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Case coming through a rural metro area. i think it will be substantially different and i think there will be thousands of claims here and we're going to do our best to make sure oklahomans understand their insurance policies from a consumer perspective and make sure insurance companies fulfill promises which they made to oklahomans and the industry has responded very, very well and we're going to work with them and we're coordinating that effort as we speak. >> you talk about making sure that the companies live up to their obligations. this shows the amount of severe storm related loss this is...

What lies ahead for thousands in moore, oklahoma? how do they begin to rebuild. i wonder about their insurance and what does it cover and whether private insurance in the face of catastrophic loss is enough. joining me now is the oklahoma insurance commissioner. thank you for joining us. i guess my first question is what is the general situation of folks living in tornado alley? obviously the insurance industry, homeowners all know this is a possible risk. is insurance required, are most of these folks insured and will they be made whole? >> sure. absolutely. if they have a mortgage, insurance...

Private insurance in the face of such catastrophic loss is enough. and joining me now is oklahoma insurance commissioner john doak. john, thank you for joining us. and i guess my first question is what is the general situation of folks living in tornado alley? obviously, the insurance industry, homeowners all know this is a possible risk. is insurance required? are most of these folks insured? are they going to be made whole? >> sure. absolutely. if they've got a mortgage, then insurance would most likely be required. we've done an educational campaign over the last year in the state of oklaho...

deep enough to get a sense of what's happening here. this was really the hardest hit county so far in the state. county saw 25 inches of rain in the last several days. keep in mind also there was a wind event. this storm packed a punch. winds gusting at 45 miles per hour. strong enough to knock over several things, knock down some trees and cause a lot of problems with debris in the roads. here along this coastal road, we are finding that police are in place to make sure that drivers are not surprised when they ran past those low lying areas when they find again, water at least a foo...

4:00 a.m. on the west. thanks for waking up with us. you are probably waking up to the news jerry sandusky was found guilty late last night. he was guilty on 45 of 48 counts related to sexual abuse of young boys. sandusky was taken into custody, handcuffed and taken away. let's give you a sense of what went on after the verdict. listen to this. >> guilty? >> yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> as the guilty verdict started to be read one after another, jerry sandusky looked straight ahead. he remained absolutely without emotion. >> we knew whatever the verdict was, we had to honor it. je...