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They visited shops that have been rebuilt and reopened. all of this is days after the president got a firsthand look at the tornado devastation in oklahoma. >> part of the reason i wanted to come back here was not just to send a message to new jersey but send a message to folks in oklahoma. when we make a commitment that weve got your back, we mean it. and were not going to finish until the work is done because thats who we are. >> superstorm sandy caused millions of dollars of damage on the eas...

Out. no reports of injuries to passengers or crew. the ship is in calm seas right now and running with full power. you are not alone. president obama delivering that message to the people of moore, oklahoma, after getting a firsthand look at the tornado devastation. last night during his emotion emotional -- an emotional memorial the president sent a message of his own, we are down but we are were not out. heres nick valencia. ♪ jesus loves me >> reporter: thousands gathered at the first bap...

were following the breaking news this hour, a tornado outbreak that scraped parts of the midwest this morning, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100. hardest hit, harrisburg, illinois, where at least six people died, including two children. within the last half hour, we learned the tornado was a category ef-4, with winds, get this, up to 170 miles an hour, and as wide as two football fields. in the last hour, the mayor spoke at a grief-stricken news conference. >> we ...

progress. democratic senate leader harry reid and republican senate leader mitch mcconnell on the senate floor moments ago. look. >> today the speaker republican leader held a press conference to announce theyre in talks with the president and that a bargain to raise the debt ceiling is in the works and is close. in president, members of the senate, thats not true. i just spent two hours with the president, vice president, and leader pelosi, and its fair for me to say that the engageme...

House. and ed, you know, he was in europe when the first days and frantic hours of the tornado rescue began. how do the people greet him a week on? >> thats right. good morning, christine. certainly a lot of pressure on the president. several days, just about a week had passed as you note since this terrible tragedy. this is an area of the country where the president lost to john mccain in 2008, and so he had to make that extra special effort to show he was going to get on top of this. i can tel...

>> on this holiday morning. >> and weve got a lot of news. we begin with the weather. first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. >> a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars....

People went, even if they survived the storm, where are they now. >> 1,500 still officially missing. tom, thank you. the desperate, desperate search for those missing and the staggering task of how to go about starting all over. we have much more on the tornado devastation in joplin, missouri. its true. you never forget your first subaru.

know for who knows when. >> reporter: she says her father, james williamson, had pa past addiction battles and moved to joplin to start fresh. the only information she has is he was working in a mcdonalds that got destroyed. perez is one of thousands in the joplin area searching for missing loved ones after the tornado. local and state officials are scrambling to organize the effort to find them. >> when you have folks th...

Teams with -- he has to deal with the tornado devastation back here at home. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." >> its been almost 24 hours since the people of joplin, missouri hid in their homes as the tornado tore through their city. officials say 116 people were killed and many more injured. this makes this storm tied for the second deadliest twister. the toll is expected to climb as one resident puts it. everybodys going to know people who are dead. a massive rescue operation...

Scene. tornado devastation as far as the eye can see and off in the distance, beyond the firefighters, search and rescue now. even fires that are erupting in joplin. it really is an unfolding scene, changes minute by minute. neighbors are trying to pull -- oh, they just pulled out their dog. that is great. they just -- they just pulled the dog. he looks to be okay, out of the house there. thats great news. we know that neighbors are telling us, i know my neighbors in there. i cant get to him. it...