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Disaster declaration for our state and giving us approval on that. as you know, administrator not only did we have a storm that passed through yesterday but we also had storms and loss of life and loss of homes and businesses on sunday. when this storm actually began to roll through the state of oklahoma. so thank you for your assistance. i also have a second phone call a few moments ago from president obama. once again, reiterating that fema is here to help bring any resources to bear, to help ...

Emergency personnel who raced to help as soon as the tornado passed. and with all of those who, as darkness fell, searched for survivors through the night. as a nation, our full focus right now is on the urgent work of rescue. and the hard work of recovery and rebuilding that lies ahead. yesterday, i spoke with governor fallen to make it clear to oklahomans that they would have all of the resources that they need at their disposal. last night, i issued a disaster declaration to expedite those re...

We appreciate you administrator. we appreciate your very prompt response in answering our disaster declaration for our state and giving us approval on that. as you know, administrator, not only did we have the storm that passed through yesterday, but we also had the storms and loss of life and loss of homes and businesses on sunday. when the storm actually began to roll through the state of oklahoma. so thank you for your assistance, i also had a second phone call a few moments ago from presiden...

Weve been asking what that is. ive found the answer. it was part of an oil arpth. it flu in for a half a mile. that kind of large missile flying half a mile. that is unprecedented. as long as the national weather service finds that, that is going to get anytime the ef5 category. >> were looking at that now for some people perspective, thats probably roughly the size of a mobile home. >> its the size of a mobile home but its sheet metal. its big mettle there. thick. pi would guess that half inch ...

That is -- as long as the national weather service finds that, that is going to get it in the ef-5 category. >> were looking at that now for some people. thats probably about the size of a mobile home or so? >> its large. its sheet metal. its big metal there. thick. i would guess thats going to be half an inch to maybe three-inch thick. so it is really dense, really heavy. that is not going to fly through the air very easily. >> reporter: dr. forbes, thank you very much. truly the worlds biggest...

Remain on the ground, there for them, beside them as long as it takes. for there are homes and schools to rebuild, businesses and hospitals to reopen. there are parents to console, first responders to comfort, and of course, frightened children who will need our continues love and attention. >> nbcs peter alexander is live at the white house. we know the president has already reached out to the governor of oklahoma, and as i learned earlier today, hes also spoken with the mayor of moore. >> yeah...

>> what does this mean for washington, if anything? i would imagine folks in washington are paying attention, but what does that mean what when she declares a state of emergency? >> reporter: this is actually part of the post hurricane katrina, some of the changes made after hurricane katrina that a governor can request an emergency declaration at the moment, sometimes even before, but at the moment something happens just to be able to begin to let the federal resources flow. sometimes thats jus...

Acting fraud leaptly or looting. what are you keeping an eye on in texas? >> two things. first, is when there is a disaster declaration, my office is authorized to make a declaration, which we have. warning against price gouging. we see in the aftermath of hurricanes and other tragedies. we want to make sure that the victims of the west blast are not going to be faced up jacked up prices because of an increased sudden demand. so we are warning people not to jack up prices. the second thing we ar...

Relief, yet asked for a disaster declaration following a flood in his home state of wisconsin? marsha blackburn of tennessee, she too voted no, asked for disaster assistance following a flood in tennessee. louie gohmert. you can always depend on a no vote there. he requested a broader disaster declaration following hurricane ike. jim jordan of ohio, a no vote, requested a disaster declaration after storms in his state. can you believe this? tom price of georgia a no? he voted no for sandy relief...

He is, paul ryan of wisconsin. you know, he voted no on sandy relief, yet asked for a disaster declaration following a flood in his home state of wisconsin? marsha blackburn of tennessee, she too voted no, asked for disaster assistance following a flood in tennessee. louie gohmert. you can always depend on a no vote there. he requested a broader disaster declaration following hurricane ike. jim jordan of ohio, a no vote, requested a disaster declaration after storms in his state. can you believe...