all righty. andy scholes, we appreciate it. thank you. thanks. absolutely. there is so much news to tell you about this morning. that s right. the next hour of your new day starts now. two breaking stories overnight to tell you about. first of all, severe weather hitting the southern part of the u.s. tornadoes, heavy rain leaves 15 people dead in 3 states. hundreds are under water, and it s not even over. there is another storm in the days to come. and it s expected to affect millions of us. there s another breaking news story we re following right now. you are looking at live pictures of a rapidly growing wildfire in southern california. and major roadways are shut down this hour. mandatory evacuations connected to this fire that you re looking at. we re so grateful to have you, as always, on our saturday mo mornings here. i m christi paul.