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Hospitals are about five miles apart. we have two on the southern in norman and one in norman medical center. we knew for awhile either one or all three had the potential to be in the tornado path. luckily the southernmost hospitals escaped damage and moore took a direct hit, but we had luckily in oklahoma, as you know we have a fair amount of warning time, lead time leading to this type of severe weather, as a health system we have procedures in place to move patients where they need to be, saf...

>> yes, sir, i can. >> tell me what your needs are in moore right now. >> right now we need power. what we have is a lot of onlookers and stuff, we have a lot of volunteers. were still going through debris, still looking for people, doing search and rescue. right now, the power service for the telephones are kind of intermittent, come and go. right now, were still looking for victims. our heart goes out to families of the victims and all of those injured. still finding people in the rubble that ...

Going through the rubble in one of the schools looking for survivors, hopefully will find some. >> tell us about that process. there were dogs out earlier. is there listening equipment? what sort of things are at your disposal to find people deeply buried? >> some of the best teams, dog teams that hunt for cadavers in major disasters in earthquakes and situations like that are based here in oklahoma and particularly in moore. oklahoma city has seven dogs at their disposal and we basically took t...

And at that point you could feel the bottom of it start to buckle. thats how strong it was. >> and jill, what would have happened if you had not left your home? >> i have a safe place we were going to go to, had two options in my house, one i thought would be safe was not the safest place. the place i was contemplating going to was standing, would have been better at that place, but luckily we have neighbors that were able to take us in, and were extremely grateful to them. >> jill, were glad yo...

Cross. can you tell us what resources are being brought to oklahoma? >> our hearts are with all of those effected in this devastating storm. we have shelters open in moore area and oklahoma city area, we are lee indicating other shelters. we are at sites where first responders are doing search and rescue and were out with food and supplies, water, making sure those first responders are staying hydrated and healthy while out looking for people that are still not reported in. we also have our emer...

Every place you turn. >> reporter: thats right. and to be honest, not everybody thats trying to get in there is a resident, some work there, some are trying to help, well meaning volunteers, but at this point the situation is just so chaotic that theyre not prepared to handle anyone than people that are already in there. >> janet shamlian in moore, oklahoma, thank you very much for joining us. >> reporter: sure. >> joining me now, congressman tom cole that represents the district, including moor...

Around the country that would like to help in some way at this point? >> this is such a major disaster and so much devastation, and the red cross will be there for these people in the oklahoma communities for quite some time, so this will be a very expensive response and we would love to encourage people to make a donation to support the red cross response. you can do that by visiting redcross.org, dial 1-800-red cross, or text to make a donation. >> thank you for what you do. thank you for join...

>> confirmed fatalities from the medical examiner in oklahoma. >> that number expected to rise. >> we are covering a historic tornado in oklahoma tonight. >> we have a tornado watch issued. >> tornado watch for several oklahoma counties. >> this one has hit moore, oklahoma. >> a huge swathe of tornado alley. >> people bracing for more bad weather there. >> this tornado was over one mile wide at its base. >> see the clouds certainly getting dark. >> the region remains on high alert. >> it was an ...

Bad luck, misfortune, thats clearly what happened. after that, all you can do is prepare best you can. we were well prepared, warned as well as you could be warned. people take it seriously, know what to do. first responders, police, fire are terrific at this. i am comfortable things were done well and certainly the response has been good. you know, we were just a community in the wrong place at the wrong time. now obviously with dozens and dozens of people dead. >> congressman tom cole, thank y...

When you go through these things, you begin to figure out how lucky you are to be an american even in the midst of tragedy, extraordinary resources and capability of the country are immediately available in a situation like this. president wanted to make sure he knew it was my hometown, that that was going to be the case again. i didnt have any doubt, but it was very, very thoughtful of him to make the call. >> congressman cole, we are going to be joined by the mayor of moore. i want you two to ...