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Not to be pessimistic as we start this morning and the sun is rising, but we think the death toll will continue to climb as we find more bodies. the rescue workers worked all through the night with the generators and the lights, were a tough state, this is a very tough community. behind us is the first baptist church moore, the church was wiped out in the 99 tornado. you can see thats rebuilt and thats what the state will do. >> 99, 2003, and now, its almost impossible to believe, but youre tell...

In oklahoma at this hour, rescuers and volunteers are digging through homes and schools and other buildings destroyed by the tornado near oklahoma city. at least 51 people are now confirmed dead, including 7 children lost at plaza towers elementary school where rescue workers are still looking for about two dozen missing children, according to the lieutenant governor. officials at two hospitals say theyre treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children. the tornado that struck today...

Get the kids out. >> survival mode. this next picture incredible, paul. these are two adults. this lady on the far left she looks older than the giep on the right. they are both carrying students out of the school? >> those are more of children that were found in the areas they had to open up or dig out. not positive whether those are rescue workers. probably teachers or parents that arrived at the time were rushing in and out getting more and more kids out of that classroom or that particular a...

Into the neighborhood. once you walk in there, its almost a parody of monday afternoon. residents all over the place sitting in front of their houses shell-shocked, talking to each other, comforting each other. emergency response vehicles began to come through, there seems to be an entrance on the far side of there, where ambulances and fire engines and rescue workers are kind of able to get access to it. but everywhere you look, there are people that are rooting through their belongings, climbi...

>> paul, i have got to tell you that picture right there i began to see it last night, i think that will be one of the iconic pictures to come out of this. we are looking now at one with kids walking away from the school along with what appears to be two teachers comforting them. >> yes, okay. this was probably about 15, 20 minutes after the storm hit. things had calmed down a little bit. they had realized there was a gas leak in the school, had some rescue workers trying to sift through see if ...

Helps him deposit his checks. jay also like it when mother nature helps him wash his car. mother natures cool like that. citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. >> shepard: 25 minutes pat the hour. i showed you pictures from plaza tower elementary school. so many people here watching that. there were a lot of rescue workers, and among them was justin stevens. how are you? >> very well. >> you have three children and a wife and everybody is fine. >> they are. >> shepa...

All day since the storm broke. and i noticed many accounts, governor walker of wisconsin was sending condolences. but do you need help from other governors or do you have enough resources? are people going to get in the way if they come? what do you need? >> you bring up a good point. there are a lot of citizens coming to the scene, most of them wanting to help. and in fact that is more than a hindrance because the roads are congested with debris, power lines, things along those lines and you th...

And a number of others bloodied. but its my understanding that everyone escaped at least alive >> all right. they are putting another mike on me. paul, do you still got me? >> yes, i do. >> okay. obviously everything is difficult right now in the community. communications are difficult. power is difficult. in terms of what youre seeing on the ground there, people coming together, paul, what have you witnessed through your lens of how people are helping each other? >> well, i was one of the first...

Tornado. as a matter of fact, it was difficult to get calls through but i did get a call back to my editors, and i mentioned to them as bad as may 3 was, this one was every bit as bad if not worse. it is appearing to be the case. >> paul, we want to take a look at some of your other pictures that you managed to capture the images of this scene. this one, what appears to be two teenagers or young adults. i believe they are rescuers carrying two children from the school? >> yes. the rescue workers...

This is part of the structure, hard to pick up. think about how difficult for a lot of the rescue workers that cant use machines, equipment to help them, because they are afraid if they do, it could harm survivors. >> cant get big earth moving equipment. a dog parking, a dog running through here. running through the bowling alley, if they are able to pick him up on the camera. >> weve seen a lot of this. >> who knows who hes looking for. trying to do their best. part of the search effort. the do...