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course of jefferson missouri. you look at the thunderstorms themselves, the one that spawned that large tornado. i believe i heard christine talking about the 13,000 foot high debris that was loft into the atmosphere. 40,000 feet high. an incredible thunderstorm. still watching this into the early morning hours. additional tornadoes possible the next couple of hours. we ll stay with you for that. thank you, my friend, we ll check back with you next half hour. joining by phone is the mayor of jefferson city, kari turgeon, what can you tell us about the extent of the damage? yes, well, i m actually out walking the streets right now. assessing damage. we have our public safety officials are working very hard
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their investigations. a baby girl in florida has died after her day care left her alone for hours in a sweltering van. and he joined the taliban to fight the united states. now john walker lindh, is set to go free on american soil. good morning, everyone, and welcome to early start, i m dave briggs. i m christine romans, nice to see you all, thursday, may 23rd. 5:00 a.m. in the east. a tornado outbreak turning deadly in missouri. a tornado emergency for missouri s capital jefferson city. the national weather service confirms the city took a direct hit from a twister. all jefferson city firefighters have been called into work. we just spoke to the city s mayor. the biggest concern is that we are hoping that everybody s
missouri there. just before midnight. overnight, about twice as deadly as ones that occurred during the daytime hours for obvious reasons. the last time we have seen this. the feverish activity in recent days across the area. i just tabulated 170 tornado reports in an area that spans seven or eight states since last friday. last may, 2018, busiest time of year, we have 169 tornadoes for the entire month. it really speaks to how intense it s been over the last several days. here s what s going on at this hour. look at this line of thunderstorms. stretches 800 miles from areas north of oklahoma city to chicago. pol tornado watches from 5 to 6:00 a.m. local time. and even a tornado warning at this hour, meaning some rotation within this thunderstorm. tornado imminent or occurring across this region, which would be around the short bend outside of edgar springs northwest of