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>> on this holiday morning. >> and we've got a lot of news. we begin with the weather. first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. >> a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars. >> the trees just doubled. it was the strongest wind i've seen in a long time. >> that's the impor...
Have to fundamental transform its people. what kind of people are we? in times of crisis we usually tend to fight out. we had such a crisis when a massive tornado hit joplin, missouri this weekend. a tornado that destroyed much of the town. it has now killed 116 people. i want to show an amazing video, from a group of people that took refuge in a walk-in freezer. because of the storm, you can't see the video. but the audio is clear. isaac duncan from joplin posted this on the youtube account. i want you to listen carefully. >> jesus. [ wind howling ] >> jesus, jesus.
Transform the country, you have to fundamental transform its people. what kind of people are we? in times of crisis we usually tend to fight out. we had such a crisis when a massive tornado hit joplin, missouri this weekend. a tornado that destroyed much of the town. it has now killed 116 people. i want to show an amazing video, from a group of people that took refuge in a walk-in freezer. because of the storm, you can't see the video. but the audio is clear. isaac duncan from joplin posted this on the youtube account. i want you to listen carefully. >> jesus. [ wind howling ] >> jesus, jesus.
it's from chasertv.com. rob, roll it. >> oh, my. >> and then just a short time ago, storm chaser, his name is steve polly got out in the middle of this driving on the interstate, and he said he didn't think he was going to make it touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. >> come on. >> yes, it is. >> all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist joins us now. some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this tornado that touched down, and they are saying there's widespread damage across the city's south si...