funeral was this weekend. there should be a place if this ever happened again during school that kids can get to a safe place. that we don t have to sit there and go through rubble and rubble and rubble and may not ever find what we re looking for. reporter: the mayor is pushing for a city ordinance to make storm shelters mandatory in all new construction. this weekend president obama met with first responders and promised federal aid dollars to storm victims. everywhere fellow americans are praying with you. they are thinking about you and they want to help. reporter: and help has come tr all over. on the campus of the university of oklahoma, the president opened the doors of the schools dorms for homeless families. the ou football coach donated a stack of gift cards to help tornado victims get back on their feet. i heard this thing called the oklahoma standard. what is the oklahoma standard? well, you know, everybody has
she dunked in the fourth quarter, the first one in the league since 2008. not only that, she became the first ever to have a second dunk in the same game. look at that. here it comes. but chicago unfortunely went on to beat phoenix despite all that. the new athletic director at rutgers julie herman is not going to lose her job. that s according to the university the president. she was brought in after the mike rice scandal. but her former players accuse her of abuse but she does not remember. players wore camouflage caps and jerseys as memorial day tribute to members of the american military. that was nice. and the central oklahoma broncos won the national championship. they honor the tornado victims in nearby moore, oklahoma, by wearing blue ribbons in their
23-year-old using shoe laces and seat belt extensions. he s been booked on charges with interfering with a flight crew. two governments in south america are issuing red alerts for an active volcano. the it could erupt any day now and are now preparing to order evacuations for 2,200 people. celebrities are signing up for the concert to help tornado victims. country star blake shelton is raising money for storm relief. you can watch that tomorrow night at 9:00, 8:00 central here on nbc. now for a look at our business headlines. we turn to bertha kooums. they discussed the future of the media giant which is spinning off. the remaining publishing business which includes the
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detainee transfers from gitmo. dan lothian is joining us. so, dan, good to see you as always. good to see you as well. the president focusing on clearly connecting with people, real people, visiting oklahoma, the tornado victims yesterday. and he s got another trip coming up as well. tell us a little about what he s hoping to highlight tomorrow. that s right. and this is all part of the president s job. he heads to new jersey where he ll tour the jersey shore with governor chris christie seven months after hurricane sandy devastated the area. the president will be meeting with families, business owners, people affected by that storm. and the white house says the president, again, will underscore this administration s commitment to helping them fully recover, suzanne. all right. dan, thank you. appreciate it. we ll be watching as well tomorrow that trip that he s taking there with the governor. and arizona senator we are now learning john mccain is in syria. mccain s office