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to recovery. >> here is what we're learning today. we know at least 24 people were killed when this tornado touched down on monday. and one of the most heart breaking scenes, let me say, there are so many of them, but one of the most is this pile of wreckage where the plaza towers elementary school once stood. seven children died there while taking shelter in a classroom. we are now hearing that president obama will be visiting this area this coming sunday. >> a neighborhood which is once again in ruins. since 1999, moore has taken the full brunt of two devastating tornadoes. the odds of this happening, extremely rare. perhaps incalculable. but the mayor is not taking any chances. today, the mayor is pushing for a new law requiring all new homes are built with storm shelters or safe rooms. >> i know you've been here a couple of days. i've been out this morning sort of walking around. and for all the numbers of
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people who did not survive, the stories of those who did and persevered and heard the knocks and yells to find the neighbors, the close calls, they're incredible stories. we want to tell you here in moore, one family i want to tell you about, is tara lee miller and her three young boys. as the storm was approaching here in moore, just this past monday, she left work early, she picked up each child and she took them some place she thought was safe, she took them home. she put the boys in a coat closet, turned on the television, the warnings were ominous. and so the warnings were get out, you know, if you don't have a shelter, the storm is just going to be that big. do not get in the closet. she heard this meteorologist from a local station, she told me this morning, saying get out, get out, so she did. she hurried everyone back to the car and sped away with minutes to spare. it is a good thing she did. when the millers returned home, it was gone. right down to that coat closet. she gave me a tour this morning of what is left. take a look for yourself.
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>> -- right here where that light -- this is my front porch. >> this is your front porch. >> this is my front porch. here was the beginning of my garage. >> is that a hallway closet? >> that's my hallway closeet. >> with your little boys' jackets. >> that they don't wear no more because they're too small. i left them. i don't need them. i left them. i grabbed out the others. >> look at this. it was hanging on this wall. so i clean my house every other day. today is the other day. there is no more cleaning of the house again. hang on. show me what's in the closet. >> the closet, well, now, not much. leftover coats my boys don't wear so i just left them. i took the others. jean jackets. >> look at that. with his name on it. >> yeah. that was devin's jean jacket
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when he was little. i always passed down their coats to him. you can tell, look at -- you can see where things have -- >> cables. >> cables. >> air filter. >> just everything you can imagine. my wrapping paper. >> describe the moment you saw this. >> we had to walk. we walked up, and first i'm thinking oh, my gosh, it's a war zone. that's going through my head. it is a war zone because it is just everything is homes that you have seen so many times are not there no more. they're destroyed. and i get up and one guy said where do you live? i said, down 709. okay. didn't see nothing. i'm, like, you start having that
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feeling. my house is gone. just something was telling me, my house is gone. i know it is. i haven't even seen it yet. we walk up, and it's gone. i see that. i'm, like, no. this can't be happening. why? >> there are sofas on the roof of your neighbor's house. >> yeah. that was the second story house. mine was a one-story home. that was a second-story. they had -- there were bedrooms, living -- and everything. i mean, my -- i mean, there is my desk. we pulled things out. my chimney is laying in my living room. my tv is over here on its side. i mean, it is -- if you want to -- >> vhs tapes. >> my vhs tapes are gone. i found the boys' dvds. we put them -- we call it the book. in a little cd container and i had them in my bedroom and where i had them, they survived.
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>> what was over here? >> that was my garage going into my kitchen and my washer and dryer area. >> is that your washer and dryer? that's your refrigerator? >> that's my beautiful side by side black refrigerator. >> is that a -- >> that's my freezer. i had two freezers. >> is that a sled? what's the red thing? >> a sled. >> a sled. >> when it does actually snow, when we have actually a snow day, we can actually sled. that is someone else's toy. i do not know who blonelongs to that's my air conditioner. >> that's your air conditioner right here. >> it was on the side of the house. i have other people's stuff in my yard. >> so, gosh, if this were me, and your biggest loss is the photos and the yearbooks, it must take everything in you not to sort through, but you just don't know what's under the rubble. >> yeah. i don't want to. i don't want -- >> it is your baby's pictures. >> they're most likely
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destroyed. ruined. a lot of them -- you can't get to them. it is so hard to get to them. i mean, you can only do so much. >> how do you have such a great attitude? how do you sound -- you're saying to me, and that's my refrigerator and this is my refrigerator and that was my sled, so matter of fact. i have to ask, how are you not standing here -- >> crying? bawling? because i've already done it. i've already done it. why cry over it now? it's things. the most important things to me right at this moment are three little boys that are at their daddy's place. >> that's exactly right. >> three little boys. because the reason i say that, they -- they're more important. >> and now she and one of her three little guys, this is jules, 7, joining us now. hey, little man.
