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Some survivors? it is not too late? >> good evening. yes. we are going to continue searching throughout the evening. we are not going to give up on anyone. we are going to continue searching until we get through the debris and get everything removed so we can get a good look at all the structures. >> you started yesterday on this, after the tornado hit. tell me how you did this? >> the local responders... got there first. then we actually responded with oklahoma task force 1, which is our state ...

Little boy was still alive. now wonlders why the school didnt have a better shelter plan. >> i think every school in oklahoma should have an underground shelter. it shouldnt take a tornado this size and this many kids hurt, missing, lost their lives to realize they need underground shelters. >> that was nbc news kate snow reporting. coming up, what happened at one of the other elementary schools here in moore, oklahoma as our live coverage continues. [ indistinct conversations ] [ male announc...

Years ago, took the lives of 161 people. secretary napolitano will fly from joplin to moore, oklahoma where shes planning on meeting with local officials there and inspecting the damage. you know, in 1999, in may, 1999 when the huge tornado with the fastest speeds ever recorded on earth, when it hit moore, oklahoma, that up until that point had been the most expensive tornado in american history. that was the first tornado, moore oklahoma, may 3rd, 1999, to cause more than a billion dollars dama...

As a nation, our full focus now is on the urgent work of rescue and the hard work of recovery and rebuilding that lies ahead. >> today, the moore, oklahoma fire chief provided this update on the search and rescue effort. >> we will be through every damaged piece of property in this city at least three times before were done, and we hope to be done by dark tonight. no survivor has been fou found recently in the past few hours. >> any found today? >> no, sir. >> joined by paramedic crew chief shaw...

Own emergency shelters, more than 170 members of the oklahoma national guard are here tonight helping police, fire cruise and rescue workers with the massive recovery effort. i am joined now by msnbcs thomas roberts who has been on the ground here in moore all day. thomas, the red cross effort here has really geared up quickly. >> it really has geared up quickly. as you brought out top of the show how people turned out today, trying to pick through their homes, to find anything they could take a...

In oklahoma, the president pledged federal help to victims of the storm, quote, right away. homeland security security janet napolitano will be visiting oklahoma tomorrow, but on her way there, shes going to stop in joplin, missouri to speak at a ceremony marking the anniversary of another massive tornado that ravaged joplin two years ago, took the lives of 161 people. secretary napolitano will fly from joplin to moore, oklahoma where shes planning on meeting with local officials there and inspe...

Process. in february of this year, officials in moore announced on their website that they were trying to get more funding for shelters but fema requirements in their words were a constantly moving target. that was in february that they said that. then yesterday of course 14 years after the big may 3rd tornado, ten years after the other big one that hit moore in 2003, it happened again. and we cannot know for sure what difference more safe rooms would have made in moore, oklahoma, when that torn...

In february of this year, officials in moore announced on their website that they were trying to get more funding for shelters but fema requirements in their words were a constantly moving target. that was in february that they said that. then yesterday of course 14 years after the big may 3rd tornado, ten years after the other big one that hit moore in 2003, it happened again. and we cannot know for sure what difference more safe rooms would have made in moore, oklahoma, when that tornado struc...

Live coverage. thank you for being with us. the sun has just set on the day after here in moore, oklahoma. some people who survived yesterdays tornado have returned to this street where all of the homes have been destroyed and theyve been looking for something, anything that they can pick out of the rubble that was once their homes. >> thank you for joining us on this day two of the tragedy in moore, oklahoma, coming to a close. >> this is the cover of the oklahoman, worse than may 3rd. >> as ...

>> thats fantastic. people are looking for things, trying to find what we could possibly find. she seemed a little -- she was very alert, present, but also a little dazed, looking at this, thinking where do i even turn. >> well, the house to her, she explained, this was the living room, this was the kitchen. you look at it, it is a slab. hard to make anything out except for the bathtub, and that saved their lives. >> in the middle of it all, saved everybody. thomas roberts, thanks for being here...