tornado. that does it for us tonight. thanks for watching. we'll be back here in moore, oklahoma, tomorrow night. erin burnett "outfront" starts now. outfront next live to moore oklahoma, a city devastated by the monster tornado. the death toll dramatically changing overnight. we know why. amid the destruction, remarkable moments of heroism and sacrifice. we'll bring you an incredible story next. and the picture that has become a symbol of home for people around the world. you'll meet that man and that little boy tonight. let's go "outfront." >> i'm erin burnett. we have a special live edition, with breaking news. new numbers just coming in tonight from the oklahoma emergency management office.

we have learned 2,400 homes have been damaged by the tornado in the oklahoma city area, 10,000 have been directly affected by the storm. the mayor of moore tells cnn his city has gone from rescue and searching to recovery. the death toll from the tornado now stands at 24. dramatically lower than first indicated. but the none is still tragic. nine children lost their lives. tonight we're learning a bit more about one of those children. janae hornsby. she died along six of her classmates at the plaza towers elementary school, a building now almost completely flattened. the stories of those who survived are just starting to be heard. >> i had to hold on to the wall to keep myself safe because i didn't want to fly away in the tornado. >> we had to pull a car out of

the front hallway off a teacher. i don't know what her name s but she had three little kids underneath her. good job, teach. >> another elementary school named brir wood was reduced to rubble. that's where they were able to determine the speed of the storm, but every single person there made it out alive. more than 100 people have been pulled alive from the rubble left behind from the tornado. cadaver dogs were out helping today in the recovery efforts. some residents risked downed power lines to try to pick through their homes. we want to show you this video that we were able to obtain, shot from inside a car. you can see the storm, debris flying around, the pieces like soot, but they're giant pieces of wood and building. late today we learned the storm was stronger than first thought. in fact, the most powerful that a tornado can be. the national weather service says peak winds were between 200

and 210 miles an hour. last night we were saying 166 to 200. gary tuckman is there. what is the latest on the recovery efforts? i know earlier in the evening, speaking to the lieutenant governor and you've been speaking to mayor, they think they've accounted for everyone. >> i think the headline of the story right now is that the death toll is not higher. 24 is a horrible number. it's a terrible tragedy that 24 people have died. but the mayor says he doesn't expect it to go higher than 24. i've seen damage in similar tornadoes, for example, joplin, 159 people died. this is similar damage. i would not have been surprised talking about a hundred, 200, 300 people dying. so the fact it's 24, tragic, a bit surprising. could have been much higher.

also the 2,400 homes destroyed. a great number of those were destroyed, not just damaged. it's very extensive, the damage and devastation that we're seeing here. today was a day where a lot of people returned to their homes, homes that are no more. >> a cold downpour accompanied residents of moore, oklahoma, as they returned to the destroyed homes for the first time since the tornado. patterson drive looked nothing like they remembered it. >> on the way here, i've seen so much other damage. pardon me for this. >> she lived here with her husband, two small children and two dogs. they evacuated but left the dogs behind. >> you're in our bedroom. >> reporter: the damage is devastating, but there's so much gratitude in this family, they weren't hurt and that their dogs survived. >> where did you find the dogs? >> inside the bathtub. >> so they survived by jumping

in the bathtub? >> yes. >> josephine martin and désire smith are step sisters who lived here with their father. >> we couldn't even tell which house was ours. we had to use the street numbers. this was our porch, this was the main entrance. this was the kitchen. >> this is your bedroom? >> yep, this is my bedroom. mainly, it seemed like the back wall was what was ripped away. my closet is perfectly intact. a lot of my stuff on my dresser, everything it just seemed to -- was crushed by the ceiling. >> there are dozens and dozens of patterson's drives throughout moore, oklahoma, streets that were decimated in less than one minute, streets full of residents who now have to start over. alysicyssa thompson recognizes . >> all of our photo albums were in our living room that we can't get to right now. >> where is your living room? >> over there underneath her

roof. >> maybe you'll be able to get the albums down the road. >> i'm hoping so. >> and just before we left her home. >> yay! that's my engagement photos. i feel great. >> reporter: one nice moment on an otherwise dreadful day after. >> we see it time and time again, you expect sometimes people would run back to their houses and look for the tvs or expensive clothing, but what people really look for are the mementos, the books, the historical books they have from their families that they've handed down, and definitely those pictures. that's the human spirit. erin? >> thank you very much, gary. >> jerry joins me now from the oklahoma department of emergency management. just getting the latest situation update from your office again, that we're hearing the trajic news is still 24 fatalities. 237 injuries.