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this was monday. thank you for walking us around what was your home. how are you this afternoon? >> i'm doing good. i'm doing good. spending time with friends, finally seeing the boys. yesterday i didn't get to see them, talk to them on the phone. >> how do you explain? they were with you in the house. you live in oklahoma. you know tornadoes. do they know what was happening? >> did you no he what was happening? >> yes. >> you did? >> yes, a thunderstorm hit my house and -- >> a meteorologist. >> get out of your house now. you do not have a storm shelter, get out of your house. >> you heard them say that? >> yes. i didn't have a storm shelter, so i got out of my house quickly and i went and -- >> where did you guys go, jules? >> we went to my car. >> your car? >> did your drive or your mom? >> my mom drived.
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>> that's good. >> and we drive away from the storm and down -- >> did you see it? >> no, we didn't. >> i kept telling you -- >> but i looked behind my booster seat and i saw it. and -- >> what did it look like? >> it looked all black. and the clouds were that. >> very dark and black and scary. >> yes, they were. >> were you scared? >> were you scared? you seem like a very brave boy. >> very tough little man. >> mama drive back to our house to see how it was. >> what did it look like when you came back to your house? >> it looked all messy and junk. our house just -- it was gone. >> it was gone. >> how about your brothers? were they as brave as you? >> yes, they were. >> what are their names? >> tyler and dennis are my two brothers. i'm the middle one. >> you're the middle one. you guys were all very brave and you listened to your mom and you did what she told you to do? >> yes. >> that's awesome. we're very proud of you.
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>> yeah. it's -- >> my mom is -- >> this is her right here? >> that's good. otherwise -- >> we weren't sure, thank you, jules. >> when we were standing in what was your house and -- >> hold on one second, jules. >> hang on. hang on, little buddy. one second. >> we'll come back to you. >> the toughest part you were saying to me and you have your life and your little ones which is amazing, but the toughest part is your yearbook and your photos. >> my yearbooks, photos, and they're -- all their toys, their books and their stuff. because they love -- no, no, no. they loved -- they play. they watched movies in their play room and now it's gone. >> the final decision to go. >> yeah. >> was that a tough decision? >> no, it wasn't. >> you heard the meteorologist and -- >> it was just that feeling and
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just -- it was instinct. it was just, like, i got to get out of here. i'm not chancing this. >> we're going to let you have the last word. what do you want people to know? >> the thunderstorm take away my -- all my favorite stuff. it's gone. it's all gone. >> but you're okay. mom's okay. >> new toys. >> you get new toys. >> i got a new toy right now. >> iron man. who gave that to you? >> well -- >> my coach. >> little league coach's wife. >> my coach's wife give this iron man to me to keep me comfortable here. just because -- just in case i get bored or anything like that. >> jules, i have a feeling you're going to be getting -- just guessing you're going to get some new toys. >> you'll get brand-new toys. maybe another iron man toy. >> you guys are brave. you guys are very, very brave. >> when i had to put them in the k coat closet trying to listen,
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debating, he got scared. i said, let's go, guys, i think that sort of, like, okay, mom's getting us out of it, we're okay. >> that's when the -- >> i think that -- >> nice to meet you. >> thanks, buddy. >> thank you. >> thank you, guys, so much. >> thank you so much for coming by. we appreciate it. up next, we're just getting word that six people are still missing. and john king went inside the plaza towers elementary school for our first look at what remains. we'll be right back. plus, during the show, we'll be remembering those who lost their lives. this is megan futrell and her son case. [ male announcer ] this is kevin.
