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School. >> jeff, such, terrible things you went through yesterday, and yet you my friend are one of the lucky ones, have you your family intact, a place to go tonight, we wish you the best, thank you for sharing the video and story. let us know if you need anything. were down by the hospital. >> thank you. thank you. >> a lot of stories like that well hear this morning, people who found a way through it. people who were lucky and they are the lucky ones as horrible as it has been, many stories w...

Number will change, 20 already are kids. many died in the basement of that school. it became flooded. horrible to hear, but imagine for the families to learn that. the search and rescue there, still very active. going hand by hand. cant get earth moved. you cant get earth moving machines in here, too difficult. there are active power lines down, active gast lines open. all very difficult. that is the scene in oklahoma. the weather has moved on, you will see clear skies here, front moving toward ...

Sense of that as the tornado passes over. certain places myriraculously spared and others torn away. >> south 13th street or 12th street, and the tornado crossed in, about from south fifth street to about south tenth street, 11th street, i was one or two blocks away from where houses were hit head on. you can see, i started driving, trying to get to my sons school. directly into there. and so now i was trying to get to him, and they kept all the kids in school, and its -- the school is right off...

The children are sacred. we need to protect these kids. i dont know. you can say its more government interference but to not have a storm shelter in schools, we have to change. >> thats the question. we are not at a point -- this is not meant as a finger pointing in any way, its just more of a curiosity of a confusion. why wouldnt schools have storm shelters when this is part of tornado alley, when this can happen, not to this degree thank god but bad things happen weatherwise here. why isnt it ...

Not at the scene when the first responders began to arrive. >> okay. what do you understand about what they found there? >> what you found is what im sorry to say most people across the country have seen. it is complete devastation down in that area. it is rubble everywhere. what search and rescue teams are doing is going through methodically brick by brick, board by board to find anyone who may be alive in the rubble. these are very good rescue effort. sad to say, they have done it in oklahoma ...

Oklahoma. theyre doing everything they can to recover after the tornado. stay with us. >> the amazing thing is our family is safe and all animals in the house are alive and were most grateful for that. >> i parked about three miles down and ran in. see my mom driving out and she never left. i got lucky. only room left in her entire house is her bedroom where she was at. just by the grace of god. its amazing. my brother was over helping at the school which is pretty bad. >> whats the scene like o...

This search and rescue is very active. they havent made it through 50 percent of the area they have to look at now. one of the unique things that happens in places like moore, oklahoma, community come together. shelters werent that full last night. people take in their own, take in, everybody becomes family. a lot of walking wounded. that number of 150 injured is low. a lot of people havent gone to the hospital. they are searching, searching for whats left of homes, belongings, and most importan...

Than most and what they can be certain of is that americans from every corner of this country will be right there with them opening our homes, our hearts, to those in need because were a nation at that stands with our fellow citizens as long as it takes. we have seen that spirit in joplin, in tuscaloosa, we saw that spirit in boston and breezy point and thats what the people of oklahoma are going to need from us right now. for those of you who want to help, you can go online right now to the ame...

Operation began. so that is the reason they keep going in there. very slowly and carefully. >> and as reason for hope going forward, a lot of area to be searched, isnt that correct, ter terri? >> yes. this is a massive tornado and a large area that has been struck. not only in the community of moore, but the surrounding community and the rural areas that the tornado went through. yes. a lot of area left to search. >> and what are you starting to understand on the ground in terms of what the need...

You dont need to have kids to appreciate that kind of fear of loss. and these moments as tragic as they are and chaotic as it is around them, these are the beautiful moments. these are moments people pray for when they find themselves in situations like this here in moore, oklahoma. all around us there are people standing in front of what used to be their home, the home is gone. people have lost loved ones. people are searching for what matters most. its going to continue for days and days here....