[Michael Smerconish, Cnn Anchor:] Hey, good morning. I'm Michael Smerconish. President Obama says he plans to degrade and destroy ISIS. House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Ed Royce and the panel ranking Democrat Eliot Engel both join me to explain what the U.S. should do. Plus could medical marijuana be the solution to drug addiction? I'll talk with the lead author of a startling new study and why women need to go to college. It's not for a B.A. but for an MRS. That's according to one woman who wrote a book on the topic. It all begins at 9:00 eastern. Christi and Martin.
[Paul:] That's going to be a good one Michael, thank you so much. "SMERCONISH" airs this morning at the top of the hour, 9:00 A.M. eastern.
[Jimmy Fallon, Host, "late Night With Jimmy Fallon":] All right. I feel bad for this lady here. A new station in southern Ohio sent a reporter out to cover a big storm. And just watch this.
[Unidentified Female:] A lot of lightning and heavy rain in the area. Gabrielle. Hey, Leticia, the wind is blowing very hard. It just broke my umbrella. I'm soaking wet. The lightning is very bright.
[Fallon:] You heard it here folks. Rain is wet and lightning is bright. OK. We understand the lightning is very bright, Gabrielle. The rain, wet?
[Paul:] Oh, I feel bad for her. Somebody put her in that position.
[Savidge:] I know. This is what happens when news directors stay behind and you go out in the field.
[Paul:] When they sit in the chairs and watch you.
[Savidge:] Yes. They're comfy and dry go, how does that happen?
[Paul:] We're not ripping on our boss or anything.
[Savidge:] No. No, not at all. A severe thunderstorm though we should point out it's heading to the northeast
[Paul:] And it is wet and it's windy.
[Savidge:] All you reporters out there, get ready to get ready to hit the street. 365,000 people without power
[Paul:] Yikes. Yes. Jennifer.
[Jennifer Gray, Ams Meteorologist:] It was a bad one. Definitely it's going to be wet and bright across places in the Midwest and northeast as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours. And yes, really hit hard in Michigan and northern portions of Illinois. Look at the storm reports from yesterday. We have 152 winds reports, eight hail reports. In fact we have a video out of Michigan showing the storm. It was just awful. At one point, 385,000 people without power. Now that number is down to 365,000 customers. And it looks like it could take days to get power restored. More than 2,000 power lines down with this storm. So, it was definitely a nasty one. This is all part of the same system that's going to be heading to the northeast later today. Right now, not so bad. We have completely quiet conditions all up and down New England from D.C. all the way up to Boston into Maine. But some very warm moist air is fuelling the storms and that is what's going to pull in a slight risk of severe weather for today. Your main threats of course being very gusty winds, large hail, slight possibility of a tornado. But the hail and wind threat definitely going to be out there. So, U.S. Open for today could impact some of those matches. 91 degrees, your afternoon high of course. This is going to be pushing off shore as we go through tomorrow. But we could see some nasty ones across the New England area. A much cooler air, guys, coming in right behind it. We will see temperatures dip in the 70s next week.
[Savidge:] Very nice.
[Paul:] I could go running again.
[Savidge:] Open the windows.
[Paul:] Jennifer, thank you.
[Savidge:] I have been in that young lady's position of standing up in that weather.
[Paul:] Yes. Yes. And it is not easy.
[Savidge:] No, it isn't.
[Paul:] And when it is coming at you like that, God bless you.
[Savidge:] I thought she did great. Absolutely.
[Paul:] She did. She did.
[Savidge:] Moving on. She dished out harsh critiques and she made people around the world laugh while do it. After the break, we will talk with the man who helped write some of Joan Rivers' punch lines and it was very close friend of the comedienne.