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Heard reports of the approaching tornado and ran to the school where his 5-year-old foster son aden attends classes. the man believed they would be safer there. and he in a quote now, about two minutes after i got there, the school started coming apart, he said. the students were placed in the restroom. now we watch from the live camera above and from a ground from ground pictures below, the unimaginable devastation with the knowledge that the sun will soon set that there is no power, that there...

I want to thank all of you coming out tonight. its a very go very sad day for the state of oklahoma, a very hard day and tremendous disaster that has hit this community of moore and other areas of the state beginning yesterday with a terrible storms that passed through so many different areas and certainly today there was big tornado that came along in the same path as the may 3rd tornado in 1999. its hard to believe it could happen to moore again. first of all our prayers and thoughts are with ...

Swirling in the air. debris from places that had already been destroyed was flying over his city. and there was no way for him to know at that moment that minutes from then and certainly now we all know much of his town would be destroyed. the medical examiners office now confirms 37 people are dead and warns us to expect that the death toll will rise. 8 minutes from now a scheduled news conference. the first news conference of the day from moore, oklahoma to give us what they can about the dama...

Jams on our highways right now on either side of i-44 that took direct hits with trailer parks in the areas. there are many side streets that are jammed up with traffic, communication is very hard with cellphone towers and also downed power lines throughout various areas of the state, particularly in moore and this vicinity, too. communication is very hard. were asking the public to be as patient as possible in letting us work what we need to and knowing that we are doing everything we can to as...

The sun will set shortly in moore, oklahoma. it will be much more difficult to get through the night. rescue and recovery is an operation best undertaken in the daylight in 1999 when the very similar in path and hopefully in devastation storm came through, 42 people died. i said earlier 36. it was 36 in this exact area but it was 42 in all. died md call -- 37. 65 of those children, 20 are adults. and the call for volunteers has ended in moore they now say they have all the volunteers they need i...

We are going through federal partners and great partners over the years with a number of disasters that weve had. we have search and rescue teams that at the disposal of search and rescue if they are needed. that was similar to the teams that were used in the oklahoma city bombing back in 1995. we do anticipate receiving a federal declaration very shortly that will help individuals with their own needs, of course, and to help them with immediate needs to find a roof over their heads and place to...

[ grunts ] well, i travel a lot and umm... [ male announcer ] at visa signature, every upgradedxperience comes from listening to our cardholders. visa signature. your idea of what a card should be. >> shepard: breaking news coverage continues in oreillys time slot tonight as we bring you the devastating news from moore, oklahoma. those are recovery workers on the ground there, according to the reporting of the local nbc station kfor. they are working to remove the bodies of children who died in ...

Hydrate those that are working at the scene with our emergency responders. i will stop right now and turn it over to emergency management director albert ashwood who set up the operational command center yesterday. they have not taken down the center and been up all night and very busy. albert. thank you so much for your tremendous amount of work that you and staff and coordination. about 50 people in the command center right now working with all the various stated agencies, federal communities ...

>> shepard: 2 the minutes before 8:00 in moore, oklahoma, on the right of your screen. the location of a news conference that is set to begin in just a moment. director of department of emergency management for the state are all expected to speak. we expect updates. the news broken here mommys ago that in fact 85 people are at the areas level one trauma center. 6 a of them children. being treated from injuries all across the board. and all kinds of dollars is -- waiting to get reportings from fr...

>> shepard: so 85 patients now confirmed at ou medical center in oklahoma city. 65 children. tell us about -- do you know if those 65 children came primarily from these two elementary schools? >> i have no idea at this point. we are just receiving the patients as they come. >> shepard: how severe the injuries overall? >> we are seeing a wide variance of injuries. everything from very minor injuries to the most critical. and right now we are trying to figure out ourselves how many for each condit...