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And they've train good 200 volunteers. so it's a fair number of people out there, they're still working about 14 boats as well trying to recover what they can. it is at the tar ball stage. there's not much floating oil on the water. there's certainly a lot of activity on shore, in particular now they're trying to figure out what to do about the rocks the oil that may have seeped into the soil. >> you know i'm looking at all sorts of reports about how long it took for workers to get there. and in fact, there were volunteers from the community who were the first to be on the beaches trying to cl...

Office of emergency management, just a short while ago about preparations as the storm hit the north carolina coast. >> the storm is here. the conditions are going to worsen, and everyone needs to be advised. until this storm is past us tomorrow morning at daybreak, the best thing to do is to stay indoors. all of our agencies and departments that are involved in a response effort to a hurricane, the plans are in place. d.o.t. has staged equipment. we'll have assessment teams out as soon as it's possible for them to get out. so, everything's in place to do what we need to do once the storm pass...

University, we've add great ongoing relationship with the university in terms of providing a response protocols and assisting them in setting up their potential response it a situation like this and they've been very good partners. we tried to work outweighs that they could prevent and support a response effort in the event that this should happen. and today's events appear to us that those policies and procedures that they work so hard on were not only implemented but helped reduce the possibility of this tragic event today. and so for that, we're very, very appreciative. again i say that inv...

State of washington, allowing the federal government to provide funds to support the local response effort. earlier today nbc news's miguel almaguer assessed this devastation from the air above oso, washington. >> one square mile of debris. 550 football fields worth of destruction. it just goes on and on. demolished by the mudslide. dozens of homes are damaged or destroyed. crews in the air and on the ground have been spending hours looking for victims, but their job is dangerous. there's concern another mudslide could be triggered. so they're being asked to pull back. >> joining me now from s...

We learned today president obama will visit the oklahoma city area on sunday to tour the devastation from monday's deadly tornado. and see firsthand the response effort under way. today we also learned that the cost of the tornado is being estimated at $2 billion. that's an early damage tally by the oklahoma insurance department. we also know that the medical examiner's office has identified positively 23 of the 24 people who died in the tornado. that's 24 deaths. ten of them children, including two infants. joining me now for more is msnbc's craig melvin. craig? >> reporter: hey there, chris ...