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They visited shops that have been rebuilt and reopened. all of this is days after the president got a firsthand look at the tornado devastation in oklahoma. >> part of the reason i wanted to come back here was not just to send a message to new jersey but send a message to folks in oklahoma. when we make a commitment that we've got your back, we mean it. and we're not going to finish until the work is done because that's who we are. >> superstorm sandy caused millions of dollars of damage on the east coast. up next, two different people that claim they were set up. more on a mormon mother fro...

Out. no reports of injuries to passengers or crew. the ship is in calm seas right now and running with full power. you are not alone. president obama delivering that message to the people of moore, oklahoma, after getting a firsthand look at the tornado devastation. last night during his emotion emotional -- an emotional memorial the president sent a message of his own, we are down but we are were not out. here's nick valencia. ♪ jesus loves me >> reporter: thousands gathered at the first baptist church in moore sunday night to remember the 24 lives lost. last monday's tornado was the stro...

we're following the breaking news this hour, a tornado outbreak that scraped parts of the midwest this morning, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100. hardest hit, harrisburg, illinois, where at least six people died, including two children. within the last half hour, we learned the tornado was a category ef-4, with winds, get this, up to 170 miles an hour, and as wide as two football fields. in the last hour, the mayor spoke at a grief-stricken news conference. >> we have suffered the loss of lives. we've suffered many injures, and millions of dollars worth of is i...

progress. democratic senate leader harry reid and republican senate leader mitch mcconnell on the senate floor moments ago. look. >> today the speaker republican leader held a press conference to announce they're in talks with the president and that a bargain to raise the debt ceiling is in the works and is close. in president, members of the senate, that's not true. i just spent two hours with the president, vice president, and leader pelosi, and it's fair for me to say that the engagement there is not in any meaningful way. the speaker, republican leader should know that merely say...

House. and ed, you know, he was in europe when the first days and frantic hours of the tornado rescue began. how do the people greet him a week on? >> that's right. good morning, christine. certainly a lot of pressure on the president. several days, just about a week had passed as you note since this terrible tragedy. this is an area of the country where the president lost to john mccain in 2008, and so he had to make that extra special effort to show he was going to get on top of this. i can tell you it seemed like there were a lot of standing ovations at that memorial service a lot of people...