few moments for you. but right now, let's turn to politics. there are signs of a detent between trump and he'll meet with house whip kevin mccarthy who signed up to be a trump delegate. and house speaker ryan said he still has reservations and on monday he sought to cool tensions. >> i want to get to know him and understand him better. i don't know him. we had one conversation a few months ago and basically the kind of conversation i'm hoping we all can have together. not just the two of us, but all of us. it's how we can actually unify our party. i believe between now and july we will be able to figure out how to unify our party. >> if he asked you to step down as chair of the convention -- >> i'll do whatever -- he's the nominee. i'll do whatever he wants with respect to the convention. >> still other republicans have their reservations. one told politico, quote, i haven't met him yet. i want to get a chance to talk to him about some issues. and others like kelly ayotte, they're trying to balance handling trump and preserving their seats in upcoming election. >> do you support or endorse donald trump? >> i believe each person will make their own decision. i've said i'll vote for our republican nominee. but i don't intend to endorse anyone in this race. >> as for donald trump he's thinking about the future as the rnc is taking a closer look and some big donors are deciding to get on board. yesterday, trump announced the election of new jersey governor chris christie to head up the transition today. president obama waited until november of 2008 to select his team. this as they met with the core leadership in washington for a briefing on logistics and the schedule ahead. a senior strategist tells rnc that trump needs to understand what the party needs to offer and withhold politics is a business. you may have won the nomination, but doesn't mean we'll support you. top republican donors signed on withrump yesterday. scar mucci, and paypal cofounder peter thooel and stanley hubbard who gave money to a stop trump pac. hubbard said all of my favorite candidates dropped out one by one. we're down to my least favorite candidate, and my least favorite candidate is better than hillary clinton. and reince priebus emphasized unity when talking about the vote from four years ago. >> the only way we can build our party to get to more than that number so that we can win is if you don't ask anyone to leave. you don't subtract people out of the room, but you build an ad and understand that, you know, if we can agree with each other, you know, 80% of the issues i think we're in pretty good shape. >> yep. >> and that's the -- i think, you know, the purity -- you know, is found in heaven. but it's not found here. and i think people just need to be reminded of that. >> donald trump says he's looking to make a deal on taxes for the wealthiest americans. he was in damage control after diverting from the proposal he made in the primaries last fall, saying in multiple recent interviews that the rich should pay more in taxes. yesterday, he sought to clarify the position, quote, i'm lowering taxes far more than any other candidate, any negotiated increase by congress to my proposal would still be lower than current. >> it's got to be negotiated by congress, it's got to go through the senate. everybody looks at it. everybody negotiates. i put on a massive tax -- of the low proposal. yeah, i may have to raise it, because this is a negotiation. look, the middle class has been decimated in this country. i'm going to fight hard for the middle class, i'm not raising it. but i could see the wealthy -- i'm not talking about raised from where they are now, but from the low proposal. trump down low played his recent position on the debt, he would not seek to renegotiate. he said the bonds are sacred. and trump said that clinton is an enabler of her husband's affairs. the meeting was closed to the public and the attendees were outnumbered by the press who repeatedly asked for her reaction to trump. >> i'm going to let him run his campaign how ever he chooses. i'm doing to run my campaign which is a positive vision for our country which will help us solve problems we're facing. >> do you think you'll have to respond to these accusations? you saw what happened during the primary when things he said went unanswered. why not sort of -- >> oh, i'm answering him all the time. no, i'm answering him on what i think voters care about. i'm answering him on the difference between our records and experience and what we want to do for our country. how important it is to unify the country, and i have been very clear that a lot of his -- a lot of his rhetoric is not only reckless but it's dangerous. >> so you're responding with substance? >> i'm running my campaign. i'm not running against him. he's doing a fine job of doing that himself. clinton and bernie sanders will face off in two contests today. democratic primaries are taking place in nebraska and west virginia. nebraska awarded the delegates after holding a democratic caucus on march 5th. in 2008, clinton won west virginia easily against then