todd: high wind sending sparks flying in the midwest. we are tracking storms for you. carley: it is 4:00 am on the east coast but black friday shopping is in full swing. todd: the deals and disasters making news this morning. fox and friends first starts right now. todd: we could have a different audience today. people who don t necessarily get up at 4:00 am to get the black friday we want to welcome those people to the next two hours. carley: i hadn t even fought about that.
well everything is demolished. houses flipped sideways. this was probably about where the kitchen was. jedediah: while the you were sleeping powerful tornadoes touched down in the midwest leveling homes and causing catastrophic damage. brian: tornadoes so fawferl wrapped this car around that pole. griff: we will have a report on that in a moment. janice dean is tracking storms right now. janice: this has been the story for the last couple of weeks. when you have a tornado that hits a heavily populated neighborhood this is what you get incredible damage. tornado reports not only in ohio but parts of yeanged as well as colorado up towards kansas and nebraska. and unfortunately we have the threat again today in some of the same areas that have been hit hard not only by severe weather but
leland: elon musk s security clearance under scrutiny. what his defenders have to say about that. and the grand jury returns more than a dozen charges against jussie smollett. what that means for his case. while the cleanup from a deadly tornado continues across america s heartland, more severe weather on the way. meteorologist adam klotz tracking those storms. hi, adam. reporter: yeah. for the second week in a row, we re tracking storms moving across the southeast. there are going to be big thunderstorms, possibly more tornadoes that do a lot of damage. i m going to be tracking those storms coming up after the break. (vo) this is the avery s.
stage alone. of his 29 plays and four musicals, 13 were adapted for films. he is credited with helping to create the television sitcom format. he received four oscar nominations, three tony awards, the pulitzer prize, kennedy center honor, the mark twain prize and the american comedy awards lifetime achievement honer just to name a few. he will sadly be missed. what a life. let s switch gears and get a quick check on the weather with meteorologist bonney schneider. bonnie. reporter: we are tracking storms in the midwest with light any that is working its way through northern wisconsin and into northern michigan as well. watch out for those storms that are impacting des moines. heat will be a big story take and throughout much of the week. we have excessive heat warning in effect for boston as well as st. louis. st. louis will feel like 105 today. make sure to limit your time outdoors. 70 million people across america at risk for excessive heat. let s take a closer look at the
mueller probe. can we quickly ask you about the conspiracy charges brought against the rush an national? how will that affect the mueller investigation, just a couple of hours we saw this come out. the contrast is glaring here. while the president is denying or not stepping up to the fact russia did, in fact, meddle, you have at the same time the justice department bringing about this charge, arrest in d.c. this is a huge issue. it just shows the extent to which russian agents are infiltrating the american political system. yeah, so many moving pieces to all of this. thank you so much. we ll touch base with you in a little bit. let s get a touch on your weather with meteorologist michelle gross. you are tracking storms in the northeast that will make for a messy evening commute. that s right. hi there, louis. we are like that summertime, soupy conditions, very humid and warm and we have the risk for storms today. a severe weather outlook through new england, down through new