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but those voices leave no doubt. 20 terrified strangers huddled inside a stores industrial-sized refrigerator. outside a tornado is ripping apart joplin, missouri. and take a listen again -- >> were good. were good. were good. [ screams ] [ wind sounds ] >> jesus. je jesus, jesus. >> i love everyone. i love everyone, man. i love you. >> jesus, jesus, jesus. heavenly father. >> this is joplin this morning. after daylight revealed the devastation, the tornado cut through the center of to...

Mile after mile of water. it stretches all the way to the horizon here. as you point out the impact on the farming community here has been significant, not just on this farmers heefield, but a million acres under water. this is an industry thats about $16 billion in the state annually, so thats a large chunk of money and they arent going to know the final tally for another month and a half because it will take that long to drape and then they have to figure out what crop to plant mid season. two...

Appear were on the banks of a river. were not. were on the banks of a farmers field. instead of seeing acre after acre of farmland, you look at mile after mile of water. there should be no water within sight of this place. it stretches all the way to the horizon here. as you point out the impact on the farming community here has been significant, not just on this farmers field, but a million acres under water. $500 million in damage. thats just a best guesstimate on the part of the state agricul...

Two farmers own this land and the water threatened their home. so they were quick to act and they put this dike up. it was built in a day and a half using a backhoe. it surrounds their entire house. if that dike wasnt there, their house would be gone. their neighbors houses are already gone. theyve been able to save their property by that earthen dam. the only problem is the water continues to rise. theyre not certain it will hold back the level, depending how high it rises. how fast and how lon...

Farming community has been significant. its not just on this farmers field, but a million acres under water, $500 million. thats just a best guesstimate on the part of the state agricultural industry. this is an industry about $16 billion in the state, so its a large chunk of money and they really arent going to know the final tally for another month and a half because it will take that long for these fields to drain and they have to figure out what crop to plant mid season. let me show you some...

Communities. you see this line of cars right here? this line is getting longer, i promise you that. these guys are waiting for the sand. one lady said, i left work early, because i knew i had to get my hands on some of that sand. she waited here for three hours. some trustees working here, inmates, pretty safe to say all hands are on deck this afternoon in these communities. >> shepard: i mentioned 1973. i dont remember them opening that thing since 73. there was a bad flood then. >> youre exact...

Buried later in a coffin seven feet down. what was happening according to the workers is they were not given word in many cases that there was an urn already in a grave. what happened is the backhoe would scoop it up and we had workers working in the full pit and they would come across the urns that had been tossed and whats really frightening about that is the arlington debacle is a fiasco as it is, but those remains cant be recovered. they are gone forever. >> wow. what is arlington saying? wi...

To laos or germany or wherever to look for downed air men that might have been missing for 40 years and analyze the remains at the largest forensic laboratory in hawaii, and its just very strange to me that the military would make such a strong commitment to no one left behind for, yeah, a finger bone in vietnam, but wont even use a backhoe at arlington. very, very strange. >> i can imagine a lot of veterans out there want it fixed and want it fixed now. mark benjamin, "time" magazine, thanks so...

And the consumers buying luxury items, the price hike is probably going to be about 2 or $3. if theyre buying luxury items between up yards of $150, a 2 to $3 price hike isnt -- theyre not going to feel the pinch that much. the consumer that is buying the t-shirts for $25, jeans for $45, when you see the price hike of 3 to $4, thats when you see the pinch. >> appreciate your time. >> thank you. it was a 19-hour long or deal for a little terrier. this dog, eddie, got stuck 50 feet down a pipe. ...

Into action and wound up using a backhoe in order to finally free eddie, and hes doing just fine. wow. poor little guy. anyway, its a developing fight that could play a big role in shaping the political landscape. the battle over a wisconsin plan to balance the budget by cutting benefits for state workers is not going away. both president obama and top republicans are entering the frey. meanwhile, a split over spending in washington points to a potential shutdown of the federal government less...