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Moore storms on tuesday and then today hampering the cleanup efforts after monday's tornado. yesterday it was hot, near 90 degrees. utility crews were able to make some progress, a lot of heavy equipment moved in, all while survivors of this monster twister start to really cope with what they've been through this week. >> when you look around now and you just drive around and you see the community -- >> it's just unbelievable. i'm just at a loss for words. and the outpouring of people just trying to get all of us -- we have six kids, you know, and we lost everything. it's just gone, flattened....

Governor, mary fallon and congressman tom cole who lives blocks from the hardest hit area. governor, if i may start with you, tell me exactly where we are at the moment with the state of the recovery operation. >> we are beginning the recovery operations. there's a lot of debris removal going on throughout the public areas of the street. i was just visiting with the fire chief. he told me they're about to get to the point where they can go to some of their other duties and let fema take control and some other emergency personnel take control of some of the operations here as far as a disaster ...

Tracking the story. good morning, jalelah. >> thank you, john, marci. the good news, it is not really going to be impacting new england if at all. this time they are spared. if you are traveling through pennsylvania, also, through the virginias and back into our nation's capital, it's going to be a snowy morning for you. talking anywhere from 1 to 3 inches in our nation's capital. back into baltimore. they will get slammed twice in one day. morning commute and commute home from work. we are talking anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of snow. across i-80, pennsylvania, laurel highlands, i-81, roanoke,...

>> you know, no one is doubting it was caused by a gas leak and the leak was caused by utility crews working in the area. no one is challenging that. but the question is really who is at fault. the state regulatory commission has been here. they've got investigators on the ground. they say the gas lines were properly marked and so far they've found no fault with the utility crews who are working. that said, the investigation could take six months. >> mike tobin on the scene in kansas city. it's hard to believe anyone survived that. witnesses say the strong smell let them know something was wro...

Still covered with snow so there will be pedestrians out and a lot big high snow berms. that is one of the other concerns. visibility is big concern, bill. bill: that they can stay warm. how many people without power, molly? >> reporter: thankfully those numbers are dropping rapidly. there were 400,000 initially to the height of the storm. that dropped to 100,000. most of them here in plymouth. this is the main street here, still in the dark. people are digging out. you can see guys with snow shovels getting to bottom of all the ice that caused a lot of problems. wires are iced over in a lot o...