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Is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. the threat of the twister, america's 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. i'm alex witt. we have some big developing news out on the weather front. a series of violent storms are raking the country's mid section. they are slowly moving east. forecasters have been telling people from iowa to...

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 let's 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 it's the proverbial calm before the next storm. last night we had something like 22 tornadoes, 19 in kansas, 3 in nebraska. a slight lull here. but what we're hearing is this a warmup for the next round of storms that's going to thr...

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 you call a culture of intimidation at the irs to target political opponents? >> i don't think we kn...

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. we're in a suburban kind of mall area. can you see it's 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 you're seeing here goes on -- this whole street is shut down. it goes on for a period of blocks. and these are big power poles, not small ones. >> no, yeah, absolutely....

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. i'll begin with you, john, as you contributed to this article in the "new york times" which says "the p...