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People. there are reports of at least 89 people killed. 2,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. the city's main hospital was evacuated after a facade of the building was blown out. the tornado overturned at least ten tractor-trailers and scattered debris 70 miles away. checking other top stories for you now. president obama has arrived in ireland and is meeting with irish liters this morning. later, mr. obama will visit the city of moneygall, the home of some of his irish ancestors. there are no indications that rumors of the death of mullah omar are true. earlier, an afghan security officia...

>> we're doing to turn around, guys. >> oh, my gosh. all right, well, just pull in next to -- >> there's propane and gas -- >> yeah, i can smell it too. >> i smell gas, mike. >> oh, my gosh. that is freaking ridiculous. >> cnn's brian todd is outside of st. john's regional medical center, that's joplin's main hospital. it also took a direct hit from this tornado. brian, you're in the town, and when we say that it's affected the heart of this community, the tornado seemed to travel right down 20th street, that went right through the heart of the town. is that right? >> reporter: it is, carol. i...

for us, as we pine away for john king's 300th home run. >> carol, can you believe that? he caught that thing, right place, right time, a little bit of talent. >> i got hit in the head with a foul ball once, but never caught one. >> so that explains it! >> exactly! >> i'm kidding, carol, good to see you. >> have a great day, thank you so much. good morning to you. it's the heart of tornado alley. you know what i'm talking about this morning. the devastation in joplin, missouri, is shocking. take a look at why. >> my gosh. oh, my gosh! there it is. >> it was massive. at least 89 peop...

Place in new orleans. we don't want a repeat of that we know how difficult it is, whether it's new orleans. don't want to be forgotten about. >> just to give you a little bit of the lay of the land and ken skelton he and his wife rode out the tornado. can you see the open door just beside the white door. they were inside there as this part of the house sheared off and then the front of the house sheared off. he said he thought the storm was over and about that time he popped his head up and the back of the house ripped off. can you see over here as well this car, a tree fell on to it let that ...

>> reporter: increasingly, many planes, many passengers, seem to be surviving crashes that look deadly. in denver, this 737 caught fire, cracked in half, and amazingly, everyone survived. in jamaica, this 737 skidded off the end of the runway in the driving rain. the engine sheared off. the jet cracked in two places. plowing into a fence and over a road. and no one was killed. >> a lot of it is because of design. we've learned a lot over the last 60 or so years while commercial aviation has grown. there's been changes to the seats, the interiors, all made more crash-worthy, and obviously it's ...