check it out, if you want to follow me on twitter @wolf blitzer cnn, you can also follow me on facebook, cnn situation room. here s a closer look at some of this hour s hot shots. in tokyo, a group of buddhist mon monks demonstrated against nuclear power plants. in paris, the tennis spectators take a break from the french open to have lunch on the grass. and young people eagerly await president obama while showing off their obama shirts. hot shots, pictures coming in from around the world. the preacher who predicted last weekend s rapture says he s stunned it didn t come to pass. but everyone wants to know, what s his message now. reporter: what was good news for most of us the world did not come to an
teams with he has to deal with the tornado devastation back here at home. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. it s been almost 24 hours since the people of joplin, missouri hid in their homes as the tornado tore through their city. officials say 116 people were killed and many more injured. this makes this storm tied for the second deadliest twister. the toll is expected to climb as one resident puts it. everybody s going to know people who are dead. a massive rescue operations under way that has been hampered by more bad weather. many pipes are damaged. despite the obstacles of success today, the governor says that there were seven rescues. in some cases, entire families were pulled from the rubble alive. at least 2,000 buildings are damaged, including one of the city s two hospitals. brian todd is joining us from outside of that hospital. he s joining us live now. brian? reporter: wolf, as you can see, we re getting another thunderstorm. they have bee