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And violent very quick as it approached the town. >> greta: as we look at the funnel cloud any estimate how far away you are shooting this? >> i estimate we were about 300 to 400 yards away when it was a multi-of course tech tornado. >> greta: what made you so sure it wasnt going to come directly at you? >> i was hanging out the window and watching above my head, watching which way it was going. we knew were safe in the location we were at. we felt safe where we were. >> greta: scott, thank you....

Funnel cloud halfway down to the ground. in this area. still while we are getting reports right now. still have a lot of trackers on these storms that we have all throughout the -- now were moving into east central oklahoma is what is going on right now. as the storms track that way they continue to still be strong. they are not as strong as they were before but these can still easily produce a tornado like we are getting right now and parts of potawanmi county. funnel halfway down to the ground...

Everybody, praying for joplin. i was at my parents house on the north side of town and i knew there was a storm coming in so i went back to my apartment where there was covering for my car. i was only worried about hail at that point. i went up to my roof, foolishly. ive never been afraid of tornadoes. i wanted to get a picture of the storm. i saw the funnel cloud. it was rain-wrapped, like they said. at that time i knew something really bad was going on. i went to the first floor of my building...

Wind and rain coming. in there are other people, however, shepard, who say that they heard the sirens, they simply didnt take them seriously. they didnt think that they were specifically meant for them that the tornado was heading in their direction. >> shepard: it doesnt look like the weather has been any help today, mike. >> no. you can see the rain is coming down right now. sometimes we have had hail coming down. the only good fortune is that the winds have never gotten really strong. we have...

Theyll be out of the woods, how long the warnings will last? they move very quickly, those thunderstorms. were looking at 45 miles per hour, so in 30 minutes, that should be out of that area. alisyn: thank you very much for giving us insight into what theyre looking at today, how tragic, and how scary that they have yet another round to deal with when they havent even obviously found those missing from the last one. rick: unbelievable. alisyn: meanwhile a twister as weve been talking about has c...

Two live events were watching at this hour. 30 minutes after noon eastern time. were watching on the left-hand side dublin, ireland, president obama about to make a speech, an address to trinity college there. then on the right-hand side, tim pawlenty, after announcing he will make his formal move forward as a presidential candidate today. hell be making that announcement on the right-hand side. were watching both of those for you. now to the deadliest twister to hit missouri in 60 years. this...

buildings sustaining significant damage. that includes one of the citys main hospitals. the national guard on patrol with a state of emergency in effect. andres cue teams they keep searching today, this afternoon, all through the day for survivors. joplin, missouri, the latest victim of a volatile wave of turbulent springtime weather. brian todd in the thick of it. >> reporter: drew, rescue teams are combing through grid by grid, house by house in this city. the houses that are left ar...

Emergency management division. she says at least five people were injured, anticipating that to go up as well. the governor has declared a state of disaster for more than a dozen counties in eastern kansas. >> its coming! some power lines right here! >> this is what some storm chasers caught up with in oklahoma. they saw the funnel cloud forming. no reports of injuries from this one. also, out of yazoo, mississippi, as if it wasnt bad enough in some places, this is what some people are having to...

Yemeni security forces got the diplomats out safely. back in this country, one man is under arrest and police are questioning other suspects in the brutal beating of a san francisco giants fan. two men attacked brian stow outside dodgers stadium in march. witnesses say he was hit from behind and knocked to the ground. stow sustained a brain injury after that attack. all right. lets check out the weather scene now. some dramatic video of a funnel cloud forming over northeastern kansas. one pe...

And, tell me about old mr. cain. >> actually, i just saw him outside your studios, downstairs. hes obviously very excited about a a run and is a different kind of candidate, though. hes different from a lot of other candidates, in kneeled in that he is not an elected official, doesnt have a track record and does have a track record as a business man and im sure, if he becomes a serious contender people will look into that a lot more seriously. >> eric: well talk about herman cain in a few minute...