environment where it can draw a tornado at any time. we re keeping a very close eye on it right now. what is your location. caller: we re almost at i-40. on 18 north of shawnee. on 18 north of shawnee. are you coming up on i-40 right now. we re heading outside toward i-40. looking off to the east. southbound on 18? caller: right. how far north of i-40 do you think you are right now? caller: how far north? how far north of i-40? caller: like a mile. one mile. if that. let s stay with your dream because you re likely going to cross the damage path. caller: okay. let s take a look and see what we have. caller: now we re getting into the rain shield. this is the whole shawnee mall area we re talking about in
it is 5:46 in the morning. the sun is up in washington, d.c. it looks like a beautiful day. let s get a check of the weather from bill karins, good morning. for everyone in new england, that s what s coming, it will take a little bit. d.c. had their rain yesterday and it cleared out. in new york city the rain is over and you ll clear out during the day, very slowly, if you re lucky, some sunshine late in the day. the rain shield is over connecticut, rhode island, from boston to the cape, it s a soggy morning. just a light rain, not going to cause too many issues. the worst weather this morning is around the dallas-fort worth area where we re dealing some major thunderstorms. as far as of the forecast goes, rainy morning in hartford, to boston, providence, but your afternoon should be dry. beautiful day, d.c., 82, low humidity, too, looks to be enjoyable. nice and perfect weather back through the great lakes. chicago is ideal, down through
good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us this morning. mitt romney is standing by his decision to attend a vegas fund-raiser with donald trump today even though the real estate mogul won t let go of the birther issue. trump is again questioning where president obama was born. he first raised the issue a year ago. you know, back when he was running for president. barack obama should end this. he should provide the public with a birth certificate. if he doesn t do it, he s doing a tremendous disservice to the public. trump harped on the issue for such a long time that for the first time in american history, an american president produced his long form birth certificate. trump still hasn t put the issue to arrest but romney welcomes his support. joining me now is cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein. hi, ron. good morning. the obama campaign is hitting back with a new campaign ad going after romney about this controversy. let s watch a bit
should be able to get married. pretty strong words. pretty clear, too. dan lothian is live in washington, d.c. with us this morning. it took a long time for the president to evolve to this position. but why now? and why this way? that s right. well, the president had been under a lot of pressure to really state his position on this. and some top members of his administration over the last few days had come out and made their positions clear. and so the president finally came around on this after almost two years. he said after talking to his friends, his daughters and the first lady. me personally, it is important to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. reporter: president obama made the announcement wednesday in an interview with abc news. becoming the first sitting u.s. president to publicly support same-sex marriage. his remarks come on the heels of north carolina passing a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex
everything going round and round. the clean-up now beginning in the dallas/ft. worth area, and one of the busiest travel hubs in the country is now checking if the planes are fit to fly. new details this morning in the trayvon martin investigation and new questions about whether or not george zimmerman uttered a racial slur before pulling the trigger. we won them all. yes, indeed. it was a trifecta. mitt romney sweeps three more contests, moving closer to clinching the nomination, as president obama mentions him by name now. and from russia with love, a whole lot of love. claims in a new documentary that the russian spy anna chapman got cozy with a cabinet member. the fbi is now trying to stomp those rumors out. it s like a novel, huh? but up first this morning, texas sized destruction from tornadoes that ripped through the dallas/ft. worth area. as many as 13 tornadoes reported touching down yesterday. one of the twisters caught on tape in lancaster. holy mol