Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

Senator Dutiery Chairman Dick Durbin has invited Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts

to testify the hearing next month.

And PR's DeGio Walsh reports it follows reports Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose

gifts from a Republican donor.

Senator Durbin is asking Justice Roberts or his designate to appear at a May 2 hearing

on ethics.

An issue are recent revelations that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted and did not report

luxury vacations and a real estate deal with Harlan Crow, a Texas billionaire.

Durbin says, quote, the time has come for a new public conversation on ways to restore

confidence in the court's ethical standards.

And he notes there's precedent for a sitting justice to testify before Congress.

DeGio Walsh and PR News.

A strong storm is with tornadoes that hit the central U.S. last night or being blamed

for at least three deaths in Oklahoma, as well as power outages.

And there are watches up today for points of Illinois for severe storms, also with possible

tornadoes.

Yesterday's storms brought up to three inch diameter hail in some spots at a pizza restaurant

in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Employees sheltered in a walk-in freezer going to manager Becca Ingram.

A lot of commotion people were starting to get a little frantic and I was like, it's

okay calm down.

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