city bombing. even newcomers like nba star kevin durant take pride in okie resilienc resiliency. we ll see it come together, and we ll bounce back from this. it s tough. it s tough right now, but sun s going to shine soon. reporter: a feeling shared by superstars and anonymous victims alike. we ve done it once already. we can do it again. oklahomans are strong. yeah. reporter: a pride that a member of oklahoma s new generation put to music. can you hear this strong the oklahoma strong reporter: mike becher, abc news, moore, oklahoma. they will be okay. a freak storm provided some washington state students with a rare snow day in may, up to a foot of snow fell in biggleton.
oklahomans insist, no matter how much damage has been left behind, no storm is going to break their spirit. abc s mike becher, an oklahoman, explains. reporter: standsing a half mile in front of sunday s violent storm, watching yet another tornado plow through red dirt and houses built on it, i silently wondered why do i live here? the answer is rooted in dust. i m an okie. the o word was equivalent to a racial slur during the 1930s dust bowl. is that s fourth street across the interstate. reporter: but okies like country superstar toby keith, a moore native, who still lives here, now define okie with words like resilient and tough. just pernacious and a will to survive. that resiliency was proved after the 1999 moore tornado. the explosion is in the federal courthouse building. reporter: and a 1995 oklahoma
she accepted the gershwin award on behalf of her friends and a few others. a couple of her friends, gloria stefan and james taylor closed with her. we were talking about carol king yesterday, and you mentioned alicia keys. wouldn t it be great to hear her cover one of her songs? nice soulful version of carol king? anyone who covers her tunes have to really pull it off. the songs are written so beautifully, i m sure if they re stylized they d sound fwraet too. is that s the problem with all of us in the shower. we all think we can do it. coming up, bargain bridal gowns. and lessons everyone can learn from a young woman s ambition. you re watching world news now. i m a smart girl announcer: world news now weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. colonial penn life insurance. the arteries of your dishwasher are constantly clogging up with grease and lime scale. use finish dishwasher cleaner every month to keep your machine in sparkling health.
good evening on this monday night. as we come on the air, we are in the middle of a breaking story. a massive tornado descending through the heard land like a wrecking ball. houses ground to splinters. as those fires eruped. what you re looking at there, hours ago, was the school gymnasium. and there s this new photo, a little girl pulled alive from the rubble of her elementary school in moore, oklahoma, passed along a human chain to safety. and this is what it looked like the moment of the crisis. this is in the day. suddenly skies are dark as midnight as the storm movers in. listen. [ crackling, wind blowing ] as of right now, 37 are reported dead. at least 100 injured or being freeted in hospitals. national guard descending and emergency medical teams racing into town. our extreme weather team is in oklahoma. and abc s ginger zee leads us off. it s turning into a destructive tornado and it s getting bigger. reporter: this afternoon, a local television helicopter catc
but this tea party superstar has battled racism and rumors of affa affair. tonight, nicky haley opens up about her nerves of steel and her sky-high stilettos. announcer: frt global resources of abc news, in new york city, this is nightline, april 3, 2012. good evening. i m cynthia mcfadden. tonight, people in texas, louisiana, and missouri are keeping watch as the storm that sent violent tornadoes across the dallas-ft. worth area remains a severe threat. it trashed senior centers, elementary schools and destroyed houses and sent tractor trailers spiraling through the air. abc s weather editor sam champion brings us incredible stories of the people who weathered the storm. oh, wow! reporter: take a look at this as a pair of ferocious twisters hit in dallas today. the national weather service called the two twisters large and extremely dangerous. and just look at their power, bowling over tractor trailers, lifting several clean off the ground and hurling them through