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good morning, well get straight to the breaking news a leeth at tornado oklahoma, a state already reeling from the ef-5 tornado that nearly erased the city of moore. at least five people dead, including a mother and her baby. >> a mother and child killed on interstate 40 trying to escape the storm. the barrage hit during the worst possible time during rush hour and most of the deaths involved people trapped in their cars and some case their vehicles picked up like toys during the storm...

Jail. alexis wright pled guilty to 20 counts including prostitution, conspiracy and tax evasion. she was busted last year, the same time she told her business partner she felt it was going to be a good week. oprah winfrey was among the speakers during wednesdays commencement ceremony at harvard university. the queen of all media gave graduates real talk after discussing past ratings troubles with her cable network. >> the law of averages predicts that you will at some point fall. when you do, ...

0 he says hell spend more time studying physics this summer now that he won his final spelling bee. at 7:22 eastern he will be live on "fox & friends." we will challenge him. can he spell kinnish? >>brian: thats what makes him different. a lot of people when they have an elective they choose auto mechanics. he chooses physics. >>steve: first boy who won since 2008. lets talk about the d.c. scandals. lets focus on the one where the department of justice cracking down trying to prosecute journalis...

0 and is back in the u.s. this morning after a week long drug bust nightmare. 42-year-old yanira maldonado was arrested last wednesday by mexican soldiers after they allegedly found nearly 12 pounds of marijuana under her seat on a bus traveling from mexico to arizona. maldonado spoke briefly with reporters after her release. >> i want to say thank you first to god because im free now. and he sent me good people my way. and im very grateful that im free that -- for my family, my children. >> you...

crowned the nations newest spelling bee champ. he will tell us what a knaidel is when we talk to him live. friday may 31st, 2013.3 c1 good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. im makt lawytt lauer. >> the question everyone is asking is what is a knaidel any way. >> i have a history with knaidel. some call them another name but we are proud of the new york man that won the national spelling bee and we will tell you more about that. and you are in london and we will hear mo...

from jail after the case against her started falling apart. abcs gio benitez is in nogales, arizona, and joins us live on the phone. gio, whats the latest? >> reporter: hey, john, diana, talk about some late breaking news, right, this was just midnight local time when we find out that she is being released from jail, released from prison really because here in mexico when youre there and youre arrested, youre put into a prison. she was side by side with criminals like convicted murdere...

last wednesday by mexican soldiers. they allegedly found nearly 12 pounds of marijuana under her seat on a bus traveling from mexico to arizona. maldonado spoke briefly with reporters after her release. >> i want to speak, thank you. first to god because im free now and he sent good people my way. and im very grateful that im fr free, for my family, my children. >> you can see her making her way here across the mexican border into the u.s. in this video. a judge releasing maldonado aft...

0 nothing stop as bullet like a job. and well see where that philosophy is making a positive impact right now. well get to all of those stories. first, a nelson mandela is stil in the hospital right now. mandela spent 27 years in prison under south africa apartheid president. he was the first person to win the presidency in a national multiracial election. hes 94 years old. hes been in and out of the hospital a few times over the past few months. first of all, whats the government saying about t...

this is not the first deadly accident at pinal air park. >> no, no, hes not breathing, sir. >> reporter: that was a 911 call from 2008 when three trained servicemen died during parachute training within six months of each other. >> it looks like we have a gentleman that parachuted out or something like that, and he didnt make it. >> reporter: parachute training was temporarily put on hold at pinal air park following those accidents. investigators would later conclude all three deaths w...

>> top stories were following this easter weekend.saturday, march 30th. a teenager and his grandmother attacked in san franciscos mission district. how police are responding coming up. >> a nasty attack at the giants and as game at a-t and t ballpark. we have details on the fight.. caught on video. >> and a rainy easter weekend in the bay area. with more on the way. with the very latest on your forecast, lets check in with janu arasu. were taking this live look outside at the golden g...