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them. number one, have you heard anything in the media? has anyone told you anything about the media? and the coverage of this case. yesterday, jodi gave a media tour, remarkably so, as the jury was finishing up their deliberations for the day. and she had instructions for this jury, instructions that are critical to the questions they are answering. the judge apparently inadvertently left out some very important information about what a life sentence in the state of arizona means. because there are two choices that the judge can make if the jury sentences jodi arias to live. number one, is it life, no parole ever? or is it life with a possibility of parole after 25 years? the instructions were that she was sorry she didn't get those instructions, she cleared it up for the jury, but then she allowed jodi arias' attorney and the prosecutor in this case to argue about those instructions.
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here's what jodi arias' attorney jennifer wilmot said about the option for life. >> there is no procedure in place to grant her parole. there is no procedure that exists. so all that you can learn from it -- take from this instruction is that if you are merciful and give her life in prison, she will not get out. thank you. >> so here is what's critical in this state. it is a bit of a state of limbo with regard to the legislature and the judges. many say that the option for parole after 25 years is not always as easy as it sounds today. what the jury needs to know and what those two lawyers were arguing was that today could be different from down the road. and while it is difficult to get parole after 25 years if not impossible in some circumstances, somewhere down the road that could change and that young woman could get a
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release from prison potentially. so the jury now has that information. they know that if they choose life, there is a possibility that the judge could give life with the possibility of release after 25 years. and that down the road it could actually happen. the other alternative for them would be death. so clearly a very difficult decision for them. there are only about two hours right now into total deliberation time. we're continuing to watch and we'll bring you any updates as we hear them and, trust me, we get a lot of very strange updates here in phoenix, arizona. back to brooke and jake tapper doing live reporting in oklahoma. >> ashleigh banfield, thank you, in phoenix, for us. back here in moore, oklahoma, we want to take you inside what is now left of plaza towers elementary school. >> let's go chief national correspondent john king who just toured the school a short time ago. tell us what you saw. >> it is numbing and sad. you get to what's left of the school. the walls there, chalkboards up,
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posters on the wall that are tilted. you have to imagine the rest of it. it is gone. the neighborhood around it is gone. a moore police officer jeremy lewis brought us there and he took us through and he reminded us that on a full school day there are 400 something students there. we know seven of the ten children who died in this terrible tornado, seven were at that school. you get to the devastation, again, i don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, it is a miracle the death toll wasn't higher. let's look at some of what is left of the school as we walked through it. >> what was here, who wasn't here. >> had to verify with the parents who is accounted for, who is not, things like that. >> the school goes back. can you give us a sense of -- >> yeah. heading out. yes. >> how are you doing, sir?
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>> this is more classrooms back here. this is the gymnasium here. >> so was the gym a separate building or attached somehow? >> the gym was attached. >> go across this driveway to the gymnasium building? >> yes. >> so the classroom building would have ended here. >> correct. >> that's what all this is. wow. >> the school kind of went in a u. it came out this way, right here, and it went -- that was the back corner right there. >> right. so come around like a u. >> then another building separately out there. there was some portables out there, which, of course, didn't withstand anything. but just down the hill, those were houses that were all brick houses where the trees and things like that are. that used to all be houses.
