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>> oh, my god. back up. oh, no. stop. oh, no. what did it destroy? oh, it's a trailer house. slow down. >> very large tornado. [ sirens ] >> we just had a power flash. hopefully -- >> oh, my gosh. >> hopefully they will get everybody out of there and safe. >> the motion is tremendous. david payne, are you with us? >> killer tornado. across highway 81 it intensified and it almost got us. it intensified right on top of us. amazing. >> this was a violent tornado. you see how it's carving out a v-shaped debris cloud. we'll let this roll. this was live for 25 minutes. that's the new water tower. wa...

>> oh, my god. back up. oh, no. stop. oh, no. what did it destroy? oh, it's a trailer house. slow down. >> very large tornado. [ sirens ] >> we just had a power flash. hopefully -- >> oh, my gosh. >> hopefully they will get everybody out of there and safe. >> the motion is tremendous. david payne, are you with us? >> killer tornado. across highway 81 it intensified and it almost got us. it intensified right on top of us. amazing. >> this was a violent tornado. you see how it's carving out a v-shaped debris cloud. we'll let this roll. this was live for 25 minutes. that's the new water tower.

what's happening. that's ahead. we will have the latest on this developing story in a few minutes from now. president obama is back at the white house of a spending several hours in joplin, missouri. it was exactly a week ago that an f-5 tornado ripped through the city killing people in minutes. 5:41 central time there was a moment of silence marked by the precise instant that tornado hit. our dan traveled with the president to joplin and dan, a tough job for the president to try to lift spirits of a being amongest the people but seeing this disaster first-hand. >> this is a presid...

rooftops. people were marched to demand the release of political prisoners and the bullets rained down. and sarah palin thundering into d.c. today, but is she ready to roll into the presidential race? the best political team on television is weighing in. i'm drew griffin. the news starts now. in the headlines tonight president obama went to joplin, missouri, today. it was his first chance to see the unimaginable damage caused by last sunday's ef-5 tornado. he spoke at a memorial service for the 142 known victims. a live look at the president's visit just ahead. and sarah palin dr...

>> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of nature's power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees are debarked. >> reporter: residents running for every anywhere they could. >> everybody get down, all on the ground. >> reporter: in a crowded convenience store, some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then -- everything goes fl...