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Work to implement that decision through the departments and agencies. so, this is a big mess. i suspect that the pentagon is scrambling to figure out some contingency plans around this. i suspect the state department and ambassador jeffrey are also trying to figure out how to manage this from a syria strategy perspective. this is a giant mess. it's sort of upside down. should have been done the other way around. >> carol, take us to d.c. the president has spent a lot of time this week trying to defend his decision. is he convincing anybody? >> well, he's certainly not convincing a lot of peopl...

>> public information for the city. i would like you to sign -- we just heard a wrap-up from joplin, missouri, officials, giving the grim update. the death toll just jumping. we thought it was 30, they say right now 89 people confirmed killed, hundreds more hurt and the thing that struck me is they're still conducting the search and rescue operations. they just said they believe there are people still trapped and that it will be days before the cleanup portion of this starts. right now it's still an active rescue as they try to make their way through this decimated city and try to find people ...

many ran to seek safer ground, but boy, the devastation is coming to light today. >> that's right. 12 hours later life has changed in joplin, missouri. a powerful tornado ripped that city apart. the red cross said 75% of the town is virtually gone with reports of at least 30 people killed and dozens more injured. 50,000 people live in the city. no phone service, power lines are down, cars and trucks smashed and flipped. the governor calling out the national guard and declaring a state of emergency this morning. >> to make matters worse the city's main hospital st. john's medical cent...