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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...

Tornado is, when you say if you live between this mile line and this mile section, you need to either leave or go below ground because there's a chance you will not survive above ground. you're right. it's been discussed in many rooms about what to tell people. no doubt about it. most of the tornadoes that happen every year, you can go to your safe spot. less than 5%, less than 2%. this year may be a little different. but in normal years, you know this, these tornadoes are this large and this violent. but every tornado that was developing, it would cycle, come down even stronger. it was coming...

There and i'm just -- i'm hoping and praying to god they're okay. >> reporter: turned out they were buried in that rubble. so, we are now about seven miles to the east of where the tornado first touched down. as you can see, there's still lots of damage here, so those original estimates of six miles on the ground are way too conservative. this is where jim and stacy richards lived. stacy survived the tornado by hanging onto two dog crates as her home collapsed around and on top of her. >> that was awful. laying there, screaming and screaming and screaming. yeah, it was horrible. >> reporter: t...

Yeah, it was horrible. and it wasn't until he really >> reporter: this week they got their insurance settlement so started getting into politics in they can rebuild. how far east did it go? those first early campaigns >> i'm not sure. i know there's damage over on where i saw, you know, he's got the next mile section. >> reporter: we're now almost a gift for this. >> i remember watching him speak exactly 12 miles due east of where we started this journey for the first time around 2004, and where the tornado first touched down. this is the area where locals i think it was. and thinking, wow, wh...