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you can see, i mean, that was the neighborhood right there. >> just gone. >> and there is really -- where that truck is, that's the next street over that just drove by. >> this is ground zero. >> this is where it really just across santa fe, picked up -- our widest area with the most devastation. but there is several hundred houses through here that are off the foundation, just nothing left. >> you get the sense when you're at the school and then you go into the surrounding neighborhood, you can envision the path. you can see there is a home here with a little damage, a home over there, half mile, a little damage and everything else in the middle is gone. the school is shaped look a u. the cross bar, if you will, is still largely in tact. and the students who took shelter in there were safer, if you will, but the walls are ripped off, the chalkboards are ripped off. but there are vehicles from a couple of miles away that were carried by the tornado and then dumped in that neighborhood. i should note that the debris
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cloud -- while we were there, number one, they're not letting residents back into the eastern part of the plaza towers neighborhood because they're turning the gas and electricity back on today. and they think they got it all shut off where they're supposed to and they think the lines are closed but they're worried there will be a few fires and there is one active search under way. one family has been calling, they have a relative who lives in that area, they checked the shelters, checked the medical examiner's office, going back again to that one residence that active search was under way while we were there in that area. >> we're hearing differing numbers as far as people who were missing. you're hearing one in that neighborhood. >> in that neighborhood. >> we have a half dozen, six or so people is the official count of what we're getting, people calling in, i have a relative there, i can't track down a friend. no one has been in touch. they check social media, the good samaritan organizations that are here, they're checking their shelters, checking the hospitals, checking the medical examiner and going back as they can to recheck properties and, again, they assume there is a possibility of somebody still left behind in their home. but when you go -- i just -- you
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go through this neighborhood, and -- >> you shake your head. there are no words. >> it is numbing. you imagine the heroism of the teachers. they don't know exactly how many kids were there. on a full day, 400 something. they don't know how many left early. when you look at the devastation, and god bless the seven who perished at that school, you look at it, you think, wow, some people saved a lot of lives by hurrying those kids, 16 minutes warning, 16 minutes warning. >> brave teachers taking unbelievable actions. thank you, john. >> back to our special coverage here in moore in just a moment. first, a fast-moving breaking story out of london we want to tell you about. the suspected terror attack as a soldier is killed in the middle of a street. we'll take you there live next. [ male announcer ] from red lobster's chefs to your table our seafood dinner for two for just 25 dollars! first get salad and cheddar bay biscuits. then choose from a variety of seafood entrées. plus choose either an appetizer or a dessert to share. offer ends soon at red lobster! where we sea food differently.
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and welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin here in moore, oklahoma, with my colleague jake tapper. just checking. we appreciate your tweets each and every time @ja
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time @jaketapper, @brookebaldwin . >> we're hearing six adults are still missing, according to the state's emergency manager. nine children died in the tornado. today, the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, she visited this area of moore, oklahoma ahead of the president's scheduled visit this sunday. she promised the federal government would help with the cleanup. >> i think a big need now is to debris remove and we will be working with oklahoma on supporting expedited debris removal. that will open up roads and streets and then individual homeowners will be worked with so we can get that debris out of there. >> one thing that is clear here is that emerging from the rubble and the chaos here in oklahoma
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is a real sense of community and charity. >> absolutely. you know, you think for a second about all your treasured items and, again, material things, but items you love that are in your home right now, especially the photographs of your little ones, your family heirlooms. and then there is the more mundane stuff. maybe you take for granted your clothes, your insurance papers, your laptop, you know, all of that gone in an instant. and buried under the rubble or maybe just picked up by this tornado and scattered across your neighborhood. and i was at one house, somebody's car was in another neighborhood. that's how it happened with an ef-5 tornado. one woman is determined to reunite victims with their lost items. leslie haggleburg joins us from tulsa. and, leslie, i understand you've set up a facebook page for the victims here in moore. but let me get this straight, you're in tulsa, we're in moore, and did i hear correctly that you have items that blew all the way to your neck of the woods? >> that's correct.