senator barack obama but now they're bracing for a possible loss to senator sanders. she has grappled with comments she made in march when she said in part, quote, we're going to put a lot of coal miners and companies out of business to modernize this sector. she later apologized for the remarks. meanwhile, bernie sanders is looking ahead to future primaries. he spoke to a crowd of 15,000 in sacramento, california. he acknowledged the narrow path to the white house, but he said his campaign is far from over. >> nobody can predict the future, but i think we've got a good shot to win in west virginia, in kentucky and in oregon. it is a steep hill to climb and i acknowledge that. but we have the possibility of walking in to the democratic convention with a majority of pledged delegates. and there are signs of pressure for clinton in kentucky as well after two weeks without running commercials a democratic source tells nbc news the clinton campaign has reserved ad time for later this week. a police detective has died after a shoot-out in kansas city. he has been identified as 39-year-old brad lancaster. he was shot as he exchanged gun fire with the suspect who police say is 28-year-old curtis ayers. it began after noon when lancaster responded to a suspicious person call. the car was crashed and when he carjacked another vehicle with a mother and two children inside. they escaped unharmed. while the suspect fled into missouri, that's where authorities say he crashed that vehicle and attempted to carjack another, shooting and injuring the driver before being shot and apprehended. ayers is listed in serious condition and is expected to survive. lancaster was taken to the hospital and he succumbed to his injuries an hour after the incident. he leaves behind a wife and two daughters. the clash over transgender bathrooms clashed yesterday after the justice department responded to a lawsuit from north carolina with one of its own. the dueling suits came weeks after the doj said to back off from the bathroom bill there. announcing his state's lawsuit republican governor mccrory accused the justice department on blatant overreached and called on the u.s. congress to help. >> i think it's time for the congress to look at the provisions under title vii and title ix. right now, the obama administration is trying to set basic restroom policies, locker room policies and even shower policies for public and private employers across the country, not just north carolina. >> hours later attorney general loretta lynch shot back announcing a lawsuit of her own. federal civil rights laws prohibit discrimination based on sex, she said. >> they created state sponsored discrimination against transgendered individuals who seek to engage in the most private of functions in a place of safety and security. a right taken for granted by most of us. none of us can stand by when a state enters the business of legislating identity and insists that a person pretend to be something or someone that they are not. >> and the state stands to lose billions of dollars in federal funding if that suit is successful, nearly 200 corporate leaders have called for the appeal. the group behind the so-called panama papers has made a massive trove of data public. they took it live yesterday. and there's also a component that allows you to search for specific people tied to offshore shell companies. it comes from law firm mossack fonseca who spent a cease -- sent a cease and desist order over a hack. mossack fonseca sent a cease and desist letter there. it includes dozens of americans tied to misconduct. the most wanted fugitive, that would be internet tycoon calvin ayre. and there are legitimate uses for offshore companies and trusts and not suggesting that anyone listed was acting improperly. and they urged you to 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us. there's damage and debris all over the place. on our way here, we saw multiple homes destroyed. massive trees snapped in half and power lines down in if roadways. we know that authorities are asking people to stay off the road until crews can get the damage picked up and power restored. also the american red cross is helping families all over the community to make sure that they are okay. that they're set with disaster relief supplies. food, water. anything that they need because we know a lot of families are displaced today. also, there's going to be a disaster assessment in multiple counties. murray, johnston and garvin counties, so hopefully they'll continue the support that's needed in those communities. now, while we're happy to report in murray county that there were no major injuries, unfortunately in garvin as well as johnson two deaths due to the severe weather. we'll continue to assess the damage for you guys this morning. reporting live in oklahoma city, i'm ashley kringen. back to you. >> our hearts goes out to those folks there. let's bring in meteorologist steve sosna, did you see that video? >> incredible video. i have seen incredible images on twitter, and these were several violent tornadoes. they have a lot of trees and