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Conference of police chiefs, pushing back against the idea that police are to blame for the problems in america's inner cities. that's the good message. here to react is gary cox, the chief of police for the texas police department. he was at the conference and joins us from chicago this morning. chief, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> going into yesterday before you had heard from the president, you know, we have talked to a number of law enforcement who have felt like the president did not have your back. what was your take away from the message yesterday? >> you know, based upon you...

better with friends. well, you know what, the first game of the world series started on a tuesday and it ended on a wednesday. my team, the kansas city royals beat brian's team, the new york mets by four. >> what a great game. >> it was terrific. >> you're -- they were absolutely the two best teams in baseball. >> got your money's worth. >> it is a world series. >> by the way, steve, we've hired people who are met fans who wanted to stay up for the whole thing. we're talking about people who have been up past midnight. 1:00 in the morning. >> out of curiosity, am i the only kansas ...

0 we lost our signal because more weather is moving, in more severe weather. hundreds of lightning strike about to approach the area. there's oklahoma city, there's moore. this is one of a few storms on the radar map at this hour but more back out to the west still coming. i'll zoom out to you. another area we're concerned about, north texas, dallas. you are in the tornado watch box today. all of north texas, parts of southern oklahoma. one more graphic here we can show you'll yao all of the lightning strikes. the western half of oklahoma sparking at this hour and lightning strikes will take i...

0 other girls were screaming. and they were crying. >> and we heard the tornado and it sounded like a train coming by. and then we all, we were all uncovered. and your teacher took cover of us. >> i was in a stall with some kids and it just started coming down. so i laid on top of them. one of my little boys, he kept saying, i love you, i love you, please don't die with me, please don't die with me. >> thank you, thank you! >> he was so brave. >> at this hour, the death toll now has been corrected to 24, including nine children. we'll get the latest on the search and rescue from oklahoma gover...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to a special edition of "today." it's 7:00 on the west coast. it's 9:00 in the morning in moore, oklahoma. we got matt lauer surrounded by the destruction, everywhere in this community. we'll check in with matt. we got some headlines to bring you this morning. some good news at least for the time being. the medical examiner revising the number down to 24 people. we can give you the latest on this tornado, this is a depree path that was several blocks wide and we're told it stretched for more than 20 m...