head, dominique strauss-kahn, and reports say that sin50 25t r put up mansion, paying for armed guards to watch him as well as the rent on the manhattan apartment and french finance minister christine la guard is emerging as the fabenrite to take over the imf. the u.k. is the first g-7 nation to endorse her. plus, a series of deadly tornly,gen sweeping through kansas overnight and incredible images shows one of mehe twisters touching down into topeka. and from reading, kansas, one man dly, and several others reportedly hurt and nearly 200 homes destroyed. an official report of the damage is eflected later on mehis morning. . dave: those are your nea. iines, and here is maria molina in for rick. good morning. good morning.