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>> powerful tornadoes ripping through mississippi overnight killing morethan 20 people and leaning behind of devastating destruction. to see what might be coming in front of you last night, this massive tornado was only able to be viewed by intermittent flashes of lightning and transformers blowing out in the distance. is that i can hear it. hi, aishah. iowa good to see you. i'm aishah hosni in washington. officials there say that town is essentially gone with entire neighborhoods leveled as you can see here in this video and thousands without power or anywhere to go. we are being to...

phil keating and chad pergram from the white house. let's start with alex and roy hoff live from cape corral, florida. hi, alex. alex: we are in an area called matt lachet and the coast guard is leading major effort to rescue people who have been stranded on the pine island ever since the storm, this is a major operation, we have probably seen at least a hundred people in this location coming in by boat. those residents had been on the island since the storm including even volunteers who showed up just after it. some really have arrived here in terrible condition. ems personnel have ...

You help is gratitude when they say thank you. it's -- it's worth it. just to have the thank you and even if they don't say thank you being able to help somebody because that's what god would want us to do. he doesn't want us to sit back and standby. he wants us to be involved because that's what jesus did when he was here on earth when he saw need, he met that need and blind person he gave them sight and a lame person he was able to make walk again and even the dead he raised. jesus was hands on and helping and working with other people. that's what we should do as christians, lift up other p...

Operation christmas child where we pack boxes, shoe boxes and you fill them with toys, school supplies and we deliver them all around the world so that kids not only do they get a box but they will know that god loves them and we just wrapped up our national collection week but you can still pack a box on the line at samaritansfirst.org and you can upload family's photo and you can track your box to see where the box will go around the world. mike: i was checking it out. samaritanspurse.org. you can choose boy or girl and pick box for someone remote in the world? >> her name isabela, grew up i...

Ones are better. because it is a gift and long after these toys are worn out, they still have the box. >> sean: you get a gift for a kid and all of a sudden they like the box more than the present. so how do people do this? >> they can go to samaritansfirst.org. go to our website. we show them how to pack a box. the items to put in a box if they are a girl, or a boy. just suggested items. then we have the instructions on where to take the box, how to mail the box. >> sean: how many countries do you go to yourself? do you deliver a lot of these? >> i will go to a handful of countries. we go to ...