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Alley to see if anybody is left alive inside or if there are other fatalities. the death toll stands at 24 confirmed. it had been higher last night. state medical authorities had said it was higher than that. they have gotten organized and tried to locate people and figure out where people are. the people of moore are going forward with an astonnishing sense of resilience. what are you hearing from people? >> reporter: that is so remarkable especially on such a miserable day when people are coming back to these homes for the first time. this family is trying to find something. they are trying ...

Picture of the bowling ball, the image, seeing the bowling ball on the ground there. when you look at the buildings, i was driving through, i saw some people going through their homes, trying to see if there was anything left. are you seeing the signs of owners, people who normally work in these buildings? are they arriving as the sun comes up in moore this morning? >> no. it feels like a ghost town here, john. we were driving through this morning. i saw one guy walking down the street with just a blank stare in his eyes. he just looked shell shocked and that's the feeling when you look around...

Elementary school. thoughts and prayers are being sent from all over the america to victims. monday night, the new york yankees and the baltimore orioles held a moment of silence. county music tobey keith, he's an oklahoma native, he too reacting to the devastating tornado. he in a statement quote, this storm has devastated the community that i grew up in. i rode my bike through those neighborhoods. i have family and friends in moore. my heart and prayers go to those that have lost so much. but moore is strong and we will persevere. god be with you all. >> in fact, he called into cnn a sho...

And download our free lennox mobile app. lennox. innovation never felt so good. welcome back to moore, oklahoma. chris cuomo and john berman on scene in front of first baptist church. destroyed in '99. back to show the resilience of this community. they have power and water, two things needed right now. a lot of search and rescue going on, tough areas to reach and we'll do it by the numbers, from the worst type of calculation to hear. we're told 50 dead, 51 dead, 20 confirmed to be children that number will go up. this is a disorganized effort. tough to get people on the scene, massive devas...

Destruction. >> governor, what do you need today. the sun rises, so many needs, what's at the top of the list? >> well, the biggest thing we need. just donations at this point in time. families have lost their homes, certainly businesses that have been destroyed. not only the tornado here in moore and oklahoma city, but we also had tornadoes on sunday and just yesterday morning, going throughout other areas of the state, walking through the debris areas and talking to families and businesses that had homes destroyed on sunday afternoon and to have this happen again on monday, it has created a ...