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Well probably be here and staging for whatever they may be need, mexico beach, any of those area. weve got other teams that are headed to that area now. as far as the federal teams heading down there to assist with the state resources. weve got two teams going to mexico beach right now. >> gerald george, task force leader, youre doing gods work out there, task force one. thank you so much. >> appreciate it, thank you very much. rescue and recovery mission continue across the southeast. we have...

Challenges are here as you begin to clean up from the aftermath. >> thank you, david. yes, we are in a full recovery mode right now. we have downed power lines and downed trees. were still concerned about flood surge right now. it doesnt look like it will be as drat dramatic as it was yesterday. were in this recovery mode. our first responders are doing a tremendous job. i also like to say that we just had task force one from nevada, search and rescue team, show up yesterday afternoon. so both t...

Initiate planning on that because right now theyre trying to chainsaw through, cut down pair li power lines and get to the remote areas of st. john. were working with st. john rescue and doing searches. task force one began this evening to search in support of that. that way they can do a house-to-house sweep and identify if anybody is still stuck inside. however, earlier today, we found one person still inside of their home, elderly, that was unable to get out and was scheduled to have heart su...

Situations. because people were tweeting directly at him, help, help, help, there are two children. there is an elderly person. the sheriff said please sit tight. we are trying to do everything we can. in galveston they are pleading for more boats for water rescues. we are seeing hundreds of rescues playing out. task force one is the lead in houston. but they are having trouble. as well prepare as you may be for what the forecasts said was coming, they have trouble getting there. we learned in t...

Out while service members on the other side were moving in. the florida national guard has activated 2,500 soldiers and airmen. south carolina has updated up to 2,000 troops and north carolina has 300 up so far. u.s. navy also in the mix deploying the "uss mesa verde" and two others. a senior new york official told nbc news yesterday that new york, task force here, will head to areas hit by matthew for disaster relief today. task force one is the same unit that went to hurricane katrina in 2005 ...

Information about issues that did play a role in grays health. joe johns is in baltimore, the staging area for the national guard and state police and he is following that side of the story for us. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, carol. yeah we are on the parking lot where the ravens play and a little back drop the police and military power brought out by the freddy gray case and the new jersey task force one, and the national guard behind us law enforcement and military people out...

I understand your special ops team is here to try to do that. can you explain why? >> the special ops team, task force one is located in philadelphia now, we have their heavy rescue. the biggest challenge is the -- getting people all the tons of rubble on top ofç folks gettin them disentangled and extricated. we have walls, active movement in the walls, transiting on them, all of the equipment is out. the walls are shored, and were going to do what we can to get them out safely. >> you say the...

blamed on hurricane/tropical storm irene. more than three million homes and businesses still dont have power. flood warnings still are in effect in five states from vermont to new jersey. all this brings me to my colleague, mary snow, in patterson, new jersey. mary, what is going on there around you right now? >> reporter: well, evacuations have been going on for the past 48 hours and they are only intensifying because you just mentioned, there are some rivers that have yet to crest. h...

>> oh, weve got lightning. we need to go back. lets turn around. >> oh, its getting big, big, big. >> thats huge! >> for those who survived, the scars will always be them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover in a convenience store in a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his camera as the tornado struck. the video is dark, but the sound tells a story. >> oh! [ wind blowing ] >> oh, my god! >> jesus, jesus! >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible...

We dont know how many shoppers were inside when the twister hit. thankfully residents did have warning the storm was coming. >> by our count, we had 17 minutes time between we turned the siren on and had the first report of the strike. >> 17 minutes. not a lot of time with a monster about to rip through the soul of joplin. the level of destruction is overwhelming. not just block after block of rubble but neighborhood after neighborhood, flattened as far as the i can see, even from the cockpit of...