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we do. we have items from moore, shawnee, hit the day before, little axe, bethel, scattered all over the northeastern part of the state, even as far as joplin, missouri, that are on our facebook page. >> explain, how does this facebook page exactly work. >> well, i started a group page basically. i was standing outside on sunday night. some of the smaller towns were hit sunday night. we had several tornadoes, not as big in magnitude as moore, obviously, but i was outside. i saw some kind of haze in the skies, some pictures fell in my yard basically. i got on facebook and i noticed some others in the area were finding pictures too. i just thought, you know, if i lost my house, if i lost everything i would really like those back. that's precious memories and items that you need. so i created a facebook group,
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just invited some of my friends and it just ballooned to many, many people across the united states. even, i think, worldwide basically. >> it is incredible the power of social media when you think of, you know, devastating issues such as a tornado. i was driving up here in moore and there is a moore counseling center and they're doing what you are, basically people are finding photographs and mementos, everyone creatie in c them in one general place and you go and claim them. have you had people say, that's my photo? >> oh, many. i would estimate in the higher hundreds to maybe 200s now. originally we set it up a lot of the documents from like shawnee, carney, dale, little ax, bethel. some of those items, they were set up to basically, you know, put them on there, if you locate them, and get in contact with
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who they go to, take them off. so a lot of them have been removed. we're not doing that any longer. we're kind of leaving them there because it is hard to manage. but there are some that aren't even on the page anymore that have been reunited. it is pretty amazing. it is very heart warming. it just started out really small and something i was trying to do in my area and it just kind of -- everybody has kind of caught on and wanted to help. >> all right, thank you so much, leslie. we appreciate what you're doing and i'm sure you'll have -- >> everyone else does too, yeah. it is the little things. it is the little things. want to get you back to the breaking story here that we have been digging on, this story out of london, atika shubert joining us now. atika, what do you know? what happened about the suspected terrorist there? >> reporter: what we know from both eyewitnesses and police is that it happened a little after 2:00. according to eyewitnesses, a car basically tried to run over a man who was on the sidewalk. once the two men in the car hit
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that man on the sidewalk, they then got out and began hacking at him with knives. and the description from eyewitnesses is they used a meat cleaver and a machete, then dragged the body out into the middle of the road. what is incredible is that they apparently hung around for quite a bit after the attack. in fact, itv news has video of one of the attackers apparently taken by one of the people that happened to be there at the scene and you can see him with blood on his hands, carrying what appears to be a meat cleaver. he also put out a statement on that video, apparently, saying, quote, the only reasons we killed this man, this is because muslims are dying daily. this british soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. that's what we got from that video that was put out by itv. so a gruesome, grisly attack. the two attackers were shot by police, injured and have now been brought to hospital.
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as you point out, prime minister cameron will be holding this emergency meeting with his staff. government sources tell us they're clearly treating this as a suspected terrorist attack. >> what are you learning about these two suspects as of now? do we know anything about who they are, their motive, their condition in the hospital even? >> reporter: we do know they were very seriously injured. initially a number of eyewitnesses told me they thought that the two had died, but in fact they were only seriously injured and they were helicoptered out to the hospital. we don't know who they are. we don't know where they come from. there was no claim of responsibility or video that has been posted. what is interesting is that immediately after the attack, they appeared to be filming each other and as we see from the itv video, they actually went to people and asked to be filmed. and you can see in some of that video, the victim actually lying in the middle of the road. so we don't know who these men
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were or why they did what they did. we only have this video where they apparently make the statement. >> so atika, we're looking at this video, and if you could just sort of walk us through, we see him addressing the camera, i don't know if he's wielding a -- what is that -- is that the meat cleaver or something in his left hand, getting in the middle of the street. what is he doing? >> reporter: yeah. what appears to have taken place is that they already dragged the victim, an off duty british soldier, into the middle of the street, he then approaches this person with a camera of some sort and you can see in that video he has what looks like a meat cleaver and his hands are full of blood, he's just dressed in a hoodie and trainers, but he seems to be making a statement and then he returns back to the scene and talks to another man who appears to be crouching by the victim. so it is an incredible grisly scene and what makes it even
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more shocking is the fact that he was asking to be filmed, wanting to make this statement. the fact that it does seem to be a political statement clearly goes into what the government is considering that this is a suspected terrorist attack. >> atika, if you can read that statement for us, we have a graphic ready if you could -- what is the statement they were talking about? >> reporter: the full statement he reads into the camera is we swear by almighty allah. we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone. the only reason we killed this man, this is because muslims are dying daily. this british soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. he goes on to say, we apologize that women had to see this today, but in our lands our women would have to see the same. your people will never be safe. remove your government. they do not care about you. these are incredibly chilling words. and the fact that it could happen, you know, a little bit more than 100 meters from here, this is a working class
