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Debris. that's what the search and rescue crews have been going through frantically yesterday and again today trying to find survivors. remarkably, they did find 17 survivors yesterday. they were slowed down by all of the bad weather. the rain and the hail. even the lightning, we have learned that two of the first responders were actually hit by lightning yesterday. one of them in very serious condition and one of them did go back to work. they did find 17 survivors throughout the day yesterday. no survivors overnight but the search and rescue crews should be sped up because right now, we're l...

it is tuesday, may 24th. we're getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we're talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. >> good morning. what are you seeing there? >> good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it's a good morning in joplin. it simply isn't. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let's begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that...

The government panel was delivering the bad news that the leak is worse, much worse than previously estimated. up to 60,000 barrels of oil leaking a day. nbc's tom costello is in venice, louisiana, for us this morning. tom, bring us up-to-date on the efforts to contain this leak. i know there was a lightning strike yesterday. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, there was a lightning strike on the most important rig out there. that is the ship that is helping to collect the oil that they are grabbing, 15,000, 16,000 barrels a day. that was hit by lightning yesterday. they had a fire on the s...

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