but let me just start with that question. about the fatalities because the numbers, last night they were saying 51, then reports of nearly 100. do you feel confident it's 24 and that this number is not going to go up dramatically? >> to be honest with you, i wish that i could give you something concrete. we're hoping that it remains at 24, but until the medical examiner lets that information -- releases that officially, we're not going to be able to confirm that one way or the other. >> and from your perspective and what you've been dealing with, the discrepancies throughout the tragedy, has that confusion made your job more difficult? >> well, you know, we really try not to focus on the numbers that are coming in. we know that everything is volatile. everything that's happening is

preliminary. we take the information from the rescuers and try and distill that so that it becomes accurate for us. but our duties, as far as the giving resources, and to focus on helping the rescuers accomplish their mission, doesn't really change. and so we just focus on the task at hand. >> and i know that you have been doing that for years. 30 years you were a firefighter in the district. during the 1999 tornado that so many have talked about, resembling this one, you were at the fire department. i've spoken to storm chasers who have said this is unprecedented in terms of the damage, is that also what you think, you've never seen anything worse or -- >> wow, you know, it's really -- i try not to compare. i look at the amount of damage

that was done in '99. we've done an overlay of the paths that this tornado followed, and you look at a -- nothing that's left but a foundation, and you set those side by side, they look so much similar that it's really difficult to differentiate. i mean, it's just unbelievable that a house can be nothing left but a foundation. and that's what happened in '99 also. this is very comparable. >> jerry, thank you very much for taking the time. i know you and your time have not been able to sleep. so thank you. tonight we are getting a better look at the devastation left behind from the tornado in moore, oklahoma. as we have just learned, 2,400 homes have been damaged. our brian todd is out front. he went through the area, the stricken area, with the city's mayor. >> reporter: we drove past blocks and blocks of shredded homes, mangled cars, and fallen power lines. this is just one of the devastated neighborhoods in

moore, oklahoma. the mayor, glen lewis, shows us some of the hardest hit areas. he's trying to get a handle on the scope of the destruction in the town he's lived in all his life. >> how overwhelmed do you feel right now? >> pretty overwhelmed. it's going to be a mess to clean this up. but we'll do it. >> reporter: a local councilman told us what happened next. >> the doctor and nurse stayed with her, she completed the birthing process. >> while this was going on? >> yes. >> did they successful get her child out? >> as a matter of fact, they said there was absolutely no injuries to any of the patients or staff. >> reporter: rescue and recovery teams have completed a sweep of the medical center and the parking lot that looks like a junkyard now. the x's mark the fact there are

no live bodies in the structures. but that doesn't mean there aren't bodies underneath. so they're still out combing the wreckage for bodies. there are still some places too dangerous to get close to. officials are urging residents to stay away from their homes, so rescue workers can do their job. >> the biggest concern is for the citizens and for my men, just to be sure they're safe. understand they're doing the best we can, getting there as fast as we can. >> reporter: the fire chief said first responders are still working around the clock. he said they'll go through every damaged property at least three times. brian todd, cnn, moore, oklahoma. >> and still to come on this live edition of "outfront," ben mcmillen pulled 15 people out of a building toppled by a tornado, saving their lives. plus, salsa, the dog, trying to