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neighborhood of southeast london, right next to an army barracks, the royal artillery barracks, and appeared to have specifically targeted an off duty british soldier. it is -- it is really one of the most grisly murders to have happened here. it really is shocking. >> incredibly gruesome, atika shubert, for us in london on this suspected terrorist attack. when we get more information, we'll come back to you there in london. jake tapper with myself here live in moore, oklahoma. as the stories start to emerge in the days after monday's tornado, i want to introduce you to this guy, josh heinz. i talked to him this morning. he was walking through what was left of his home, absolutely leveled by monday's tornado. and we'll share our conversation. he chose to ride the whole thing out in a closet. that's next. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build
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wanted to share just another survivor story with you today. i met a man this morning who rode out monday's tornado in his home. his name is josh heinz. and he has always lived here in moore. he says he's not leaving. he plans to rebuild. here's his story. >> you can see right there where the wallpaper is, there is a closet right there. >> the wallpaper right here? >> yeah. >> right here on this sheetrock,
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right up there in the corner is the closet. i was at the bottom of the closet when it ripped through. >> how were you? >> i saw -- watched the news and saw this coming. i put on steel toed boots. filled up my green bag with some clothes. hopped in the bottom of the closet. that's my front porch. my truck was in the garage. but i was on the front porch looking west, and, you know, it was probably 30 feet in the sky, in my point of view. i went inside, locked the door, hopped in the bottom of the closet, pressed my feet against the wall and my shoulders at the bottom of it, had that bag in my lap. >> what did it sound like? >> just a freight train, like you say. but it wasn't as loud as you would think. and then it was pitch black in the closet. i started seeing daylight. and sheetrock being pulled off the side of the wall, from where i was at. >> and you're seeing that. are you immediately regretting st staying? >> i don't have a scratch on me. nothing. >> how do you explain that?
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>> luck. i lucked out. did laundry that morning. all my stuff was in the dryer. dryer still in the house, got all clean clothes out of it. >> do you regret riding it out? do you feel like you just got lucky? >> i just got lucky. i should have left. >> i just got lucky. here's what he told me later. i'm sure you talked to people who sort of said the same thing, you know. he didn't have a storm shelter. tarami didn't have a storm shelter. i was on a plane with a woman who was here for 44 years, she called it an afraidy hole. a storm shelter. when they rebuild in that exact same neighborhood, they will have shelters. >> as many of our viewers know by now, the geography of oklahoma makes it difficult to build a cellar, build a shelter. they're expensive to build.
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the people in each neighborhood know who has one. i spoke to a guy yesterday who his wife and kids ran to the neighbor's shelter. thank god, because they would not have made it. we spoke to another guy yesterday, in his business and two minutes before the tornado hit, his -- the mall, the strip mall where his store used to be, he decided -- he heard a meteorologist on the radio say if you're above ground, get out of there, get below ground and he got in his car and zoomed down the road and went to the target, ran to the freezer there and rode it out in the freezer of the target. made it but -- >> freezer of the target. >> doesn't always work out that way. >> for a lot of cases, it did. here is a basketball star for the nba team in oklahoma city. kevin grant just made a huge move for his community right here. we'll share his story next. on angie's list of h before i do any projects on my own. at angie's list, you'll find reviews written by people just like you. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list
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here in oklahoma, sports stars are now coming forward to help the victims and survivors from the tornados. >> most notably nba star kevin durant who pledged $1 million to the red cross disaster relief effort. durant, of course, plays for the oklahoma city thunder. >> it is devastating. natural disaster is something we can't control at all. to have it hit so close to home, you know, i call oklahoma city my home now. it is tough to go through. but we're a city that comes together. we'll bounce back from this. and, you know, it's tough. it's tough right now. but the sun is going to shine soon. so we just got to stick together. >> the sun is shining. a beautiful blue skies here in moore, oklahoma, today. we should tell you los angeles dodgers star matt kemp who grew up in oklahoma city area has pledged $1,000 for each home run that he hits during -- i should say during -- not during, until
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welcome back. i'm jake tapper alongside brooke baldwin, back to our special coverage here in moore, oklahoma. in just a moment. but first, another big story that we're following here at cnn. >> a friend of the accused boston marathon bombers killed by an fbi agent in a shootout in orlando, florida. this is ibragim todashev. the fbi was investigating him and his friend for a possible connection to the bombings a month ago in boston. now, this man's friend told our
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affiliate central news flo s fl 13 that he had no idea what the tsarnaevs were up to. >> the older brother, knew him back, like, two years ago, back when he used to live in boston. he knew him. and he didn't -- he wasn't, like, real close friends with him, just happened to know him. and i guess it was his fault, mistake. but he had no idea that they were up to something like that, like bombing and everything. just like us. it was complete shock to us, you know. just like for him. >> cnn's john zarrella is covering this story for cnn in orlando. what happened? what led to this shootout? >> reporter: well, jake, you know, as you guys can see, they're keeping us well away from the scene. probably a couple of hundred yards away. can't even see the apartment where it took place. but apparently they were actually interviewing todashev late last night, early this morning, and during the course of this interview, todashev
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apparently according to the fbi became very violent, and at that point a confrontation ensued. and the fbi agent apparently, according to the fbi, shot todashev. now, we know that since the boston bombing, the fbi has been looking for anyone who may have known the tsarnaev brothers. and trying to question them and to talk with them. so what sources are telling us is that todashev lived in boston a couple of years ago, and on his phone, cell phone, they found tamerlan tsarnaev's cell phone number. one possible link. they also say that both men were attended the same martial arts studio in the boston area, back a couple of years ago. they were both very much into mixed martial arts. but, again, none of that says that there is a direct link between todashev and the tsarnaev brothers.
