Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20131118 21:18

CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper November 18, 2013 21:18:00

declared disaster areas and i want to bring in the governor of illinois, pat quinn, who was out touring the damage. he joins me by phone from diamond, illinois. governor, thanks so much for joining us. give us the latest on your state, on the land of lincoln. how many were killed, how many injured, how many homes destroyed, how many without power? >> well, we have six fatalities. we ask god to bless their souls. hundreds of injuries that are still being accounted for. we've had tornadoes in five different places in our state. one called washington near peoria, tremendous property damage and only one fatality there. i was there earlier this morning, i'm leaving diamond now which was hammered with extensive property damage. another town called gifford which is in champaign county, then a deep southern illinois, brookport, lost three people and extensive damage. so what we have to do is band

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