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leadership. we re going to have to step forward. right now we re being as hesitant if not more hesitant on multiple fronts in this crisis. ian, we re go i think to bring you back at 7:00 and talk more extensively and talk about other options here. thanks very much. moving on to other news now, more than a dozen people are dead after a series of tornadoes tore through the middle of the country. the worst of the damage appears to be in arkansas. officials have confirmed at least 16 people were killed in the suburbs of little rock. the state is reporting widespread damage with now the area being compared to a war zone. i saw some of the biggest trees just turned upside down and literally the houses picked up and set on top of cars. over there some of the garages are just literally in the yard. it s a mess. at least one person was killed in oklahoma by another tornado. several other states experienced severe storms as well. and there is more bad weather expected later today. let s go
bill kairns will have an extended report in just a few minutes of what s happening there. but first from across the globe, the leader of the free world is weighing in on a controversy involving the nba. the league is now investigating one of its owners after alleged racist remarks were leaked to the press. president obama spoke on the controversy. when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don t have to do anything. you just let them talk. that s what happened here. i have confidence that the nba commissioner adam silver, a good man, will address this. obviously the nba is a league that is beloved by fans all across the country. it s got an awful lot of african-american players. it s steeped in african-american culture. and i suspect that the nba is going to be deeply concerned in
infrastructure and keeping our bridges running and keeping our planes safe and in the air and everything else. we ll talk about that later on. we ve got more to talk about. from the financial times we ve got julian tett, nicolas kristof, and michael hanie, and father kevin o brien will be here for faith on fridays. coming up next we ve got the top stories in the politico playbook. but first here s bill kairns with a look at the forecast. it s going to warm up a bit. a little bit. but saturday morning you won t be happy where you live this weekend, joe. two storms on the weather map. one in the ohio valley. the other storm is dipping down through california. the first storm goes up through new england during the night tonight into tomorrow morning with some rainy cold weather. the second storm is the one that will bring our threat of severe weather. let me show you who s getting wet this morning. cincinnati, columbus, bring the umbrella. eventually in pittsburgh. late this afternoon w
everything, and i m sorry, howard, you may understand this philosophy more than me, that sounds like socialism. that s socialism. or something. i don t know. okay. maybe this guy should move to vermont. should we camp on the land and say what they supporters say about that? let s camp on his land. he doesn t have property rights. are we good? still ahead on morning joe i m going to do the tease now. still ahead on morning joe, elizabeth warren joins us with a new look at her new book a fighting chance and what america needs to do to get america back on track. and next, the real house candidates of beverly hills? the race to represent the most wealthy citizens mark looeibovitz is coming o to talk about that? yes. mitch mcconnell is having some trouble in the polls. speaking of having trouble, bill kairns. you guys were troopers yesterday, by the way.