On my Outlook e-mail I am unable to access my e-mail and there is a section at the top that is not normally there?

For the past 4 days my msn outlook e-mail does not display correctly and I cannot select any of my e-mails even though I can see them. Also there is a view of (it looks like a preference selection window) at the top that I have not seen before. My e-mail shows up fine on other computers. I have made a screen shot, but do not see a place to upload it here.