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Clean up is just beginning after a series of tornadoes pummeled towns in iowa thursday. part of the same weather system that sank the duck boat in missouri. the roof of the agriculture equipment company ripped off. 400 people were inside at the time. seven were taken to the hospital in the southeast part of iowa. a state of emergency declared in the city of marshalltown. a city of 27,000. in the distance, you can see the top of the courthouse building blown off by a twister. at least ten people were treated at the hospital. many customers without power this morning. >> let's see what is ahead ...

Oklahomans insist, no matter how much damage has been left behind, no storm is going to break their spirit. abc's mike becher, an oklahoman, explains. >> reporter: standsing a half mile in front of sunday's violent storm, watching yet another tornado plow through red dirt and houses built on it, i silently wondered why do i live here? the answer is rooted in dust. i'm an okie. the "o" word was equivalent to a racial slur during the 1930s dust bowl. >> is that's fourth street across the interstate. >> reporter: but okies like country superstar toby keith, a moore native, who still lives here, n...

hour two happening right now. you can see sheriff lutz holding a press conference in zanesville, ohio. here is sheriff lutz. >> the experience that they have, i believe at one point they told me it was over 100 years -- over 100 years of experience of dealing with animals and that's far more than what we have. so it's been great to have them here. i've prepared a little bit of a statement. it's going to be different things that we've been thinking about that we wanted to get out to you and we'll take some questions afterwards. first of all, alt this point, still i have no new informa...

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Michelle, a good day to you. we hear there from tracey martin. we know sybrina fulton will talk shortly. talk about the mood. is there excitement, apprehension? what is the feel? >> reporter: you can probably hear the clapping in the background right now. we just had a speaker turn out for this. a short time ago we watched -- we heard cheers as beyonce and jay-z walked out of the federal building courthouse building here and they're starting to work the crowd. it is supposed to be more of an upbeat sort of day, a call to action as you mentioned. a move away from those angry protests in the str...