. senator john mccain joins us in our 7:00 hour on why he blames president obama. also teachers unions used to be one of the most powerful unions in america but they took a key hit this week. and there could be more bad news on the horizon for them nap story s ahead. plus a high-speed car crash causes this fire at a new york gas station. we ll explain what happened there in morning papers. but first bill kairns will check on the forecast. it s just bad. my god. look at the maps. we ve had three or four days in a row of heavy rain, mika. yesterday the rain was a little too much. too much in too late time in western maryland. that s where we saw some significant flooding. it did avoid the washington, d.c. area, but that s where we saw some of the worst conditions.
up next just when you thought the rob ford saga couldn t get stranger, it did. and speaking of strange, here s bill kairns with a check on the forecast. spooky. bill? good morning, mika. we are watching rain for many of us this morning grab the umbrella in south florida. thunderstorms over in miami, but still a soaking rain for miami southward. other areas of concern for rain, we are going to watch the rain continuing up to the north. we got drenched yesterday with storms pennsylvania and areas of washington, d.c. right now we have one little thunderstorm right along i-95. also northern new england, much of upstate new york we re continuing to watch the cloudy, rainy, drizzly type morning. again, not the prettiest of late spring out there. more severe storms. also some of those storms now heading through the dallas area. but this large area of yellow,
in the last 24 hours there have been at least 400 reports of severe weather in central states like nebraska and iowa. the wind started picking up and then stuff was hitting the house. we headed to the basement and we could hear stuff banging around. the storms made for dangerous driving conditions for many people out on the road. drivers in nebraska caught this gust-nado, as it s called, on video. here the roof was blown right off. hail caused extensive damage. more than 4500 vehicles were pummelled at two dealerships in nebraska and iowa. the owner estimates that s about $152 worth of inventory. strong winds and storms could be on the way for parts of missouri and illinois. meteorologist bill kairns is here with a look ahead. it s been a busy night. i mean, these storms were all afternoon, all evening, they continue this morning with
i can understand why. that s a lot going on down there. overseas, look at this. the pacific league ball in japan. you might recognize the pitcher in all of this. okay? it s kazihito tadano from a short stint in cleveland. you check out that throw? bill kairns loves this. it s a strike. well, the ump called it a ball. it s like slow pitch softball. that s a strike. and the player there so confused is just waiting for it to speed up. so look at this. a pair of marathon-related stories. during south africa s comrade marathon, people had to get out of the way as the car slammed the barricade. everything made it out okay. wow. that s scary. look at that. and then really uplifting news out of san diego. 91-year-old harriett thompson ran her way into the record books at the sunday san diego
i want to see it happen. i think she s brilliant. you want to see a clinton i want to see her in the race. i want everybody to have options. still ahead on morning joe, actor morgan freeman explores some of the world s biggest scientific questions. and west virginia senator joe manchin joins out of coal country. he pushes back on the new epa regulations. that s up at 8:00. in our next hour, he says ransom is the number one way al qaeda raises money and now we re setting a price on u.s. soldiers abroad. we ll speak to congressman mike rogers in the next hour. up next, apple released software updates. were any of them game changers? that s ahead. but first a game changer himself, bill kairns with a check on the forecast. that may have been nice to me. i didn t mean it. i didn t think so. d.c. and new york city, we have showers and thunderstorms late this afternoon. humidity is up a little bit. we are going to watch those showers and storms again not