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recall that could have an effect on your weekend fun. first, the latest on the search and recovery efforts in joplin, missouri. scores of people are still unaccounted for on this memorial day weekend. 156 people are listed as missing and searchers still going through piles of debris and the death toll could rise and the confirmed number of deaths stands at 132 with more than 1,000 injured. more than 2,500 people have applied for federal disaster assistance to help with home repairs a...

Power is back and gas is back and water and other services that are out, he hopes to have his wife back in business in 45 days. it is a real sign of hope for the community. >> thats one powerful example, casey. does he stand out or maybe a few steps ahead, or others saying well be right behind him? >> reporter: to use him as a gauge, he says just yesterday alone, he got six new jobs to rebuild structures here in joplin. he said that when he first went to city officials on tuesday, about a day an...

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promises to speed up the process by which families can identify the remains of lost loved ones. >> going forward, we will have regular briefings in order to update you about what our progress is to get that number of unaccounted for individuals to zero, that is our goal to connect each and every one of those names with a loved one to make sure that we have reconciled that process. >> there are some signs, some signs that process is improving tonight. yet not enough or fast enough for m...

Into a situation like this. but were making the best of it day by day and taking it day by day till its over. >> well, our hearts are with you, mr. sherwin. we appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. good luck in the rebuilding process. you know, the closeness of this community is remarkable. a lot of red cross shelters we go to and disasters like this, theyll partition off the dormitory if men, women, and families are separated. here everybody knows each other. everybody is getting tog...

Explain to me. >> reporter: im inside of forest lake baptist church. the last couple of days weve been talking about the death and destruction of many people, not just in alabama through throughout the region. now were going to talk about the rebuilding process and that process starts in places like this church. take a look. weve got this incredible amount of water thats all over the place, all along this wall, here along the table, all kinds of goods so people who have been displaced, homes no ...

Responders themselves have been the victims of this. it is a long-term rebuilding process and washington is trying to manage expectation and saying it is going to be done in the state and local level and they will rely on help from the country, aid groups and char u churchs and neighbors are coming together and not just in the states hit by the storms. local red cross and chapters are sending in the relief. people see the shield and the canteen and they receive hope and thats what they need at t...

We will scrape and rebuild all new equipment. theres nothing, you know, that we can reuse in here. its tough. you know, were fortunate. we have great insurance. we have krispy kreme corporate reaching out to us and you see these people who lost their homes. i get to leave here and go home with my kids and a lot of people in this town that if they still have their kids, they dont have a home to go to for miles and miles and miles. >> t.j., for evan smith and his friends here at krispy kreme, the ...

Responders themselves have been the victims of this. it is a long-term rebuilding process and washington is trying to manage expectation and saying it is going to be done in the state and local level and they will rely on help from the country, aid groups and char u churchs and neighbors are coming together and not just in the states hit by the storms. local red cross and chapters are sending in the relief. people see the shield and the canteen and they receive hope and thats what they need at t...

God to thank that were alive. we were just cowering in the bathroom. we thought that would be the safest place, and it probably was. jenna: and elena, now what? what is next for you? >> jenna, we really dont know. weve been so blessed. some friends in northport which is a town above us have let us sleep in their house where we have water and internet where we can just start the rebuilding process. we came back here today to finish grabbing some things and just saying bye to home. jenna: well, el...