To say to outraged critics. And in the zone. Matt scherzer makes history. 20 strikeouts in a single game. Another one swing and a miss. An incredible feat nearly two decades in the making today, thursday, may 12th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Each team only gets 27 outs. He gets 20 of them on strikeouts. The nats win. Matt scherzer is a force. Nine hits throughout the innings. You read the box score. I did. I did my homework. All eyes on the building right there. Rnc headquarters on capitol hill inside donald trump and House Speaker paul ryan are holding their big meeting. The Presumptive Republican nominee arrived just an hour ago. Gave the cameras a wave before he headed inside. Well talk about that meeting and more with former Vice President dan quayle. Lets start with Peter Alexander on the hill for us. Good morning. Good morn
Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good tuesday morning. Im kendis gibson. Im diane macedo. Lets get right to our top story. At least two people are dead after tornadoes tore through parts of oklahoma. In one rural county alone a dozen homes were destroyed and many livestock killed and at this airport that you see there shortly, winds topping 80 miles an hour, tossing planes like toys. Strong winds and large hail also hit the central plains, but no deaths or serious injuries are reported outside of oklahoma. And as the weather radar shows, the strongest storm cells have moved on, but of course, not without leaving their mark. Abcs Lauren Lyster joins us now with more. Good morning. They left their mark. 18 tornadoes reported in all on monday. And parts of oklahoma are really going to have to start cleaning hit. Overnight, check this out in arkansas. 60 to 80mileperhour winds that kendis was talking about, they wreaked havoc at this airport. Look at those planes. And this
Good tuesday morning, everyone. Its been a rough night for a lot of people. That tornado outbreak in the plains states. This dramatic video just in from oklahoma. Watch this tornado. It just moves across this field tearing apart pretty much everything in its path. At one point we see it tear through a building. You see debris flying through the air. I mean, the amount of power and you can just hear the people shooting this video just over and over saying oh, my god, oh my god, when all was said and down power poles tossed to the ground and trees thrown in the air. You could hear the force and they always say it sounds like a Freight Train and it really does. The radar in the meantime. That line of storms still moving east. Were going to get more on todays forecast in just a moment but first those storms leaving behind a swath of destruction. Abcs Lauren Lyster joins us now with new details. Good morning, la 18 tornadoes in all were reported monday. Overnight its been parts of arkansas
Good tuesday morning, everyone. Its been a rough night for a lot of people. That tornado outbreak in the plains states. This dramatic video just in from oklahoma. Watch this tornado. It just moves across this field tearing apart pretty much everything in its path. At one point we see it tear through a building. You see debris flying through the air. I mean, the amount of power and you can just hear the people shooting this video just over and over saying oh, my god, oh my god, when all was said and down power poles tossed to the ground and trees thrown in the air. You could hear the force and they always say it sounds like a Freight Train and it really does. The radar in the meantime. That line of storms still moving east. Were going to get more on todays forecast in just a moment but first those storms leaving behind a swath of destruction. Abcs Lauren Lyster joins us now with new details. Good morning, lauren. Reporter good morning. 18 tornadoes in all were reported monday. Overnight
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