planted there. but very disturbing evidence gathered. aftthank you, eamon. about 200 people packed a church in moore for a memorial service that came to honor the 24 victims of that tornado that decimated last monday and the two victims of a tornado that slammed through shawnee, oklahoma, a day earlier. on sunday, president obama paid this emotional visit to moore, touring the damage and meeting with officials and first responders telling everyone, effectively, we ve got your back. we know that moore is going to come back stronger from this tragedy. your may more said that you re already printing new street signs and i want folks affected
course of the response to this fire. it was contained to this one particular deck and it was out by 5:17. so, again, the fire starting just before 3:00 and not out until just after 5:00. so far, we ve been keeping in touch with the u.s. coast guard. no reports of injuries or casualties. a carnival cruise ship was put on standby but no evacuations. this should be in shreveport within the next two to three hours. if anybody on board was actually injured during the course of the fire. thomas, back to you. katie johnson, thank you. appreciate it. moore, oklahoma residence are trying to find normalcy. president obama turns to the men and women who sacrificed their lives to serve our country. it s a full plate for the president and the first family.
throughout oklahoma to know that we re going to be with you every step of the way. charles hadlock is joining us from moore, oklahoma. it s been almost one week after this happened. weather has hampered efforts for people to get in and clean up. reporter: yeah, it s rain a couple of times since this storm came through. today is a national holiday, of course, a working holiday here in moore as people continue the task of cleaning up after this massive storm. as you recall, about 1200 homes were flattened and another 12,000 were damaged in the storm. yesterday, president obama came to town to offer moral support. he met with victims of the family. he also toured the elementary school, what is left of it, in this neighborhood. he also talked with first responders and thanked them for their fast and rapid response for saving lives in the minutes