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that's what the fbi was trying to determine. so at this point we certainly don't know that. one other piece of information we do know is that todashev was granted political asylum here in the united states back in 2008. and he had come to the united states some time prior to that. jake, brooke? >> all right, john zarrella in orlando, florida, thank you so much. >> thanks, john. it is a tough sight. a school here in oklahoma totally flattened. coming up next, hear from a student who was inside the building before, thank goodness, escaping to safety.
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one of the most heart breaking scenes here in moore, oklahoma, is the rubble now of where plaza towers elementary school once stood. >> it is heart breaking to think of. the school day was almost over. students were zipping up their backpacks and then sirens wailed. a tornado was barreling down upon the town. terrified children huddled in hallways and classrooms. the roof and walls caved in. seven students were killed. teachers tore through the rubble to rescue sobbing children. one student described her ordeal. >> the sirens kept going off. we he had to go to the boy's restroom and duck our heads and put our bags over our heads. things were falling on my head. a brick hit my back. >> plaza towers elementary did not have a storm shelter. some people in this area say that has to change.
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right now only oklahoma schools built after 1999 are required to have storm shelters. >> we will take you back to our special coverage here in oklahoma in a moment. but first, we're getting a lot of new information about the suspected terror attack in london including this gruesome video of a suspect, knives, looks like a meat cleaver in one hand, bloody, talking into the camera. i'm so glad you called. thank you.
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i'm brooke baldwin in moore, oklahoma.
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we have special coverage of the rebuilding and the aftermath from the fatal tornado on monday. we'll do that for you in a moment. want to let you know at this hour, we're watching two breaking stories. one out of london. the suspected terror attack. we have just gotten in this new video, it is gruesome stuff of the suspect, bloodied, wielding some sort of knife, addressing the camera. we'll go to london for that story. the other story, phoenix, arizona, jodi arias trial. we know the jury has been deliberating this final phase. the penalty phase, will she get life, will she get death? ashleigh banfield is there live on the ground with a major development in that story. >> this is not something we were necessarily expecting, but this jury has just come back, only mere hours into deliberations. and announced to this judge that they are in fact unable to reach a unanimous decision on life or death for jodi arias. not over yet.
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usually what happens in these cases and this is no exception, a judge will read an instruction, oftentimes it has been described as a dynamite-like charge for a jury to go back, and try again. try harder, so to speak. and a lot of times in many jurisdictions it is called an alan charge where a judge beseeches a jury to just take a deep breath and work it out. don't let yourself be bullied into someone else's opinion, but give it another go round. and shockingly enough it often works. oftentimes you can come to some kind of unanimity. given the fact they only deliberated for just over -- i got to collect my clock here i don't think two hours in total, maybe a little over two hours, it would seem very early for people who typically watch court processes and especially first degree murder cases, capital murder cases, death penalty cases, that this is very, very early to reach an impasse. now, another very strange
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circumstance in this state and this state alone to my knowledge is that in this circumstance at this very late phase, you can actually bring in another jury. so a hung jury will not automatically mean a life sentence with or without parole after 25 for jodi arias. it instead could result in another impanelling of 12 of her peers from the state of arizona, possibly even maricopa county. after all of the coverage, people have not been sequestered and not been instructed not to watch any of this coverage, and not to watch the proceedings, a brand-new set of people could be brought in. and there would be relitigation of the penalty phase. so this is such an unusual development that this jury has now announced. they have gone back. they have left -- they have left the courtroom after hearing from judge sherry stevens. they just have to try harder.
