he fought back. gabby giffords, also shot and they head, fought back and recovered bravely. we talked about 9/11, the anniversary of the people who stormed the cockpit. harvey, people wrestling other people out of the water. you see the fighting american spirit and it inspires people. it inspires you to come together as a fellow american. these moments are so few and far between. we were united after 9/11 for a while. iraq tore us apart. the scalise shooting. a couple moments ago, we had a moment where we reflected about our rhetoric. that s gone, especially after charlottesville. then harvey hit and we looked at the texas resilience. now we are talking about the divisiveness of the kneelers. people need to recognize this country is much stronger when we are together are not divided. kimberly: the message of unity, healthy discussion and debate.
that fighting american spirit. kristen dahlgren, thank you so much. here now more on the deadly tornadoes and look at today s forecast is the weather channel s alex wallace. good morning. reporter: certainly an active weekend no doubt about it with the strong storms, parts of the carolinas, alex and well things have quieted down for us. we still have the system to deal with across parts of the northeast although we ll be ending our rain across much of new england as we work our way through the afternoon. there s our frontal boundary, the rain ending from south to north as we head through the afternoon. could see on the back side with the system a few showers coming back across the eastern lakes so buffalo could see more of that wet weather later on this afternoon. otherwise, d.c. up to boston, should enjoy a dry day but everyone remains breezy. we re going to be talking winds 20, 25 miles per hour possibly, anywhere shaded in blue, several wind advisories through the evening hour