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you helped pull 15 people from a building that collapsed next to the hospital. i want to ask you about them, but when you first got there, what was the scene like? could you hear people crying for help? >> well, erin, we followed mile-wide tornado northbound up i-35, there was debris showering down all over our vehicle. if that wasn't enough on top of the situation, we saw a hospital had been leveled. at that point, with my emt training, i felt the best thing to do would be to aid the cross-exami victims. fire crews were not on scene yet. there was a particular building in between a bowling alley and the moore medical center main structure that collapsed. it was a large concrete slab that fell on top of nurses and other medical staff. when we first came on the scene, there was folks yelling for help that there was 18 people trapped. we were able to get a lot of

them out. it was a sight i hope to never see again in my life. >> what was the condition of those people that you rescued? >> most people were not really willing or wanting to move, but we told them they had to get out. this was a very fluid situation. the concrete was kind of shifting. in fact, there were so many bystanders that wanted to help, that the concrete beams started to shift, and the building started to collapse even more. in a situation like that, you want everyone out as fast as possible. so it was a situation where we had to get them out quickly. as far as i know, everyone made it out okay. >> and as you say, thank god that you were there and able to help them with that concrete shifting and the first one there. as you say, that's because you're a storm chaser. and obviously that's dangerous and something a lot of people shouldn't and don't do. but you've been chasing storms since you were in high school. have you seen anything like this one? and if not, what was it, at what moment did you realize this was

different? >> well, what happened over newcastle was i guess a typical tornado, if you can call a tornado typical. we had a rope funnel come down, which happens several times a year in oklahoma. but what happened in the next ten minutes, is what made it historic. it went from a rope funnel to a mile-wide wedge in a short amount of time. in 1999, it was on the ground for several minutes, which allowed residents to have more warning. in this situation, the tornado formed right over the metro, limiting lead time. >> i mean, that's just -- as you describe t incredible to imagine. i know just how quickly it got so big and fast. thanks so much. really appreciate your taking the time. >> among the stories of destruction, there are remarkable stories of reunion. and we met one family whose story will awe you.

>> reporter: they knew where it was going. >> you could just see it pulling up everything, and it was on a beeline course straight toward this daycare where my grandsons were. >> reporter: what was left of the daycare. his 3-year-old and 6 week old boys inside. >> you can't look out and not break down. there's no way. i'm sorry. >> reporter: across town, his daughter, who rode out the tornado at school district headquarters where she works. she knew brirwood elementary, next door to the daycare, was flattened. for three hours she was trapped behind live wires desperately texting for news of her sons. >> those three hours that i didn't hear anything, were the longest three hours of my life. knowing that i may never see them again. no mother should ever have to go through that. no. >> it's hard.

and a lot of kids we were seeing were school age. >> children were being rushed to children's hospital. 51 patients came here. but that wasn't the hard part of the night for him. >> yeah, it's just -- it hurts. because you know if they could get to you, you got half a chance. but a lot of them never got here and i'm not sure whether they needed to be here or not. >> reporter: in the stream of children in the emergency room, little grayson catchy, his ear hurt, a bad wound to his head. his baby brother -- >> i wish my baby. >> your baby? >> reporter: unscathed because their daycare teacher covered them with a mattress and her own body. amazingly, no one in the daycare center died. >> it's a miracle. an absolute miracle. grayson is a little shaken as

you might imagine. >> what happened to the daycare? >> it broke. >> it broke? >> yeah. >> reporter: but he's quickly on the mend and ready to play. >> oh, you got me! >> reporter: one family's lucky turn, who understands there are so many neighbors, who are not. >> i'm sorry. we'll be praying for you and your family. that's all i can do. >> i know there were nearly a hundred people take to this medical center and the children's hospital, 51 children. what kinds of injuries are doctors seeing with the children? >> doctors see the typical type of tornado injuries. they see the abrasions, scrapes, impailments, spinal cord injuries. they also see various crush injuries. but if there's a silver lining, doctors were expecting multiple serious head traumas, and they didn't see that many this time. that's why they say that really

