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Because this is so dangerous. do you think looking into the future, knowing how devastating this all could be, would it be in everybodys best interests if they had shelter that is under ground that is separate and apart from their house. i know a lot of people do have it. >> ive lived here all my life. i dont have a storm shelter. i guess i think im going to dodge the bullet. it came within a quarter of my home. i think ill own one now. i dont know why we dont. people choose not to own a storm s...

Explaining differences between sandy aid and yet to be created aid that oklahoma will undoubtedly need to rebuild. his colleague from oklahoma, senator tom colburn said disaster aid funding must be offset by cuts in the budget elsewhere. dr. coburn will not change his position. theres a question about how disaster relief will function in a state with two senators who have been outspoken about denying disaster relief to other states in the very recent past. lets bring in oklahoma state representa...

Senator tom coburn said disaster aid funding must be offset by cuts in the budget elsewhere. his office said if an additional emergency aid package is necessary, dr. coburn will not change his position. theres a question about how disaster relief will function in a state with two senators who have been outspoken about denying disaster relief to other states in the very recent past. lets bring in oklahoma state representative mark mcbride who represents moore. with me in new york i have steve ell...

Have been writing, tweeting, how best to be able to help. >> really the best way to help is to go through services like the red cross, the united way. red cross i know has a donation program set up for people can text to the red cross and make a donation through their cellphone. that really is the best way the public can help zbloors. >> sean: our prayers are with you tonight. joining us now moore state representative, mark mcbride. our thoughts and prayers, sir, from us. obviously you are going...

Back live in moore, oklahoma. and were going to get an update this afternoon from homeland security secretary janet napolitano on where the recovery effort stands. it is important to remember how many families there are in moore that lost loved ones, including children. we know that there are at least 24 victims, including 9-year-old jenae hornsby. 9-year-old sidney angle and antonio candelaria and a mother and her child at a local 7-eleven that is absolutely flattened. i want to bring in oklaho...

Its not a question about whether but when a community is going to get hit. one of the reasons we try to be sympathetic to people in other parts of the country when they are happy to work for sandy relief. i talked to people from new york and i wish i hadnt said that. i was visiting with a representative of the governor, well always be there to help because were one tornado away from being joplin. i didnt think it would be quite that soon. >> thats tom cole who represents the area struck by the t...

This. i was visiting with a representative of the governor, well always be there to help because were one tornado away from being joplin. i didnt think it would be quite that soon. >> thats tom cole who represents the area struck by the tornado yesterday speaking to my colleague chris matthews. were talking about disaster relief in the wake of moore, oklahoma. i want to bring in hakeem jeffries. congressman, i want to play for you this bit of sound from senator coburn or read this to you. senato...

Talking about some stuff hidden in the bills and everything. if youre going tom coburn is going to find anything like that and vote against it. we dont want anything. we dont want anything extra. we just want to rebuild our city and whatever they can do for us. they can cough up and whatever they dont, well make it up. thats the way we roll here. >> state representative mark mcbride of oklahoma, steve ellis, stay with us. well be back with a congressman who went through the sandy funding battle ...

For. chris? >> absolutely right, john. theyre doing the best. but they cant do it when its slick, cant do it when theres hail or lightning. all of that is going on now. those efforts are being hampered by the weather, obviously. we are all pausing to fill in a lot of the open issues about who is missing, how many injured, how many lost their lives. we are wait on a press conference. its going to have local bigwigs there, police chief, people organizing the search and recovery, the governor will ...