for us, as we pine away for john king s 300th home run. carol, can you believe that? he caught that thing, right place, right time, a little bit of talent. i got hit in the head with a foul ball once, but never caught one. so that explains it! exactly! i m kidding, carol, good to see you. have a great day, thank you so much. good morning to you. it s the heart of tornado alley. you know what i m talking about this morning. the devastation in joplin, missouri, is shocking. take a look at why. my gosh. oh, my gosh! there it is. it was massive. at least 89 people are now confirmed dead. the death toll is expected to grow as crews pick through the wreckage. as much as 30% of the city of joplin damaged or destroyed. that includes some 2,000 homes and businesses. one of those, the st. john s regional medical center, that s in the heart of town, triage centers were set up outside to treat the crush of victims. those are the terrible facts. it is difficult to descri
many ran to seek safer ground, but boy, the devastation is coming to light today. that s right. 12 hours later life has changed in joplin, missouri. a powerful tornado ripped that city apart. the red cross said 75% of the town is virtually gone with reports of at least 30 people killed and dozens more injured. 50,000 people live in the city. no phone service, power lines are down, cars and trucks smashed and flipped. the governor calling out the national guard and declaring a state of emergency this morning. to make matters worse the city s main hospital st. john s medical center where people would have gone to get help suffered extensive damage. witnesses say windows were blown out on some of the top floors. medical records, x-rays and other items scattered nearly 70 miles away. at least 100 patients hadden to transferred to other area hospitals. crews combing through mounds of debris and rubble searching for survivors. brian todd is live at joplin at st. john s. when we