the little miracle they were talking about, with this particular boy, they think that it really was on other children as well. >> so just amazing, a miracle when you look at the devastation and the number of people affected and how many escaped. thank you very much. just another example of those miracles. tonight workers at the moore medical center are counting blessings after the tornado. the top floor of that building was torn off. there were people in there, they had to evacuate in 200 mile an hour winds. people who needed all kinds of support, people going into labor. no one that was injured. another miracle. and patients have been moved to other hospitals. sanjay, i know you had a chance to talk with dr. stephanie barn hart, in charge of the emergency room at moore when the disaster struck. i want to play what she said to you when you asked her about it. >> you were the er doc on call in a hospital that was in the middle of one of the biggest tornados in u.s. history, and

everybody did well inside your hospital. how do you feel about that today? >> i don't think it's hit me, really. and i don't -- i still just can't feel like i can take any credit for that. like i said, i was just doing my job and knew what i had to do. but i can't even imagine. i can't even, you know, it's very emotional because i'm like, wow, everybody did get out. >> sanjay, it's incredible. so humble. so many seem humble who did such amazing things. >> yeah, she was very reluctant to take credit there, as you could tell, erin. by the way, she's 34 years old. i expected this hardened trauma surgeon when i heard about the person who had essentially coordinated this effort there in the hospital. but she took charge. he put people into the center part of the hospital, which is what you're supposed to do. she also was along with others, taking mattresses and putting them on their heads to try to

prevent people from getting head injuries from shrapnel, for example. and as a result, other doctors pointed this out to me, the staff and the patients, nobody had a scratch on them. you saw the images. the second floor of the building was torn right off. it could have gone in a much worse direction. >> it brings me to these things that are just so incredible that have happened, not the head injuries that you'd expect as one example. that a whole floor is torn off and everyone's okay. an entire school is leveled and everybody is able to get out of that school. and of course there were lives lost, but not as many as reported yesterday. the coroner said it could have been 100 people, now it's only 24. what do you make of that dramatically changing number? >> you know, i've seen this once before, erin. and i can tell you that there's

a certified -- the medical examiner's office usually is in charge of this. it can be a tough task to figure out exactly how many lives were lost. it's tough emotionally and it's just tough to do overall. what can happen sometimes is that you might have two different organizations -- the medical examiner's office and another organization both counting. as a result there may be lack of communication and as a result, double counting. so this was almost double the number. there were 24 lives lost, they said 51. i think it was that double counting. again, it's an error. often times the error goes the other way and you have more deaths than you realize. that's obviously devastating. so if there's a bit of good news here, it's that it was a smaller number in this case. but that's typically what happens when you have an error like this. >> sanjay, thank you very much. as he said, so often it goes

the other way. this time, the miracle that number was revised lower. when the tornado touched down, a number of teachers risked their lives to save their students. you heard about the trauma surgeon who was putting mattresses over people's heads to try to prevent them from head injuries. there were hero teachers throwing their bodies over students. one of them shares their story next. and the image that has captured the hearts of so many around the world. the special relationship between this man and this little boy. they'll come "outfront" and talk about it, next. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us.

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>> we start the second half of our show with stories where we're focusing on reporting from the front lines. our top story, the devastating aftermath of the tornado in oklahoma. we also are watching the irs story. official in charge of the division, that targeted conservative groups will invoke her fifth amendment right when she's supposed to appear tomorrow. lois lerner has admitted publicly to scrutinizing the groups. made her intentioned known in a lort to darryl isa. two tea party groups have filed lawsuits allege privacy violations and harassment. one of them wants damages of $85,000. our analyst say these lawsuits are unlikely to succeed, saying this is a political issue and will have a political resolution. the body that vets

candidates has approved eight candidates to run for president. absent from the list is mahmoud ahmadinej ahmadinejad. former president was also left out. a group says this likely means a more conservative player, closer to the supreme leader will likely be the next president. the crucial first round of voting begins june 14th. in a dramatic move made -- statement made to jurors today jodi arias spoke and pleaded her life be spared. you may remember in an interview after she was found guilty, she said she wanted the death penalty. she's saying something different now. she called travis alexander's murder the worst mistake she's ever made. said she could be constructive in prison. >> there's a higher rate of illiteracy in prison. i know reading has opened my

