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so an incredible situation unfolding in joplin, missouri. unfortunately, its very reminiscent of what happened a few weeks ago in northern alabama. absolutely. to our viewers, here is the reality of it. 24 fatalities reported so far. widespread damage across the country from a tornado touching down. they dont know how many fatalities, how many injuries in all of this. people there being called the walking wounded. as jackie said, evacuating a hospital. they set up mobile facility. mi...

Many fatalities here is because the water table here is very high. nobody has any basements. there was no place to find safety if that tornado was bearing down upon you, and it was strong enough that it was able to take out any building that was stoppeding in front of it, buildings like the house that was here behind me, just off in the distance and darkness, theres a tree, a huge pine tree snapped like a pencil. over this way heres a cinder block building. this was a garage. can you see the win...

Oklahoma. chad myers is tracking this for us. what about those folks in talladega? >> what do you do? they are in tents and in a pickup truck. thats a completely dangerous situation. theres not a storm within 30 minutes. when it gets closer they may do an emergency situation and get everybody underneath the stands. there is all of that concrete and building, the cinder block. i dont think you have room for 30,000 people. well have to see. theres a lot of weather. if you live in louisiana, missis...

And can imagine anyone in the hospital, it will be ugly. >> i feel like mary poppins. what is wrong here? i think this is genius because its the application of technology and efficiency. >> how do you know youll have an emergency like, now he north texas tomorrow at 6:00 oclock ill be sick? >> if youre having a heart attack, thats one thing. but most people go to the emergency room to get five stitches in their arm. oh, you cut your thumb because you dont know how to use a knife in the kitchen. ...

Needed jobs to the area. phil keating is live in the miami bureau. tell us about the the underwater corral areas. theyre almost like farms. >> they truly are, martha, they are like you would see in a tomato familiar or some other vegetable and they grow stag horn and elk horn corral which are the only two species listed on the ang dangered species. they were punished and decimated in large population numbers in the 1980s and when you -- what you have are rows of cinder block and pipe, rows attac...

But behind me is, we have been showing you this morning, its a cinder block building, three levels. that would put the winds at least 150 miles an hour. walk over here, steel beams down everywhere. and theres another business and look how the steel beams are wrapped around there. i talked to the bus driver, and he kind of chuckled and said at least im getting a new bus for the school year. around 60 tornadoes, that the preliminary count across parts of four or five states. weather service teams ...

Incredible video from south dakota where are storm chasers caught three funnel clouds on tape, all at the same time. >> three of them. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god is right. that string of storms tore through minnesota killing three people while flattening most of the town of wadena and the weather channels mike seidel is right there. plenty to see,ç mike. good day. >> reporter: hello, alex. yes, a day where they are picking up and cleaning up. its a slow process. whoa. almost fell over this c...

Over 135 miles per hour at 5:00 yesterday. this whole building which is concrete, cinder block. look at this bus over here. this is the amazing pictures. big steel beams over here being twisted and turned by the tornadic winds and then thrown into this school bus over here. we actually talked to the driver of this bus and he kind of chuckled a little lighter moment. he said at least ill get a new bus for the school year. no one was killed here because they had a 36 minute warning on the sirens. ...

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Gilmore came from texas. theres a certain outlaw quality to his father, the whole family. i think they lean towards that. i think people that come from more of a calm life, more sedate might go towards lethal injections. i think it has a lot to do with how you look at the world irrespective of the crime you committed. >> your account was put in norman mailers book, "the executioners song." when you talk about gary gilmores execution you mention in your writing after the gunfire you could smell t...