the west, you re looking drier, of course, right now. can t buy any rain across california and arizona. then back towards the plain, another threat for severe weather. parts of kansas into nebraska down towards the pan handles of oklahoma and texas. unfortunately, we ll see the severe weather. the good part is this area, this western kansas and parts of western texas and oklahoma desperately need the rain. we ll see a few of those areas today that maybe get an inch or two of rain that will be helpful for them. that would be great. thank you, rick. you re welcome. you get an a. you re a-plus, especially for 6:12 in 23 seconds. no red pen marking up that weather forecast. thanks. well, the irs of course targeted tea party group, and the e-mails to prove it, they re gone. the white house says it s just a republican conspiracy theory. our next guest doesn t buy that line at all. he s here to tell you why. and this family thought they
good. we re going to see a few thunderstorms pop up in the afternoon. it s summer. it s warm. it s humid. we get those spotty showers and thunderstorms. you can t completely dodge them. but it won t ruin anybody s day either. however, across the central plains, this picture is becoming all too familiar. very heavy rain falling now in that northeastern quadrant of nebraska from around columbus to norfolk up to around sioux falls and sioux city. that rain is going to move in towards minnesota today, another place that doesn t need anymore rain. then later on today, we ll see energy fire across parts of the high plains, the central high plains. the west coast dry, unfortunately. not getting any of the rain just yet. but this is where the severe threat is today for the pan handles of texas and oklahoma. up towards denver and the eastern side of nebraska. mostly talking about wind and hail. can t rule out a tornado again. temperaturewise, take a look at this. 91 today in kansas city. tomorr
molner in east hampton, new york. she tweeted this picture saying she was so excited to make her debut as pmrs. molner. congratulations. rick is standing by. speaking of genuinely great guys. not as good of a guy. all right. here s a look at your weather as you re waking up this morning. temperaturewise, already warm across the south. in fact, just kind of warm and sticky. that story continues for a lot of the day today. the northeast mid-atlantic has been spectacular. yesterday, another beautiful day. down in the south where it s hotter, we ll see storms firing in the afternoon. take a look at this. more rain across parts of the central plains. areas of nebraska, very heavy downpours this morning. this is the exact same area we ve been seeing this for about a week. that s not good news. it s going to continue to kind of exacerbate the flooding threat we have going on there.
day. there will be spotty showers. nothing that s going to cause any big problem. a lot of that moisture won t make its way to the ground. in general, a spectacular day. down to the southeast, this is where it gets warmer. a few more widespread showers. and in across the northern plains, once again, and central plains, i should say, we re going to see significant showers fire up again. the flooding we ve seen across minnesota and iowa and nebraska, more rain today. thec this evening, very heavy rain across western parts of kansas. they need the rain there. in the west, showers across the northern rockies. aside from that, just another warm day. all right, guys. back over to you. all right, rick. thanks. next on the rundown, militants spreading across iraq, and they have a new weapon in their fight. social media. and he s the mayor of america s largest city. he s got some very big problems on his hands. should bill de blasio really be dressed up like a pirate? we ll have more on tha