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Declared. theres the airport, closed, but the governor saying that they do expect it to be back up to 70% capacity by tomorrow. whether or not it can in fact actually work at 70% capacity that depends on the airlines and their capabilities. also, about 750 homes damaged across the state. fewer than 100 of those are uninhabitable, the governor saying that. just remarkable footage, no deaths reported in missouri, but five injuries. well continue to bring you updated throughout the -- updates. >> t...

Okay, fell on top of this house behind me, another brick house. they have some significant roof damage. also some damage to the car. and down the street, you can see how, you know, the whole street was littered and closed. theyre trying to get streets open. look at all the trees in the distance. you can see the inside the bark, you can see the center of the tree, all those have been sheared off. you mention the airport, five injuries, the tornado touched down there first, jostling planes, pickin...

Evacuated us off the plane and right into the bathroom in the terminal. >> reporter: inside the airport the powerful winds ripped the roof on concourse c and shattered the windows in the terminal. >> the wind came up. we tried to hold the door closed. it was pushing so hard, i said we got to get out of here. we let the door slam open and dove behind the counter as the windows blew out going to our right-hand side. if it wasnt for the counter, we would have got sprayed with glass. >> can you beli...

Saga? good morning, im alex witt. welcome to msnbc saturday. all flights canceled until further notice at the st. louis airport after an apparent tornado tore through the air field last night. the violent storm lifted a roof off the terminal and sent shards of plate glass flying everywhere. one traveler in the terminal says he barely escaped getting hurt. >> the wind came up, me and the gentleman behind the counter tried to hold the door closed. it was pushing so hard, i told him, we got to ge...

Barbra streisand is? no. and she got up and sang, and she was very good. >> last year, she repaid the debt by performing again at the vanguard, something she talked about in a recently released dvd. >> after everything i have done and everywhere i have been, i am back to where i started. life is a circle, right? >> you are surrounded by the faces of jazz greats. the history is thick. you can almost breathe it in. >> in 1989, max gordon died, and lorraine gordon says she was completely unprepared...

This discussion. i think most americans are thinking about things far from whether or not the governments going to shut down, frankly. yes, they want their parks open, but their parks are important to them because for 100 years, the country believed in the land and the earth and preserving space for the public good. thats important to americans. they dont see the big picture here. theyre less would nanting by t discussion, happy that its over. compromise is great. do they see unity? do they see ...

Their money. but jobs are getting better. jobs are getting better. >> but when you look at something like this, you look at an inability to agree on matters of spending, a sense of certainty out of government. that cant bode well for how the markets, at least, view our debt situation, our housing situation. >> well, theres no doubt about it. they joked about the idea of what is armageddon, but armageddon just means that perhaps we have a situation like portugal or like ireland, like greece, engl...

>> but when you look at something like this, you look at an inability to agree on matters of spending, a sense of certainty out of government. that cant bode well for how the markets, at least, view our debt situation, our housing situation. >> well, theres no doubt about it. they joked about the idea of what is armageddon, but armageddon just means that perhaps we have a situation like portugal or like ireland, like greece, england, france. all these countries cut back because they fear the int...

Save our social security, medicare, our retirement programs for this generation and future generations, repair the social safety net so that it works, not to encourage people to go on welfare, but to get back on their feet and pay off this debt. this plan, using cbo numbers, gets the debt paid off so our children -- you and i are the same age, same age of our children -- we want to give our children a debt-free nation. thats what this plan does. i think thats what this country wants. they want g...

Be raised if youre really going to get into the realm of asking something of the american people, shared sacrifice, not just helping upper earners? >> shared sacrifice, meaning sort of indiscriminate cuts across the board is what you do in a debt crisis. were trying to preempt a debt crisis. so were keeping the eye on the ball on spending cuts and growth. the president just raised taxes $800 billion, is calling for another $1.85 trillion in tax increases. you slow down economic growth. we want j...