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what's happening. that's ahead. we will have the latest on this developing story in a few minutes from now. president obama is back at the white house of a spending several hours in joplin, missouri. it was exactly a week ago that an f-5 tornado ripped through the city killing people in minutes. 5:41 central time there was a moment of silence marked by the precise instant that tornado hit. our dan traveled with the president to joplin and dan, a tough job for the president to try to lift spirits of a being amongest the people but seeing this disaster first-hand. >> this is a presid...

That might be playing a role as well. the other cell that came up from the washington area and went up to golds by. once they weaken lift north. that would be north and east of norman the way it looks to me. >> shepard: in fact, we have live pictures of that storm coming from koki, our network news affiliate as that storm is storm forming at 15 after 6:00 as the truck watches it live. at not feerk conditions have changed slightly over the last few minutes. the thing so difficult for those who are watching this and trying to save lives across the midwest is these storms are forming and touching...

Was a combination of factors. first of all, residents here had good warning, advance warning about a week in advance local meteorologists were predicting that a massive storm system was going to move through this area. and can then when the day came the tornadoes were actually touching down, birmingham, nearby birmingham there's a large television market, they were able to see the track of the tornadoes. people were taking cover. in fact, we spoke with one gentleman, the only resident not to leave this area. he's camping out in a tent by the remains of his home up there. we asked him how he su...

We have businesses that will no longer be able to engage in commerce. >> reporter: those who rode out the storm, like college student justin johnson, realize they are lucky to be alive. >> i went outside, opened the door, and it just -- i just started crying. that's the only thing you could do. >> reporter: it hit in ringold, georgia, without warning. first responders were on the scene quickly, but no one was prepared for this. >> it's something like out of a movie. it doesn't seem real. >> reporter: rooftops on apartment buildings in georgia and all across the region peeled off like sardine c...

Watch zain every morning, 5:00 a.m. on "world one" here on cnn. >> bye zain. the royal wedding is around the corner. cnn has you covered. we're going to take you behind the scenes of prince william and kate middleton's big day. that's on april 29th. you can watch, you can dvr, you can participate. be a part of our global viewing party and there's no rsvp necessary. we'll see you there. >> just ahead on "american morning," the south just beginning to recover from a string of vicious weather. i know some people think that we in the news overstate things sometimes. we're not. twisters touching ...