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now, the devastation has been particularly brutal in illinois and missouri. in harrisburg, illinois, six deaths were reported after a storm leveled much of the small town of about 9,000 residents. more than 300 homes and businesses now lay in ruin. in branson, missouri, much of the town is without power right now. roofs were ripped off hotels and the city's famous music theaters seriously damaged from tuesday night into wednesday morning. tornadoes were reported across eight separate states. nbc's ron blome joins me now from branson, missouri. what's the latest on the ground there? >...

a veg answer. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell. santorum sur sliefed the night, but -- survived the night, but it was not pretty. romney narrowly ca lly carried n with 41% of the vote. today santorum campaigns in tennessee, gingrich is in georgia and romney is in the buckeye state. >> are you going to have a choice in ohio, about people running for president, first, do you want somebody who spent his life in the private sector, or do you want somebody who spent his career in washington. there are a couple of guys that spent their career in washington that you can vote for. >> chris i...

>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell. santorum sur sliefed the night, but -- survived the night, but it was not pretty. romney narrowly ca lly carried n with 41% of the vote. today santorum campaigns in tennessee, gingrich is in georgia and romney is in the buckeye state. >> are you going to have a choice in ohio, about people running for president, first, do you want somebody who spent his life in the private sector, or do you want somebody who spent his career in washington. there are a couple of guys that spent their career in washington that you can vote for. >> chris is a contributo...

deaths were reported after a storm leveled much of the small town of about 9,000 residents. more than 300 homes and businesses now lay in ruin. in branson, missouri, much of the town is without power right now. roofs were ripped off hotels and the city's famous music theaters seriously damaged from tuesday night into wednesday morning. tornadoes were reported across eight separate states. nbc's ron blome joins me now from branson, missouri. what's the latest on the ground there? >> well, this is where a lot of this tornado outbreak began last night about 1:30 in the morning. sirens w...

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