not bad out west either. very warm in places like phoenix. after it wasn t the best of saturdays in the northeast. and okay sunday. but from about hartford southward, this is ideal for memorial day plans. travel looks great too. getting those parades and barbecues in, it s nice. very common. but looks great all across the country. sunshine as we expected from bill kairns. thank you. get ready to pay more for your summer barbecue. all getting out there to enjoy grilled meat. from booze to burgers and everything in between, we ve got bad news. there s a jump in prices to look out for. power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. at night and when it s cloudy, we use more natural gas. this ensures we can produce clean electricity
okay. what s the headline you re going to write, leigh? at the end of the summer it s going to be what got done? very little or nothing. that s your headline? fairly safe bet at this point. that s a safe headline, i must say. what about to you here, kate? i would say we re headed into campaign season and here s what the republicans want, here s what the democrats want. pick your side, voters. so you don t have a headline. i certainly don t see it happening. thank you. leigh munsin and kate nocera. today is the unofficial kickoff to summer, but will the sun show up to your barbecue? bill kairns will show up here. who calls you a butt of sunshine? not one. we need rain in the drought stricken areas. you ll love what the forecast has for you. especially the parades out there. kids get disappointed.
but first bill kairns with the check of the weekend forecast. you re not letting us down, are you? it s a mixed bag. let me show you. yesterday we had those crazy thunderstorms from just outside of albany, new york, who had a tornado on the ground for about 20 miles. to the hailstorms that went across the mid-atlantic yesterday. they were insane. and delaware had significant damage from wind storms too. it s all clear this morning. that mess is all gone from yesterday. we will see a chance of severe storms today. but further to the south, we re okay today. but in south carolina, bordering with north carolina including charlotte, myrtle beach, you have a chance to see strong storms today. as far as the airports go, charlotte airport probably one of the only ones for your travel and getaway. and right through the memorial day weekend, in the northeast, saturday morning won t be great. but by the time you get to sunday and especially memorial day monday, it really starts to get warm. we
agents to a very interested senate panel. plus this scene from a subway station in brazil. and this is before hundreds of thousands descend on the country for the world cup? up next, explaining how republicans lose by winning. here now is bill kairns for a check on the forecast who always loses by winning. i m the winningest loser. is that a good way of putting it? good one. good morning, everyone. video out of colorado was impressive yesterday. another day with active weather and e veer storms. hailstones were bouncing all over the place. we did see some large hail, too, that did some damage. how about that? that s almost tennis ball size there. this picture sent to me from the denver police department. it was very impressive. this the aftermath of that storm. as much as five inches of hail on the ground. we had a lot of bad storms last
lines off the road. as far as the weather goes today, we re in much better shape. the threat for tornadoes has moved south and east of here. we should have some sunshine and better weather for a long cleanup. under 20,000 customers without power here in the state of arkansas. again, mayflower, velonia, the hardest hit towns here. not far from little rock. little rock itself in good shape this morning. horrific. thank you. we ll check back in with bill kairns for more on the extreme weather in the midwest in a bit. now let s turn to the crisis in ukraine where europe is being drawn into the center of the conflict. a group of military observers from five different european countries are being held hostage by pro-russian militants in the eastern part of ukraine. kid knapped eight unarmed monitors accusing them of being spies for nato. they were put on display at a press conference.