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The economic picture is still uncertain. an extreme weather alert this morning. tornado watches and flash flood warning high in the southeast today and other areas are getting pounded with rain. maria is live with the weather. where the tornado threat the hi hi highest? >> in covington county mississippi there was a tornado that touched down with power line damage and damage to several homes. now thaw are in eastern alabama, georgia and pushing into the florida panhandle. this is where we have the tornado watch until 4 p.m. eastern time. so it is ongoing.

Dana perino, a co-host of "the five" here on fnc, press secretary under president george w. bush, not a cabinet position, but a top advisor to the president, president obama does not have a female press secretary either. is this fair or unfair? >> well, someone sent me that photograph that the new york times ran of the men and they asked me, do you notice anything in this photo. the first thing i noticed no one is wearing a tie and the tie was a requirement in the bush white house, had to wear a tie in the oval office if you're going in and pointed out look, there's no women. okay, well, we al...

Nominate jack lew has the next treasury secretary. he would replace the current treasury secretary tim geithner. as president obama's second term cabinet begins to take shape. by the way, i'll tell you this is not without controversy. some republicans are saying it's not going to happen for jack lew, we don't know whether that's true, but this is not without controversy. they're not that excited about him. the president as he makes his announcement is taking heat from both sides of the aisle today for failing to nominate a single woman to replace the outgoing members of his cabinet. top member...

Polish president and his wife crashed killing everyone on board. the plane happened to be carrying some of the country's hi highest military government and civilian leaders. >> joining us on the phone from moscow is carl and he can tell us exactly what is unfolding, carl, at this hour we're learning that the plane was attempting to land in heavy fog and what may have caused the crash and they may have circled a number of times before trying to land? >> local officials are saying there in the city about 200 miles west of moscow, they said that the pilots were advised to land in minsk and belaru...