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Daughter to take care of. we need to have some closure one way or the other, to be able to move on. >> can you just imagine? cnns jackie jair rest is in joplin. there is a lot to go through. there are 8,000 structures that have to be searched through in a grid pattern. look at all the rubble. each and every one of these individual homes and businesses has to be searched by rescue workers and dogs. they have to take all of this debris out of here. in addition to that, communication has been dif...

the source says he has been moved to this luxury townhouse that recently rented for $60,000 per month. new unemployment numbers, 424,000 americans filed for jobless benefits for the first time. an increase in 10,000. in joplin, missouri, the heartbreak builds and the uncertainty grows unbearable. officials will release a list of people still missing from the tornado zone. many families are now entering a fourth day of agonizing questions and exhaustive searches. he still hasnt be...

The brother is not a suspect. there is no person of interest at this time. >> four days into the investigation, and hundreds of volunteers are still showing up anxious to help. decatur county sheriff. >> everybody is devastated because these things doesnt happen in our county, a county of less than 12,000 population. you know, you always hear about these things but we would never dream that it would come to our area. >> and has everyone been cooperative, the family and friends and neighbors? >> ...

The brother is not a suspect. there is no person of interest at this time. >> four days into the investigation, and hundreds of volunteers are still showing up anxious to help. decatur county sheriff. >> everybody is devastated because these things doesnt happen in our county, a county of less than 12,000 population. you know, you always hear about these things but we would never dream that it would come to our area. >> and has everyone been cooperative, the family and friends and neighbors? >> ...

About that. because as you said, this focus on the pool area, the base. and if you read that report, it makes it very clear that thats one of the biggest issues. it says that the waterproofing around that pool is beyond its useful life. and so when you read that there is major structural damage, that there are patched repairs de deteriorating exposed rebar it raises questions about who knew about it and when and we were trying to ask those questions through the weekend, john. to try to get answe...

Details about the building structural integrity from a 2018 engineers report that warned of what was described as major structural damage that required immediate repair. despite that, cnn has learned that residents were assured that the tower was in, quote, very good shape. lets begin our special coverage this hour, cnns rosa florez has the latest on the search efforts. youre not very far away from where all of this is unfolding. update our viewers. >> reporter: well, according to the fire chief...

He also shared that the seven efforts have changed a little bit. they are using a grid pattern now. of course, using every tool that they have, cameras, dogs, sonar, and he also shared that that fire that we were talking about yesterday has been contained. that, of course, is good news in the effort because this allows firefighters to continue their work in a safer manner because they didnt know exactly what was smoldering and what that plume of smoke contained. and so that is helping rescuers t...

Weve spoken on length at this part of the investigation but can you give us a sense of how the underwater investigation will be progressing in terms of searching for the flight data recorders and the cockpit voice recorders and what are some of the major obstacles the search teams will be undergoing at the moment? >> first of all, thank you for having me here. first and foremost is the weather. weve had weather the past several of days and thats something they cant fight against. they have to wa...

And now youve got down here is where they believe that the plane may have traveled over the straight of mal la made la came straight of made la came and up into the indian ocean. thats why the u.s. has a p 3 orion plane doing a grid pattern up there, as well. if we go back to the super wide view, theyre now moving the entire search zone up into this area, as well. and down into this area, as well. and the indian ocean is 28 square miles. so if it kept flying, it could be out here, up here, it co...