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First in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." we learned today president obama will visit the oklahoma city area on sunday to tour the devastation from mondays deadly tornado. and see firsthand the response effort under way. today we also learned that the cost of the tornado is being estimated at $2 billion. thats an early damage tally by the oklahoma insurance department. we also know that the medical examiners office has identified positively 23 of the 24 p...

Ideologically motivated. back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." we learned today president obama will visit the oklahoma city area on sunday to tour the devastation from mondays deadly tornado. and see firsthand the response effort under way. today we also learned that the cost of the tornado is being estimated at $2 billion. thats an early damage tally by the oklahoma insurance department. we also know that the medical examiners office has identified positively 23 of the 24 people wh...

One of the local television stations. the mayor said the blast was so powerful that it knocked the mirrors off of his pick up truck and blew the hat right off of his head. >> thats unbelievable. throughout the night you were reporting along the lines of the heros in this story. there was a response effort and getting people to local hospitals. initially we heard they were getting sent to a local hospital and there was a triage center. as the night continues we learned there were efforts from all...

That is at cnn.com/impact. our sound effect is a long distance show of solidarity. president obama is in principle, as you may know. but joplin is on his mind. >> at my direction, fema administrator craig fugate, and deputy administrator rich sore reno have traveled to missouri to make sure our federal government is working hand-in-hand with state and federal officials to give them the help they need. and on sunday, i myself will travel to missouri to talk with folks who have been affected, to...

critical condition. the confirmed death toll in sundays disaster now stands at 118. but authorities say more than ten times that many still are unaccounted for. >> joplins head of emergency management says people scattered and simply cant get home or maybe no longer have homes and havent yet called in. but then theres will norton, blown out of his hummer on his way home from high school graduation. his family thinks -- thinks hes in a hospital somewhere. and sky lar logs don, a 1-year-...

U.s. government engineers are warning that some of the techniques being used to stabilize damaged nuclear reactors in japan could lead to new threats like explosions and ruptures. "the new york times" is reporting that the warnings are part of a confidential assessment report prepared by the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission. tokyo power officials are reporting some good news. they say water is no longer gushing into the pacific ocean from the number two reactor building, in the meantime, japan...

>> two very different pieces of advice between the u.s. government and the japanese government -- >> american leaders may be saying what japanese citizens are not hearing. >> theres a tradition in japan of sort of toning down bad news. >> whos in charge of this response effort? is it the government? is it tepco? >> the struggle to find survivors continues in the cold and in the snow. >> the death toll stands at 5,429, nearly 10,000 people still missing. >> most of the aid is coming from the sout...

Leading this response effort. >> what do you mean specifically by that? >> you dont want the control to be taken off by ngos or international community want the japanese to leave? >> absolutely. >> this is the government capable of doing it. they have gone through many disasters before. they are prepared to do that. this disaster is an area that will be many times in the last years. so there is immense capacity to do that. >> you are not saying we should be generous. >> absolutely. people should...

Leading this response effort. >> what do you mean specifically by that? >> you dont want the control to be taken off by ngos or international community want the japanese to leave? >> absolutely. >> this is the government capable of doing it. they have gone through many disasters before. they are prepared to do that. this disaster is an area that will be many times in the last years. so there is immense capacity to do that. >> you are not saying we should be generous. >> absolutely. people should...

Leading this response effort. >> what do you mean specifically by that? >> you dont want the control to be taken off by ngos or international community want the japanese to leave? >> absolutely. >> this is the government capable of doing it. they have gone through many disasters before. they are prepared to do that. this disaster is an area that will be many times in the last years. so there is immense capacity to do that. >> you are not saying we should be generous. >> absolutely. people should...