fell over and there were children that were found under the walls itself at that school. we had all hands on deck to do everything we can to look through debris itself and certainly throughout the community. my heart just broke last night for the parents that didn t know the current condition of their children and where they were. so difficult for the governor. so frustrating not to be able to get help. we hear about police officers who can t respond to homes because they can t find the street signs. and if they re not from this area obviously or even if they are not understanding the grid luckily moore is built on a grid but there s every layer of difficulty here and now once again as we see this dramatic lightning touching down, there s going to be more for this community to deal with. it s looking ominous right now. we re far from over even though the tornado came through yesterday. we still have a long way to go. you see the devastation here with this hospital, this bowling all
and it will add to the need. cnn.com/impact. please go to our website and find ways that you can help. the help is going to be immediate and also long standing. people are going to need us for a long time to come. they know how to rebuild here in oklahoma. they are strong people. they re people of faith and it gets them through but they need our help. right now we are waiting on the president of the united states to make a statement at the white house and come out and talk about this. jessica yellin is standing by for that. jessica, do you have us? what do we expect? reporter: i can tell you that right now president obama as we speak is receiving a briefing on the ongoing disaster response. he is here with his top homeland security advisers and the deputy administrator of fema getting that briefing. the deputy of fema is here because the director of fema is on a flight en route to where you are right now. the president directed craig fugate to participate and direct the federal respo
mobilized on the ground here. doing well. search and rescue is ongoing right now. the senator from oklahoma said uncertainty. we still don t know. we can t measure. that s very much something to keep in mind. jessica yellin, as we were listening to the president speak, his words are powerful. his presence even more so. communities like moore, oklahoma, need him on the ground to bring the focus and attention to this place. what s your guess as to when we might expect to see the president in moore, oklahoma? reporter: i would guess, chris, that he doesn t come at least for three days or so. a few days at least because he knows the role here is as president of the united states to be healer in chief. you heard it in his words there. an outpouring of compassion and concern from all americans spoken here from the white house but for the president to go and visit requires enormous
in oklahoma. as we keep saying, the need is very great. we ll be back on the other side of the graek. copd makes it hard to breathe. but with advair, i m breathing better. so now i can help make this a great block party.
because there are beings like this that have fallen down all over. the area in oklahoma, comes in waves, debris on the road, then you start to see homes have been sprayed. like power washed with mud. then you start to see big things are missing, trees. power lines down, street lights have stopped. everything gone, and you get to this point. this is the medical center. people were going to take shelter, patients moved to safe. staff all accounted for. but when this happens to the place that is supposed to be a safe place, imagine what happened everywhere else. that s why devastation is complete and daunting in this community right now. yes, we re hearing numbers. 51 confirmed dead. 20 of them children. a number of children came from one elementary school. this torrent hit at 3:00 in the afternoon when kids getting out of school as we know. kids in the basement.