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Rebuild. how far east did it go? >> i'm not sure. i know there's damage over on the next section. >> we are now almost exactly 12 miles due east of where we started this journey and where the tornado first touched down. this is the area where locals say the tornado actually lifted off the ground, meaning its path is about twice as long as first estimated. and just to clarify, there's no longer a dispute about how long this tornado's path was. all week long, the national weather service -- just today they updated their website to say that it was 13 miles, and they are basing that on aerial surv...

That's the trailer, working trailer. >> so this is ground zero of the joplin, tornado, and we are going to drive its entire length from west to east to get a good picture of just how widespread the damage was. here's the first downed power lines. major electrical transmission lines. one reason much of joplin is without electrical power. so less than a mile into our journey, you see the first homes that have lost part of their roofs. you can see over on this house a sign warning looters will be shot. you can see some of the power company crews were working on repairing these downed electrical l...

Last hour where president obama paid tribute to the victims of last sunday's tornado. he praised the city for its spirit and praised that city for staying together through those fierce winds and all this devastation. and he said the disaster was a national tragedy that deserved a national response. his promise, that the country would be there every step of the way was greeted by cheers, standing ovation, and tears. there is a dispute today over just how long last week's deadly tornado stayed on the ground. the national weather services it cut a six-mile swath against joplin, but locals say i...

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