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Vulnerable is that moist air from the gulf of mexico gets caught between the air from the desert and cold dry air from the colorado rockies, a recipe for instability and intense thunderstorms. while it may seem like tornadoes are more frequent now than a few decades ago the reality is people are much more observant when it comes to tornadoes spotting than they used to be. i want to bring in now allison, katy baur a spokeswoman for the red cross. allison, first let's talk about the scope of the damage. we know that 24 people have been confirmed dead. more than 200 injured. how is the red cross ...

Only 19. joining me live mark murray who apparently spent the entire christmas and new year's holiday putting together these numbers. i enjoy segments like this, mark, because we go to the numbers. it is not about a feeling necessarily. it's not someone pulling things out of the wind. these are actual numbers that we can look at and digest here. first let's talk about the dow because i remember the president after the first inauguration, some networks literally had the dow at the bottom of the screen and saying when the president spoke, the number down and all of these signs that calamity was ...

That made no sense whatsoever. >> can you imagine if somebody did that to us? >> uh, uh, uh -- >> no. you know what? >> that was funny. >> look at that. welcome back to "morning joe." sam stein and mark mckinnon are still with us here in washington along with mike barnicle in new york. mike, are you awake? >> i am. i am. i'm right here. >> wake up, mike. joining the table here in d.c., editor of "the washington post," bob woodward, the author of the book "the price of politics." >> bob, you thought that was a mean clip, all the uhs from both candidates. >> yeah, out of context. somebody could ...

Offensive. it was distributed. this president's record on terrorism takes a back seat to no one. >> this was an intelligence failure? >> no. no. this was an event, obviously, a complex event. we're only talking a matter of weeks here. and so his information was arrived at as determinations were made. that was shared with the american people. and i think, again, the focus needs to be how do we make sure that our facilities and our ambassadors and our personnel is secure going forward, and that's what the focus is on. >> 21 past the hour. a beautiful shot as the sun comes up over washington, d.c...

Systems to steel beams and bed sheets. so just how serious is this situation and what does it mean for the u.s. economy? >> patricia powell is the founder and ceo of powell financial group. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> arthel: first let's talk about this backlog of goods. what does this significant nigh? >> it signifies that china is slowing and it's been slowing now for six straight quarters. the most recent gdp numbers coming in at 7.6. it's not the absolute numbers that are important. it's the change and the change is declining. what they've done is made a classic mistake. they'v...