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This is what has taken through so long. we had to go through all of this and it goes 15 miles the other way, just like this. >> 15 miles of just like this? >> yes. >> and you see the devastation stretching from where the school, unfortunately, sadly -- this is an evil monster of a torn. hit where people were, the youngest were, when you watched that, it just numbs you. the parent who lost children and the parents of churn who survives will be part of the debate about rebuilding and whether there should have been -- even though it's an older school if there should have been a safer shelter ther...

Official say seven children -- we have emotional video right now, just into cnn overnight, showing students at briarwood elementary school, reuniting with their parents. 50 people have died, including at least 20 children. president obama signing a major disaster declaration, ordering federal aid to this area. obviously, it is so, so needed here. i'm in a neighborhood right next to the school. the school is just 200 yards away from where i am. it's been flattened. this neighborhood, it was a row of houses. but each house, knocked down. or the roofs have been tore out. the trees twisted. and yo...

Already know, children. 145 people injured, again, that number will go up, maybe by a lot. and we're asking about a count for the number of homes and structures destroyed. they do not have that count yet. i can tell you how we've driven through it over the last several hours, i don't know how they would begin to count. there were so many homes, structures destroyed. flattened in some cases by the power of the storm. it was an ef-4, there were wind speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour. at one point this tornado was some two miles wide. and it cut a path here through this area that was simply ...

Parents still looking for their children. >> quickly, george. i know you're from this area. i think people are asking, why doesn't there an underground shelter. is that unusual that there wasn't an underground shelter here? >> some schools have them. i grew up in austin. and i was born in amarillo. i remember being a kid in third or fourth grade. big tornadoes coming through. and you get in that position. you crouch down. you wait when you hear the sirens. we did take shelter in a school in shawnee that did have a shelter. >> one of the things we're talking about this morning, as we see the li...

Lightning flashing in the sky over moore, oklahoma, all night. many people here want to know what is the forecast for today? is it another dangerous day on the horizon? we'll have that forecast when we come back. this special edition of "early start" continues after the break. make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a jetta. that's the power of german engine...