2013. good morning. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. we begin this morning with weather, and conditions are setting up for another day of severe weather in the country s heartland. the greatest threat is for the central and southern plains with the possibility of damaging winds and tornadoes stretching all the way to pennsylvania. late yesterday at least three tornadoes touched down in northern kansas. this large twister was reported near bennington, kansas. to the east, another storm caused serious damage at at least one farm. our affiliate from wipw reports. reporter: thenoise was deafening. like a train. reporter: the damage devastating. we lost three sheds. i came out first. kids stayed down there. there s glass everywhere. came up and saw the grain bin on our living room, and it just there s no words. reporter: the beckers lived in the home 12 years and remodeled a year ago. as the tornado threat became a reality, it was time to take cover. we h
domestic operators like panera are paying tax rates, 36, 37, 38%. so you d bring it down, bring that 35%? first i would level it. which is to say i would get rid of this ability for companies to avoid paying taxes, large corporate operators to avoid, paying like apple. why don t you just bring the rate, way, way down for everybody. for everybody, bring the money back home. let s first assume that we re going to maintain the same revenues and then we level play at that point, and then we make a decision how much we want to bring it down. look, you ve got clout. you re the finder of panera bread. you re going to get your way. and washington do what you wanted. they re not up to what the farmers have, in terms of lobbying power. who s got the lobbying power? you re talking wall street and many in the company who are international in their focufocu we re in a very difficult position to compete in washingtons. you re telling me that you have no clout in washington?
she says it s a big mix-up. her family speaks out today, wednesday, may 29th, 2013. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning, everyone. i m savannah guthrie. let s get right to that big political news over the night. congresswoman michele bachmann says she will not run for re-election, an announcement that came as a surprise to a lot of people. nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander joins us with more on this. peter, good morning. reporter: savannah, you re exactly right. this does come as a major surprise. bachmann that tea party firebrand, former presidential candidate, announcing on her website that she will not seek re-election in 2014. after a great deal of thought and deliberation i have decided next year i will not seek a fifth congressional term. reporter: in this eight-minute video minn
it. know that we are coming for you. it s only a matter of time. the person who s doing it, still out there. so far, no arrests. the numbers are climbing higher in the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. according to data released by the cdc on saturday, 23 deaths are now tied to the outbreak. there are 284 total cases, including three joint infections. most patients got sick after being given contaminated steroid injections used for back and neck pain. the white house is denying a report that iran has agreed to one-on-one talks over its nuclear program. the new york times reported the agreement on the negotiations but a spokesman for the national security council says that report is not true. he added that the u.s. still hopes to find a diplomatic solution. an attempt to at least temporarily stop the bloodshed in syria is being ignored. activists say homs and several other cities came under heavy shelling from regime forces today. more than 120 people reported kil
it s only a matter of time. the person who s doing it, still out there. so far, no arrests. the numbers are climbing higher in the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. according to data released by the cdc on saturday, 23 deaths are now tied to the outbreak. there are 284 total cases, including three joint infections. most patients got sick after being given contaminated steroid injections used for back and neck pain. the white house is denying a report that iran has agreed to one-on-one talks over its nuclear program. the new york times reported the agreement on the negotiations but a spokesman for the national security council says that report is not true. he added that the u.s. still hopes to find a diplomatic solution. an attempt to at least temporarily stop the bloodshed in syria is being ignored. activists say homs and several other cities came under heavy shelling from regime forces today. more than 120 people reported killed nationwide. the continued violence