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>> welcome back. more now on that fox news alert. the search, it continues this hour for any survivors of that massive tornado that hit moore, oklahoma. at least 51 people have been killed, including 20 children. rescuers are focusing efforts on an elementary school. that's where dozens of third graders are still unaccounted for. the cover of "the oklahomaan" a local newspaper says it all. "worse than may 3." we're joined by the man who took that picture on the cover of "the oklahoman" today. paul, please explain this picture and that headline. >> i had covered both tornadoes. i was basicall...

The other way? that's what i would have dove. what did you do when you were getting hit by debris. >> we bailed south, drove east and watched the tornado rope out and dissipate and headed back to the city of moore and started checking through the debris, see what we could find. >> ben, finally, you're from norman, oklahoma, your family all doing okay? >> everybody is good and accounted for. >> amazing pictures, be safe, my friend. doesn't sound -- sounds like you are living on the edge a little bit. >> looks like texas today is where we'll be, so -- >> be safe. appreciate you being here. >> th...

Hitting that it was a mile wide. we just spoke with the lieutenant governor from the state of oklahoma that at times when it was on the grind it was two miles wide. which explains the two-mile wide swathe of oklahoma that essentially was churned into rubble today. this tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes. it caused devastation that we are only now beginning to comprehend, there are rescue efforts underway at an elementary school in moore, stay with us, we'll be right back. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. deli...

1-800-621-fema, f-e-m-a. or log on to disasterassistance.gov. that's dot g-o-v. if they need help they can go that direction or donate through the other website. >> a the although of addresses and numbers coming at you, we'll put it on cnn.com/impact so you can go there and we'll have the information that the governor has given us right now to put it there. because helping people here is the first priority. we know people are organizing, first baptist for many of us, five different in the area set up. if you're in the area they have water, they have power. which is scarce right now. there's a ...

Tornado warnings since the 1950s, this will probably go down as one of the two or three greatest fatalities for a single tornado. >> you know, when you compare the cost of the damage and the loss of life, i think that houses can be replaced but people can't. >> a lot of people think this may top joplin. the most expensive tornado we had at $2.8 billion. and they're saying this one may top it. >> hopefully a loss of life. >> we get newspapers from all across the country here at nbc and "morning joe." i just want to show you a couple of them. because we always get a few iconic images from these ...