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warnings that could persist right through the weekend, severe storm, even tornado type the possibilities. rick reichmuth following all of that. are rick, what are we looking at? rick: rolling fork is really the first town to get hit by this. they don t have any cell service. a lot of the cell towers have been taken offline, so it s the hard to get any communication in and out, we re having a hard time getting reporters to be able to talk to us about exactly what they re seeing. this is a look at the storms. this one right here, that s the path of what was likely the strongest of the storms last night, and you see touching ground just to the east of the mississippi river about 4 or 5 miles east, that s where that town is, rolling fork, and watch that line of storms. that one tornado probably on the ground maybe up to the about 100 miles or so. now they ll go out and investigate that today, as they re doing that, weather good. 9 all the search and rescue efforts that are ....
people are seeing us in a different light. for decades gays and lesbians are considered different. in the country of cuba. now a family member is on their side. crushing any hope of pete rose finally sliding into cooperstown. i m antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. we begin in charleston where the tragedy at the emanuel ame church has sparked a controversy. the massacre at the hands of an alleged white supremacist is behind calls to remove the confederate flag from the south carolina state house. del walters joins us from charleston. a big shift today del. they did indeed antonio it has been a dramatic 24 hours here in charleston, south carolina, especially considering the fact it was five days ago that the gunman walked into the church behind me and killed 9. yesterday they had somber memorial service the first time there was acknowledgment that there was a shooting, but following an announcement by the governor nikki haley took. to eliminate a be par ....
that will likely lead to severe weather this afternoon. a line of storms we re watching this morning just to the north and west. the heat will be in the 90s this afternoon and near record territory. then the severe storms potentially damaging winds, even a threat of tornadoes later today. radar shows nothing in the area just yet but look to the northwest. you can see the line of showers moving towards northwestern pennsylvania at this hour. the temperatures are in the 70s to start with. 78 degrees in northeast philadelphia and 75 in wilmington. the temperatures will be climbing into the 80s by 9:00. by lunch time 90 degrees. we ll go through the future weather hour by hour to show you when the storms are likely to move in when i m back in ten minutes. thanks, bill. the city offed if is taking steps to protect folks from the katy zachry has been making calls to the city to find out what s happening today. she s live in logan square in center city. katy? reporter: hi ....
a cat with a need for speed holding on for dear life surprising the pilot and the passenger. well good tuesday morning to you. i m reena ninan. and i m kendis gibson in for t.j. holmes. it s been a terrifying night for one stretch of the west. that s a quarter mile away from us right now. just before dark this huge twister blew over illinois just west of illinois at least five homes damaged there. a few hours later a tornado struck cole city south of chicago. emergency crews responding in the dark to collapsed homes, gas leaks, people trapped under rubble. western michigan struck as well. that s the steep of a church in the small town of portland. it plunged 50 feet down through the roof. the radar shows that is moving heading east millions of people in its path so we turn our focus to accuweather s molly cochran tracking the storms for us. molly. thanks kendis and reena. now these thunderstorms on tuesday really going to be firing up into the afternoon and ....
[ theme ] bill: hey, good morning everybody. fellow americans, good to see you this morning. thank you so much for joining us here on the full court press. we re coming to you live coast-to-coast from our studio here in capitol hill in washington, d.c. with all of the news of the day from our nation s capital around the country and around the globe. seven americans taken hostage by terrorist yesterday in algeria. things getting scary in that part of the world. here at home, poor president obama can t win for losing. yesterday he was slammed by critics for inviting four kids from around the country to join him on stage as he talked about his proposals for gun control. in other words it s okay to mow down 20 first graders in newtown, connecticut but it s not okay to invite four kids to the white house to talk about how to keep them safe from guns. these people are nuts! all right. more about that and a whole lot more. but first here we go. the latest, today s curr ....