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hello. good morning. i'm lynn berry. we begin with mayhem in the midwest. this morning, red dents across the region are picking up the pieces left behind by several deadly tornadoes, hardest hit, joplin, missouri where one ripped through sunday evening leveling homes and devastating the local hospitals. nbc's frances coe reports. joplin, missouri, the bull's eye of a ravishing twister, witnessed firsthand by the team from the weather channel. >> never witnessed anything like this in my life. >> reporter: the tornado pummeled st. johns medical center and other buildings and hurtled ...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello. good morning. i'm lynn berry. we begin with mayhem in the midwest. this morning, red dents across the region are picking up the pieces left behind by several deadly tornadoes, hardest hit, joplin, missouri where one ripped through sunday evening leveling homes and devastating the local hospitals. nbc's frances coe reports. joplin, missouri, the bull's eye of a ravishing twister, its power witnessed firsthand by the team from the weather channel. >> never witnessed anything like this in my life. it just shows you the power of to...

In alabama, governor robert bentley toured the devastation in the tiny community of boone's capital where a father and two adult children lost their lives. >> rolled off down into the hill. it's bad. >> reporter: they were three of the more than 20 confirmed killed as a deadly line of storms and tornadoes -- >> oh my god, this is not good. >> reporter: ran across arkansas and oklahoma, scenes of destruction and stories of surviv survival. >> i saw the wind pick up this big oak tree and sort of pick it up and toss it on top of the power lines and it caught the pine tree right under it and of co...

Welcome back, everyone. i'm alex witt. as we approach the bottom of the hour today, several southeast states are picking up the pieces after a rash of deadly tornadoes. 62 twisters were reported in north carolina making it the most violent spring storm in 20 years. this is a twister here that pummeled the city of sanford. at least 44 people are dead across six states and officials fear that number will rise today. the red cross has set up shelters in six states, currently housing 522 people and nbc's frances coe has more. >> reporter: damage in the capital of north carolina, cars crushed, buil...

right now on "msnbc sunday" twister rampage. the death toll rises after another violent night in the south. we have a live report coming up. sleeping on the job, another air traffic controller is caught napping at bork. the faa just announcing new changes to allow workers to get more rest. he said what? donald trump opens a new line of attack on the president but is anyone outside the tea party listening? plus nicolas cage's arrest in the big easy. how his mouth may have ultimately gotten him in trouble. good morning, i'm alex witt. welcome to "msnbc sunday." it's 10:00 on the ...