eyes to new worlds and different cultures. i can help other women become literate so they can add that dimension to their lives. >> our legal analyst says her enthusiasm in describing the things she could do in prison could backfire. the death penalty remains on the table. the senate panel says apple has been avoiding billions and billions and billions and billions of dollars in taxing by shifting incomes to overseas subsidiaries. back in the envelope, at least 30 billion. they claim the strategy is legal. say they pay 30.5%. but that figure is based on the profits the company earns in the united states. what apple does is make money all over the world and keep that money overseas. about $100 billion of it. in countries like ireland with low tax rates, nicholas thompson

of the new yorker said the company is as creative at dodging taxes as it is of building things. others say it's a desperate need for tax reform in the united states. it's been 556 days since the united states lost its top credit ratings. stocks ended today with a record high after federal reserve officials raised hopes the central bank would keep pumping money in the u.s. economy. the economy is still struggling though. that's the dichotomy. stocks may be hitting profits record high, but wages are not keeping up. back to the top story, the disaster in oklahoma, it has been raining throughout the day on and off, making search and rescue operations all the more difficult. but there were heroes and a hundred people pulled out of the rubble. and according to the mayor, at this point he's saying they don't have anyone missing. authorities are continuing their search to make sure there are no survivors overlooked. 24 people have been confirmed as killed, including eight children

in moore. we've also just learned in the past hour, that 2,400 homes were damaged. as we speak, additional help is pouring into the region. the president spoke, assuring oklahoma federal aid is on its way. and we're learning the tornado was an ef-5 at one point, which is the highest classification for a tornado. it means wind speeds above 200 miles an hour. that moment when they confirmed the damage at 200 miles an hour plus, was at the briarwood elementary school where everyone survived. teachers put their lives on the line to save every single child. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: these are the frantic moments after the tornado struck briarwood elementary school in moore, oklahoma. chaos instantly wrapped in the comforting arms of parents and

teachers. snapshots that capture the emotion words can't fully do justice. this is where we find tammy glass go and her second-grade class. >> i can't even describe what was going through my head. i was numb. >> as the tornado sirens blard and teachers moved students to safe positions, tammy stepped outside. >> this is what you saw? >> right before we went in. >> she snapped this picture of the twister heading to her classroom. she raced inside and crammed 20 students into a closet and bathroom. >> what do you tell a bunch of second-grade little kids at that moment? >> well, before i shut the doors because the bathrooms had doors. i said i love you. the boys looked at me strange. walk in the girls, said i love you. they said i love you back. i told them to pray. that's what we did the whole time in the closet, just prayed. >> do you think they grasped

what was about to happen? >> i'm not really sure. they were all singing the national anthem. we were about to have a program in two days, we were going to perform the national anthem, so they were practicing. i mean, they were just -- trying to forget what was actually happening. >> for tammy, the horrors seemed to never end. >> i just assumed that they would be quick, but it just stayed and stayed and stuff was falling on us. we had books over our heads. and i looked, glanced up once, and you could just see it, it was just like brown, huge, never ending, just all the way up to the heavens. and then i got back down, a cinder block fell on the back of my neck. >> reporter: the only section of this school left somewhat intact is the girls and boys bathroom. it was there at the very last second where a couple of these teachers decided to move their

students in there at the last second. then everything erupted. the walls started caving in. this car, blown into the side of the wall. it could have been devastating. but they moved the students into that area, and that's what saved their lives. despite what you see her, everybody at the school survived the tornado strike. there were lots of tears, but tammy says, the students were brave. >> i mean, they were calm. >> really? >> surprisingly very calm. >> why do you think that is? >> i think they felt safe. we did our best to take care of them and make them feel loved and secure. >> as we talked, she found a muddy paper that brought tears to her eyes. >> was that an end of the year award? >> yes, this was to be given in a couple of days. >> a beautiful handwriting award that a little boy named jackson was supposed to receive this week. tammy won't let the tornado take away what jackson earned. >> what do you want to tell your

