chief, thank you. good luck. you know, like i told you earlier, three veteran storm chasers were among those killed when that powerful tornado picked up their truck and tossed it really like a toy. cnn s miguel marquez reports that other crews say only good luck kept them from the same fate. reporter: the weather channel s storm chase car tossed like a toy. mike bettes and his team lucky to survive. what is it that you thought about when you were up there? um reporter: a near-death experience for him, but three other experienced storm chasers lost their lives. tim samaris, his son, paul, and teammate, carl young, were all killed near reno, oklahoma.
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soledad o brien spoke to tim in 2004. how close was too close? the tornado was about 100 yards and closing. how fast do they close on you? this particular tornado is moving about 15 to 20 miles an hour. wow. yes. in fact, we can see telephone poles being ripped out of the ground and absorbed into the tornado as i did the first. we re going to die. reporter: brandon sullivan and his storm chasing team also had a close call. you okay? yeah. reporter: they survived, not a scratch, but there were some very scary moments. in a massive storm spawning a series of tornadoes, most of the nine people killed died in their cars. one of the things we think happened this week with all the congestion on the roads is that people were out trying to find other buildings and places to go to. reporter: another hard lesson in this season of storms, unless
action movie star steven segal and said he deserved credit for setting up the meeting with the country s security service. i asked him for that meeting. i knew about that meeting before they did. that s the truth. reporter: the last 18 months has been a difficult time in russian/u.s. relations. members of this delegation say they ll return to washington arguing these two countries must not let other differences deter greater cooperation in dealing with the mutual threat of terrorism. phil black, cnn, moscow. all right. phil, thank you. tornadoes that touched down if three states this weekend killed a total of 20 people and a few people are still unacco t unaccounted for. areas surrounding oklahoma city saw the worst of it. an ef-3 tornado knocked down homes, tore down power lines and caused flash flooding. three killed were well known severe weather professionals known as storm chasers, tim and carl died when the tornado picked up and flipped their vehicle. their son was with t