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Disaster. alex? >> yeah, you can imagine the sight for him as he will be on approach on air force one as he heads to the air force base. from the sky, charles, it still has just this very defined mark of where exactly that twister went through, doesnt it? >> reporter: its a scar. its a scar across this part of oklahoma. and its very similar to the one that was in 1999, the may 3 tornado that killed so many people. thats probably the last time a president was here in moore, oklahoma. that was pre...

Oklahoma city chiefs have indicated that everyone has been found. >> of course, this is a horrific storm and we are more focused on the loss of life and those who have been hurt this is going to take a huge financial toll on the city. is moore going to be able to recover from this. >> absolutely we will. certainly we will have to have the help of our friends in the federal government with fema so with that coming and we are confident that will come, we will be fine. we have been through this bef...

Of damage. >> his home made it, thats in quotes, because the windows are blown out, glass all over the house, no power, no water? >> correct. >> so dad cant stay? >> correct. >> did you two fight it out who he gets to come with? >> she has space, notme. >> hes going to come with you, hes safe. when you look right next to him, theres no homie mor, what does it remind you of? what kind of situation this is. >> may 3rd. >> of course, what we know, you know, of course he wasnt in the house very long...

You know the scraps here of metal hugging the pole. this is a potentially dangerous situation. but theyre doing a good job of coming to these places and moving on to the next place. they had their work cut out for them. cnn.com/impact, find out how to give. the water treatment plant from moore, not online, which means water is scarce. asked to conserve. 50,000-plus without pow, waiting for that number to come down, less than 24 hours since the horrific event. of course those who lost their lives...

Continue. all of the states assets, national guard, are already in place. surrounding communities are helping out. the president took to the white house today to make his pledge of support saying we are all oklahoma after a disaster like this. take a listen. >> the people of moore should know that their country will remain on the ground, there for them, beside them, as long as it takes. for there are homes and schools to rebuild, businesses and hospitals to reopen, parents to console, first resp...

Start smelling gas inside the building. evacuated us out of the building, and i took that chance, i know the teachers knew that i had my son, my son and i left. just kind of snuck out. we didnt want to get trapped. we were here for the may 3 every torna tornado and the sheer gridlock of people wanting to come and help, or to look, you could not move in the town, so we tried to get out. my daughter was home alone, and we jumped the power lines, wouldnt arcing, all appeared to be dead, we were ver...

This was a really strong building. and it has been twisted up like it was nothing. you see a lot of hard weather and results. kevin, starting wirth you, and pass the mike so everybody can give their perspective, how does this one compare? >> this compares to tornadoes of the like of which would be joplin, missouri, two years ago. of course, the may 3, 99 that struck moore back in may of 99. its absolutely horrendous damage to see. >> on the ground, lauren, take the mike, what are you seeing in t...

Tornado. as a matter of fact, it was difficult to get calls through but i did get a call back to my editors, and i mentioned to them as bad as may 3 was, this one was every bit as bad if not worse. it is appearing to be the case. >> paul, we want to take a look at some of your other pictures that you managed to capture the images of this scene. this one, what appears to be two teenagers or young adults. i believe they are rescuers carrying two children from the school? >> yes. the rescue workers...

And miles of the area. its a pretty long tornado from sometime. we had tornadoes yesterday in other town as cross the state. and we had another major storm today but this is by far the worst ive ever seen. i think its going to be bigger than may 3 tornado that struck more in 1999. >> have you -- have you heard from other governors in this -- is there anything they can do to help? is that just getting in the way a little bit? >> governors are wonderful to call, offer assistance. governor perry se...

Happened? >> i live, you know, a mile from the highway and two streets south of where the tornado just flattened the neighborhood. as soon as it went by, my neighbors came out of their houses and checked on each other. everyone just flooded towards the elementary school. people were riding in the back of pick up trucks and grabbing equipment and getting to the school as fast as they could. >> the people of moore have been through so many terrible storms. what was it like in those first moments? ...