students if you could see them right now? >> i love them, i need them, i miss them. i know we just had three days left, but i want to make sure they're all right. >> with this tornado making a direct strike on two elementary schools, a lot of people are wondering whether more money should be invested building storm shelters attached to these schools. a lot of the newer schools around here that have been built have been made with storm shelters and safety rooms where students can huddle when tornadoes approach. a lot of people that we spoke with today are wondering whether or not that money should be spent at providing those shelters at more and more schools to keep the students safe. >> big question going on about those shelters. along with the scenes of destruction, images of relief and gratitude, including this one. you may have seen it. the man hugging that little boy and that moment of reunion, is his neighbor who survived the tornado's destruction. the school no longer exists, but

that little boy does. and here's the scene as this frightened first grader first saw that familiar face. earlier i spoke to the two people in that photo, along with his daughter, shanea, and i asked him about that moment. >> i'm just sitting there. i was just relieved to find him. he was -- to see something familiar and to than he was okay, i knew he was there at the school, and just to see him and know that he was okay, and didn't have any cuts or bruises or anything. it was very emotional connection that we had, but very real. and was very rewarding, very satisfying. >> and can he hear me, but what

went through your mind when you first saw -- when you first saw your neighbor and you realized it was someone you knew? >> what went through your mind when you first saw me and you knew it was big dog? >> well, when i saw you, i ran up to you, and i just jumped on you. and i knew that you were going to pick me up. so i just jumped and you picked me up, and i just started hugging you really hard. and like i was crying a little bit. and i was happy that i survived. >> when you hear him say that, how do you feel? you were that light for him. yeah, i feel like maybe i needed that hug as much as he did at

that time. it was just so much chaos, so chaotic, and we just weren't sure that the school was pretty much devastated. and mostly destroyed. and we just weren't sure if anyone was going to come out alive. and to go over and see one of my favorite neighbors' child emerge, it was awesome. it was just an amazing feeling. it's awesome. >> i know you were the first to see him running towards your dad. what did you think at that moment when you don't know who is alive and you see that little boy who i know is so important in your father's life. >> i just -- i saw him when i came around the corner, i saw that the school was gone. i just took off running because i knew. i was like he's in there, i need to find him. soon as i saw him, i shouted has name, screamed my name and ran into my arms.

it was the best feeling ever to know that she whe was safe and . >> how does he feel now? and he want to go back to school or not? >> how do you feel now? do you want to go back to that school or not? >> i don't really want to go back to the school. unless there's another one. if there's another one, i just want to, like, stay away from it and go to a different school. so that i don't have to go through it again. >> and does this, you were close to him, i know he's special to you. what does this do for your relationship? >> well, he's a special little man, and i think this will just -- this will enrich our relationship, as far as that goes. and he'll just continue to be the same little dog, my little

dog. he calls me big dog, and i call him little dog, when we're playing basketball or whatever. he just said i'm so glad to see you, big dog, when he ran to me. so it was pretty special. >> and does it surprise you, or can you believe that that picture, your picture of the two of you, big dog and little dog, is -- i mean, the whole world has seen it. it's become an image of joy and recovery, that picture of the two of you. can you believe that? >> no, i can't. you know, but it's thanks to the media outlets that are getting these types of stories and these types of pictures out for everyone that actually helps us, you know, to the healing process. and helps us to learn and see that we have to depend on one another. we have to depend on one another to get through these types of things. and you know, we're oklahomans, and that's the oklahoma spirit.

we've been through this, we get through it, and by the grace of god, we'll rebuild and clean up and move on. >> well, thank you so much. that image has given so many just a light and a ray of hope. thanks to big dog and little dog and shanea. thanks so much all three of you. >> thank you. next, more than 100 people have been pulled alive from the tornado's path of destruction. many of them saved by rescue dogs. we're going to meet the handler and the dog named salsa live, "outfront" next. . does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch. over time it really adds up. then go to e-trade and find out how much our advice costs. spoiler alert: it's low. really? yes, really. e-trade offers investment advice and guidance from dedicated, professional financial consultants. it's guidance on your terms, not ours.