forests and a lot of hills out there. so this was not that clean, flat environment that usually you see for chasers and unfortunately, damage done. 23 reports of tornadoes yesterday. over 200 reports of severe weather. we had reports of large hail and i'm talking about the size of softballs in some places. in fact, it was denting golf courses in nebraska. some incredible stuff. here are the watch boxes that were out yesterday. the storms have now pushed east and they're weaker now. as of right -- the latest image here, there's no severe warnings in place but i do expect the storms to regenerate this afternoon. there will be two pockets, one in the ohio valley, another one in texas and like yesterday some of the them will have tornadoes and large hailstones. >> what's so scary they're happening at night and it's dark and the sirens and you condition see what's -- and you can't see what's coming. thank you. we begin with the sports and in portland, reigning mvp curry made his return from the sprained right knee. joining the warrior off the bench to score 17 points in o.t. he finished with 40 in the game as golden state takes the 3-1 lead. after a win over the trail blazers last night. the heat had an overtime win against the raptors in game four. like a fine wine, dwyane wade seems to get better with age. and now boasts the most 30-point games in heat playoff history, he's got 34. but other than wade's performance, the most exciting moment was in overtime when a miraculous balancing act. the ball gets stuck between the rim and the backboard. there we go. to the ice where a pair of second round stanley cup playoff series are headed to game seven. in st. louis, the stars ride a three-goal first period hanging on for the win over the blues to stave off elimination there. and then the predators forced game seven against the sharks after that game winner just over two minutes into overtime. final score, 4-3. let's get to major league baseball and the tigers and the nationals tied at four in the bottom of the ninth inning. >> high fly ball, deep right field. at the wall, it is gone! >> got to love that, clint robinson launches a solid homer to walk the nats off with a 5-4 win. bryce harper is drawing criticism for the umpire who threw him out. he was ejected after his teammate called out on strikes let the official know exactly how he felt while the nats are celebrating the victory. i wonder what he said. gone from late night, but not forgotten. jon stewart he'll return to tell us what he really thinks about donald trump. 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[ laughter ] or a baby man? see, i don't know -- look, i don't know -- and again, i'm not here to be politically incorrect. if they referred to as man baby americans, but he's -- he's a man baby. he has the physical countenance of a man and a baby's temperament and hands. so -- >> all right. last night stephen colbert found himself in a precarious position, stuck in a vending machine. that was before he got some help from another person in a slightly is more precarious position. >> it's a lost call. >> it is not a lost call. >> bernie sanders, what are you doing here? >> well, i don't take money from billionaires but i check every vending machine change slot. >> come on. $27. nothing. >> hey, wait, aren't you going -- >> tell you about the west virginia primary tomorrow? >> oh, sure. but at a certain point, don't you have to say i'm not going to get the thing that i want? i mean, look at me, i'll never get my candy. >> you've got to believe, stephen. >> thank you. >> you can't give up on that contested confection. you've got to rock the system. >> got it! >> great. we came together. >> we did it. >> now how about we share that 100 grand bar? >> oh, i knew it! all right. finally this morning, the star of the musical "hamilton" stopped by to talk with jimmy fallon. he talked about his life before the hit show. he's known for his fast rapping ability and portrayals of revolutionary war heroes like jefferson. fallon put his rhyme skills to the test. >> ski mask on with the burner cell phone, imprint on the backbone. this one is not to be tested unless you have smith and wesson, better to head back home. money is good when it's coming from -- and there's time to be a citizen and making calls. and make a joke, all day long, it is bombs over baghdad, right in the backyard, no service, no draft, no reason to go out but it's no reason to stay in when the roaches are all raiding and your neighbors is bumping flat. not ready to die, but it's not notorious yet. so be glorious, so in the time and talking about the money on the mind, that's action. >> that is incredible, alex. i can barely get through the script. >> seriously, i'm doing this. bow down, that's amazing. you did fine with the script there. i hope the control room isn't laughing at you. we love you, louis burgdorf. coming up on "morning joe," chris christie stays close and marco rubio has something up his sleeve. the former rivals, where are they now? that's coming up on "morning joe." 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