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>> we were doing a good job last night. we got multiple warnings prior to the tornado hitting. the warnings were out there. they did a great job. unfortunately it's when you get those. we had an opportunity to know it was coming also. that's why we didn't have fatalities last night. didn't have more injuries. people were aware of what was taking place here. are you asking washington for assistance? >> we'll meet around 8:00 this morning. now we are assessing to see what the damage is. i'm sure we will be. two days earlier i did a declaration emergency. we have so much flooding.

Anything else. and all we can do is just give everything that we can to them, work hard and continue to pray. >> and you're volunteering, of course. does it frustrate you when you hear the types of things that we showed at the beginning of the segment, the media and hollywood being condescending about the bible and about alabama? >> it does not bother me. they can say what they want. i have one to answer to on judgment day. i'll just continue to pray for everyone that wants to speak like that. but i try to ignore it all. >> bless their heart, right? meredith. >> it's for them. >> it's for them...

Obviously when there is not very much power, power lines have been torn down, power poles snapped and uprooted it is difficult for the rescuers in the darkness to do a thorough search very quickly. it will likely be morning or even later tomorrow before we know precisely how many have been killed in lee county i'm sorry lee county alabama as a result of the huge tornado hitting there this afternoon. more than 42000 homes and businesses without electricity and reports of wide spread damage in southeastern alabama as well tornado warnings posted across alabama florida georgia and south carolina ...

What we have now learned tonight. and made in america is back. tonight, the success story that might have passed you on the highway. good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a monday night, and we begin with the severe storms at this hour. emergency teams are on the scene tonight after what's believed to be a tornado hitting maryland not long ago. cars upside down, buildings destroyed, all part of this storm system. blinding rain, and damaging storms from the south all the way up through new york. you can see the damage coming in from the scene in maryland. there were high ...

I grew up in baltimore just outside in townsend. >> hey! >> charm city. erica, we'd love to have you back as much as you can to talk about the efforts. >> i would be happy to be back. >> i think, we believe bringing this attention you did save lives this weekend. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> absolutely. thank you. >> coming up in the next hour, a special report on ferguson, three years later. after that city really changed and the events after michael brown's death. the violence that followed and the riots that happened and specifically there and a change in political figureheads, to...