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Mom, brandi. >> i told you we were going to be okay. >> that was rhonda crosswhite, a teacher at plaza tower elementary school. he was reunited moments ago on the "today" show with one of the students she helped save. right now i'm joined by jim cantore, live in moore, oklahoma. and i understand you can help us out a little bit on these conflicting reports on the death toll. >> reporter: yeah, the death toll, when we started this morning was at 91. and it kept going up yesterday, all night, and this morning again, popped up to 91 people. now, what's happened is there's been some information th...

Possibility of strong tornadoes. and chuck, those will be forming literally over the top of the dallas-ft. worth area some time around 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon and then they'll spread across north texas. >> i imagine everybody watching what's going on in oklahoma, hopefully will take even extra precaution today. bill karins, thank you very much. i want to go to thomas roberts. he's live in moore, oklahoma. thomas, i know you've been there overnight. describe what you're seeing, what you have seen, and tell me where you're standing right now. >> reporter: chuck, good morning to you. we are sta...

Storm, and it was devastating. i can remember, i've been and seen, witnessed the recoveries of a lot of tornadoes, but the one in '99 in moore stands out, because it was so devastating. and frankly, we were so lucky in '999. it was a devastating tornado, just missed a high school. the high school was full of kids. and the high school parking lot, i remember it like yesterday, was just, i don't know, a hundred cars, just jammed together. and no one was killed, i don't think, in the high school. it could have killed hundreds, so we were very fortunate. but it was devastating. and this just looks...

And equipment. there'll be a lot of infrastructure that has to be repaired. that will help us through that process. that's being expedited. and the fema director is coming today as well in oklahoma. so we're getting great response from fema. the bulk of what's happening is our state and local and through cities, we've had businesses that have already donated money and there are lines over a mile long yesterday in volunteer and donation areas, all around the city. so there's a lot of ongoing help here. >> do you expect to have any problems getting financial assistance passed in congress, if you...

Of course, you just had a of the devastation in shawnee. thanks for coming on this morning and sharing. meanwhile, i want to show you this picture. it's just in from noaa. it shows a satellite image of the tornado as it was developing over central oklahoma just one minute before it touched down in the town of moore. this is from the satellite. you can see that white swirl there. much more from moore and all of the trang coming up. we'll talk to the red cross about how you can help and we're going to hear from some of the storm chasers who followed yesterday's tornado on the ground. we'll be ...