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Jon: emergency crews and volunteers in oklahoma literally have been working around the clock since yesterdays killer tornados, searching for any remaining survivors. sergeant jeremy lewis from the moore police department joins us now. originally we thought, sir, that 51 people were dead. we were happy to hear that that number was revised downward earlier today. to 24 but the fear was that the number of dead could increase. do you have any information on that? >> as of this time it has not increa...

Today digging through mound of rubble in hopes of finding any survivors still out there. two schools and one hospital among the structures almost completely destroyed. you can see block after block of devastation in this aerial photo of the storms path. homes reduced to piles of wood. youve seen those images and here are some more of them. you also have vehicles talked around and crumpled in heaps . roads closed after the tornado have reopened but officials are urging people not to travel to the...

Agency utilizing social media, as john mentioned in the wake of these tornadoes the city of moore used twitter to keep track of which areas had been searched for survivors. for example, the city sent this tweet, quote, we have checked 1104 northeast 6th street several times, we are aware of the reports of people trapped at this address. it has been checked. in a situation where people have no access to television or radio social media hasee merged as a method of communication that people rely on...

Jon: we continue to monitor the plaitest developments in oklahoma. people in the area still refer to another massive tornado that hit moore 14 years ago in 1999 simply as may 3rd. 36 people were killed that day. winds reached more than 300 miles an hour, the highest winds ever recorded near the earths surface. that storm track, noted in this map in green. well, yesterdays powerful tornado hit almost exactly the same spot in moore traveling along the same trajectory for a while. yesterdays path n...

Is a majority of the american voters voted for the president just last november, and theyre still hanging with him on his job approval. jon: there are, what, 56% who say that the irs was deliberately trying to harass tea party members and tea party groups. thats a problem, isnt it, for a president whose motto might sort of be described as in government we trust? >> well, look, i was one of the first democrats out there who just blasted what the irs was doing. i think bipartisan everybody agrees ...

Were just, it now, almost going through each area piece by piece. some of the debris is 20, thirty foot tall that has to be gone through. you just dont know if someone is underneath that. you dont want to use heavy equipment and possibly injure someone who has survived and is underneath all the debris. which is still very possible. so thats why it is taking a very long time. i just went into the area right next to the elementary school and firefighters are literally picking piece by piece off of...

You should have told us. >> reporter: there have been some expressions of regret, but theyre still trying to get at who gave the order. a lot of lawmakers not believing that the cincinnati office of the irs suddenly went rogue, and some are trying to figure out if somebody higher in the administration whether at the treasury department or at the white house had some involvement with this scandal. jenna? jenna: well continue to watch for those answers mike. thank you. >> reporter: sure. jon: appl...

Do manufacturing and customer service and other things for apples oversees operations. tim cook is testifying moments ago, jenna, hes saying we have that money that is overseas, $102 billion is overseas to support our global operations overseas. this is now a heated battle, a heated fight down in washington d.c. with senator rand paul not going after apple, hes going after the u.s. congress. helwell be staying on the developments as they occur. back to you. jenna: sounds good, thank you. jon: mo...

Answer to all of the problems that are raised by these scandals and controversies, its sort of ridiculous. the idea that somehow we are going to give the same people control over our healthcare is bizarre. i was listening to the hearings going on in the car ride over here and these guys, they are shifting their stories as well. steve miller just admitted that the acting commissioner of the i.r.s. that it was his idea to plant this question with low i low lois learner in this press conference whe...

Threats of severe storms anywhere from texas up into the great lakes and even some isolated tornadoes, flash flooding another concern, jon, because this storm is such a slow mover and its been producing a roth of heavy rain in -- a lot of heavy rains in area where is the grounds already saturated. jon: maria, thank you. jenna: we are hearing some incredible stories of survival and jo ann coleman has one of those stories. her home collapsed around her when the tornado hit. she lives in moore, okl...