Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im betty nguyen. We want to start with breaking news out of the nations heartland. At least 18 people are dead after tornados and damaging winds tore through several states overnight. Look at this. Arkansas bore the brunt of the storms and forecasters say it is not over. Weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is in hard hit mayflower, arkansas. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, betty. Were in mayflower, arkansas, 20 minutes from downtown little rock. This is where the powerful tornado rolled across interstate 40. Yesterday, 7 35, it was estimated to be a half mile wide. And right now based on stormy reports, it could be on the ground for two hours across four counties and the death toll is 16 alone here in arkansas. This is the damage it did. This is an rv which has been blown to smith reasons, vehicles tossed and turned. This car was flipped over. This is a huge tow truck that would tow big trucks and semis and look at how
And 10,000 just yesterday in florida. Now we just got an announcement that the government of oklahoma, he has tested positive and believed to be the first governor in the country to contract the virus. And just a little while ago dr. Fauci, the nations leading Infectious Disease expert put out another critical message about the outbreak and it is important for all of us to listen even though it is clear that the white house does not want you to. When you look at the numbers, obviously weve got to do better. We have to almost reset this and say, okay, lets stop this nonsense and figure out how can we get control over this now and looking forward how can we make sure that next month we dont have another example of california, texas, florida, and arizona. Because those were the hot zones now. And im looking at the map, saying we have to make sure it doesnt happen in other states. So, rather than games people are playing, lets focus on that. The president today is trying to change the subj
team dropped their warmups center court and wore their shirts inside out before losing. i didn t do my job tonight and, you know, that s not the person. it s not about the clippers, it s about every person who goes out there and gives it their all. reporter: now the ncaap, they re not waiting. they were about to give donald sterling a lifetime achievement award next month. in a statement they say, that s off. tracie potts reporting for us this morning. at a press conference in the philippines, president obama confirmed the u.s. will announce more serious sanctions against russia later today. let s get to peter alexander who is traveling with the president in manila. peter, what do we know about these sanctions? well, we just heard from the president, francis, a matter of
as far as the storm goes, it s cranking over nebraska. it will be with us two to three days. as far as today goes in yellow, slight risk. about 28 million people. this area of red, potential for more tornadoes. a line from nashville to jackson, mississippi. tough morning. when we see the pictures, it will be sad. nbc meteorologist bill karins. thank you. also developing this morning, a racism allegation. the nba is investigating racially charged remarks allegedly made by los angeles clippers owner donald sterling. for the first time the team is responding. tracie potts is joining us. the fallout keeps coming. we saw the silent protest at the game last night. this has really touched a nerve, francis, around the country, not just in the sports world, in politics. there was a big discussion in washington, in d.c., and beyond.