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Airport officials are surveying the damage after an apparent tornado ripped through the airport last night. windows shattered, glass flew all around that terminal and at least five people were treated for minor injuries. the weather channel's mike seidel is live in nearby ferguson, missouri, another area hit by the severe storms. good saturday morning to you, mike. what is the scene like there this morning? >> reporter: a lot of trees down here. we're about two miles just due east of the runways at lambert field, the same supercell we think, a long track tornado, alex. it was rain wrapped in t...

the airport remains closed. communities around the airport were also hit hard. no deaths have been reported. right now, people are combing through what's left of their homes, trying to salvage what they can. earlier, the red cross' jessica willingham explained how they're helping. >> if they don't have a safe place to go, we will make sure that they have a safe place, a warm place, you know, a place out of the rain that they have food, meals. basic needs are all met, and then we can connect them with the case workers to help take care of their longer term needs. >> again, no report...

When he came out of the gate, 42 years of age, looked like he was 17, rifle arm throwing in the first period. but then the old man got sacked. i don't know whether we have that coming up here. >> he got absolutely slammed. >> right there. >> the field was like concrete. >> no doubt about it. we were just talking about it before. this always happened in the old black-and-blue division, when you had the nfc central and they all played outside. by december, andrea, the fields were just rock solid ice. >> the fact is these guys were really upset before this game at playing on this kind of surface ...

Horrible record like in december in green bay. so, really, this has been a trend for him. >> by the way, these guys whining about playing on this field last night. i'm the guy that always says you have to protect these players from the helmet to helmet contact. let me tell you something, detroit lions, mike, nfc central, a black-and-blue division, that was when football was real. >> when men were men. >> when men were men. >> they're still playing outdoors in the brand-new refurbished field in chicago in the winter. >> like running on the parking lot in cleats. >> i think the vikings should bu...

On the policy, we should be looking at what will create growth in the united states. we are growing too slowly and seeing millions of people out of work as a result. the top rates are ones that hit small businesses, about 50% of small business income is taxed at those rates. i think that would be a mistake at this moment. quite frankly, what we shouldn't extend are the subsidies to consuming things. what we need is a reorientation of our nation from saving, investment and growth and that's how they should view the decision to extend some or all these tax cuts. >> douglas holtz eakin, former di...