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>> officials say more than 100 people have been pulled alive from the rubble left by the tornado. a lot of them were found by dogs. specially trained to sniff out any sign of life. we have oklahoma city fire captain, a canine handler, joining us with his partner salsa, who has been working so hard. i know when you reached the scene it was 15 minutes after touch down. where did you go first to look for people? >> we were assigned to search briarwood elementary. and that was our first response. >> and briarwood was completely leveled. you must have gotten there and

thought the devastation could have been incredible, yet you were able to get everyone out alive. >> yeah, it was a tremendous amount of devastation in that area. >> i know you're there with salsa, who is looking so calm and in control as dogs can make everyone feel so wonderful. you've been working, though, canine teams on the ground, 12-hour shifts, just completely exhausting for human or dog. how were you able to find people? how does salsa work? >> salsa is a live-find dog. she goes by scenting, not like a tracking dog. i send her on a search and she gets in there and does everything on her own. the handler's main responsibility is to make sure they cover the devastation area thoroughly. we'll send them back into areas we don't think they covered completely. >> how does she know when she finds someone?

how does she communicate that to you? >> it's called a focus bark alert. she's trained, when she gets the scent of a live human, she'll put her nose down in the scent cone and just bark until we relieve her. >> and you're in the middle of this, you haven't slept. you get word that your niece was among the missing at briarwood. what happened to her? >> correct. she was actually, thankfully, she was picked up by her grandparents. her father, when we were first dispatched, we had to park several blocks away because of the debris. and walk our crews up. and one of the assistants grabbed me and said, can you help me? i turned around, and it was actually my brother-in-law. once we got over the shock of him and me, he said, landry's missing. and he needed to find her.

so it became not just a normal search, but a more personal, going through briarwood searching for her. but thankfully she was picked up earlier. so it turned out well. >> that's a blessing. i know salsa has worked on five other tornadoes. when she finds someone alive and you hear her bark, does she feel a sense of pride? does she and understand the amazing thing she's just done, do you think? >> no. they actually, during our trainings and when we bury people in rubble during the training, it's no different to them than when we deploy. the handlers are the ones that are stressed out. to them, they're playing hide and seek. so to them, the victim is somebody that's hiding with their toy. >> wow. >> so they're the least stressed person out on the search. >> thank you so much and thank you for taking the time and

we're so happy about your niece. >> thank you, erin. >> all right. dean and salsa. still to come, it often seems like these tornadoes only happen in this country. and there's a reason for that. we'll explain. [ female announcer ] from more efficient payments. ♪ to more efficient pick-ups. ♪ wireless is limitless.

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when the tornado touched down monday, it caught a lot of people off guard. because there had been a lull in tornado storms this year. prior to monday, only about half the number of tornadoes had actually been reported. they say unusually cool conditions cut tornado activity by depriving spring storms of moisture warm air that they need to fuel tornadoes. but even with fewer storms, america still has the bulk of the world's tornado activity, which brings me to tonight's number, 75%. that's the percentage of the world's tornadoes that occur in this country. the u.s. averages between 800 and a thousand tornadoes. canada is the second country on that list and they only get 100. but why? well, according to discovery, it's a combination of a couple things, geography and

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this is "piers morgan live." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. a recovery from what is now being called one of the most powerful tornadoes ever, a twister so big, you could see it from space. tonight stories of survival and hope. i talked to a woman who is searching for her grandparents last seen before the twister struck, and a hero stephener who was impaled while protecting her students. plus tobey keith devastated in his hometown. gary tuchman is live for news moore, oklahoma. gary, it's 11:00 there. we've just had some details i believe in the last hour of the extent of the damage in terms of the number of properties that were