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Is connecting todays leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. the threat of the twister, americas mid section facing another day of watching and worrying. the firestorm over the irs targeting. a senior presidential adviser hits the sunday talk show circuit. plus hitting powerball pay dirt. the magic digits for mega dollars and memorable dreams. good afternoon. im alex witt. we have some big developing news out on the weather front. a series of violent storms are raking the coun...

Flash washouts in the south. at least 20 people had to be rescued from rising floodwaters in alabama. we have team coverage with meteorologist kelly cass who is tracking the weather in atlanta. but first lets go to oklahoma city where storms have left quite the ugly mark. janet, good day to you. >> hi, alex. for now this has become a wind event, as is obvious. but its the proverbial calm before the next storm. last night we had something like 22 tornadoes, 19 in kansas, 3 in nebraska. a slight l...

As well. large hail, straight line wind as possibility but tornadoes. you really need to have a plan to be safe. back to you, alex. >> thank you very much for the heads up. we need to pay attention now. appreciate it. to stay up on the weather at all times, go to weather.com. >> back to politics, top senate republican mitch mcconnell accusing the president on "meet the press" of fostering a culture of intimidation. >> do you have any evidence that the president of the united states directed what...

Greater threat tonight into tomorrow. alex? >> oh, my gosh. janet, can you ask your camera person to pan off a little bit. is that a power pole behind you or -- >> go ahead and pan over there. it is. were in a suburban kind of mall area. can you see its just splintered. but this is straight line wind damage. this is not tornado damage. and the winds here cancelled flights into the airport last night and, as i was saying, what youre seeing here goes on -- this whole street is shut down. it goes o...

Sure you have facts before you raise -- when you talk about a nonpartisan entity like the irs. >> the point really, alex, is they say the republicans are trying to overreach here, trying to make political hay out of this issue and they believe strongly in the days ahead this will only help them better focus on the issues that really matter. >> okay. peter alexander from the white house. thank you, peter. joining me, jackie kucinich and political writer for the "new york times," john harwood. ill...

Letter from a group. >> alex, i just want to say i cant think of anything more stupefyingly dumb in terms of a stance for republicans than to say were not going to do any business of government while these scandals go on. republicans need to broaden their base and show people theyre in touch with their concerns, thats not the way to do it. >> john is right. in terms of immigration, they cant afford to block something like this. >> and then theres that old moniker "do nothing congress" so we dont...

Isnt there something like 1 billion of them hatching and coming our way? seriously. my daughter and i were talking about this. oh, my god. did you hear about the secadas? theyre coming our way. >> theyre completely writing about me. >> are you in this article? >> i should have been. right? what were you saying, robert? >> can you have a chocolate covered cicada. >> no, thanks. you guys are all dismissed on the heels of that. thank you all very much. that fortunately is a wrap of this sunday ed...

Woman to come forward or a man to come forward. what do you say to that person who is hesitant to do so? >> again, thats why we ought to look for a separate legal path for victims making their complaints, other than up the military chain of command. we certainly have very qualified legal departments and representations, we have legislation thats being proposed separately about victims advocacy panels so there are opportunities for victims to come forward without fear of retaliation. >> all right...