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Break bases and completely broken into unrecognizable pieces at this point and i want to point out a chopper is going overhead and that is the governor, flying over the area, getting an idea -- he has been up two days, looking at the damage, so widespread across the state and now is in the area, this is birdie county, where there were 11 fatalities, a rural county, mostly farmland, and around 20,000 residents and of the 45, at least, the number now, 45 fatalities across the country, 11 coming fr...

>> what do you think is next for north carolinaans? >> just the cleanup process now. you know, you see a lot of roofing trucks, you see a lot of tree removal, landscaping trucks, tons of power line trucks. everybody is just kind of assessed the damage now, and were putting things back together. alisyn: were so happy that you and your wife and your 15 month old daughter survived this. thank you for coming in with your personal story. >> yeah, thank you. alisyn: wow, look at those. the images out ...

Back, screaming, the emotions, we heard as much crashing and metal behind us, and look up and seeing the metal rolling up from the building as we were going to the back. it was a combination of emotions and senses at that time. alisyn: that was a particularly indeldelible image. hundreds of tornadoes, reported across the south and a state of emergency in effect for some areas. >> jonathan serrie is live in north care, maria molina is with us in the fox weather center. we go to jonathan first, wh...

Purchasing them. alisyn: incredible and we had another guest on earlier who talked about how this is not tornado alley and is not common place for north carolina and is incredible, people have known what to do. tell us about the other things, people have said to you and what you have seen in touring around the state. >> well, in sanford, also, there was a large company, that employees 1200 people in that area and it was totally destroyed. and, it had numerous buildings, and that is the tragedy o...

Open fields and flat and they had a visual sight of the tornado but that only gave them seconds to respond. bill: i can tell you after watching that, that tornado is huge. it is massive in size and you can just imagine now, a storm that big, how easily it can cause all of that damage you are seeing around you. well check in a bit later this morning, rick, thank you, rick reichmuth. alisyn has more. alisyn: at least 22 of the confirmed dead were in north carolina and senator hagen touring the low...

Into contact with, as you cover this story. and you have covered stories like this in so many parts of the country. what strikes you about the damage and the devastation around you, jonathan? you know, ive certainly covered many tornadoes, but this is one of the more powerful southern tornadoes that theyve seen in this part of the country. theyre starting to assess the damage and come up with official estimates on how powerful the tornadoes werent they dont have a wind estimate yet in this parti...

We know that she is about to tour or has just toured that lowes department store that was leveled, thats become such an icon of these tornadoo tornadic damage there, so you can see them setting up the microphones and well bring you portions of that live as it happens. bill: you have deaths across six different states, 45 americans losing their lives because of this storm, and it was a -- we felt it up here in the northeast. what a day saturday and saturday night was. you can imagine if youre in ...

News alert" now, a new hour and first responders, from across north carolina now, en route to the epicenter of a twister outbreak. 45 confirmed dead, and six different states. more than 80 tornadoes touching down in north carolina alone. that is a day they will never forget. brand new hour, im bill hemmer, good morning on a monday here, welcome back to you, alisyn. alisyn: im alisyn camerota in for martha maccallum, that is an incredible number, the utter devastation is widespread across the sou...