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can i remind you, brooke, that this state has spent in excess of $1.8 million in just the defense. just the defense of jodi arias in this marathon trial, only to hear now at this late phase on the life or death question that those 12 jurors can't come to an agreement. >> that is a tremendous amount of money. >> just getting that their deliberations have -- they have resumed. they're back at it. the clock starts again. they're back at the deliberations, brooke. sorry. >> okay. ashleigh banfield in phoenix. ashleigh, thank you. we'll come back to you as news merits. meantime to london, the other breaking story we're watching for you on this wednesday afternoon. the british government holding an emergency meeting, responding to a bizarre and deadly suspected terror attack. in fact this video here this is youtube video showing the incident itself, which started
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when a british soldier was brutally murdered in the streets and now we know who other men possibly his attackers have been shot by police. fran townsend, cnn national security analyst is in new york. and atika shubert covering the developing story there in london. atika, first, to you, we have this on camera statement from the suspect. let's listen to that first. >> i apologize that women had to witness this today, but in our land, our women have to see the same. you people will never be safe. remove your government. they don't care about you. >> so this is, atika, this is a portion of what was filmed after the slaying of this soldier. i understand we have the full statement. what else did this guy say? >> reporter: yeah. i mean, this video basically tallies what a lot of eyewitnesss have been telling me. two attackers, with meat cleavers and machetes basically hacked this -- what we believe to be an off duty british soldier to death.
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in one of those videos, one of the attackers says we swear by almighty allah we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone. the only reasons we killed this man, this is because muslims are dying daily. the british soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. he goes on to say, we apologize for the women that had to see this today, but in our lands, our women have to see the same. your people will never be safe. remove your government. they do not care about you. i mean, these are -- it is an incredibly chilling and disturbing statement. and in that video, as he's saying this, you can see the body of the murdered man just behind him there. it really is grisly and horrific. and in the words of one eyewitness i spoke to, it is something you see in a horror movie, frankly. >> atika, stand by. fran townsend, let me bring you in. i want to play this sound for british prime minister david cameron. fran, after hearing the suspe s
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suspects' alleged confessions. does it have the hallmarks of a suspected terrorist attack? >> i've been briefed by the home secretary about this absolutely sickening attack in london. it is the most appalling crime. we obviously are urgently seeking and the police are urgently seeking the full facts about this case. but there are strong indications that it is a terrorist incident. >> strong indications that it is a terrorist incident. fran, your thoughts. >> brooke, look, from the suspects' statement alone, you can see why this claiming of retribution for western fighters, british soldiers in muslim lands, we heard this before from groups like al qaeda. and, by the way, we also have seen the release of videos on the internet of beheadings conducted by al qaeda in places around the world.
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and executions. and so it has the feeling of that. i think that's why you're hearing the british prime minister say that there are indications that this is terrorism related. obviously you want to know more about who he might have associated with, they will do a comprehensive look. now, were they aware of him prior to the event? who were his contacts with? and what prior indications were there of his affiliations with an extremist group. but horrible. you watch this video and you say to yourself, my god, where are the police? where are people to who have tried to stop this? but you see, this is the suspect is large, he's got this meat cleaver in his hand, and probably had some help. >> and if we still have atika, i just have one more question for atika, as i'm looking at this video here on this monitor -- don't have. okay. fran, i'm looking at this and thinking, my goodness, it looks to be broad daylight. >> right. and by the way, this would have
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unfolded over minutes, you know? this was not -- it didn't happen sort of instantaneously like a gunshot to have hacked this british soldier to death. it took time. and so, you know, you really -- you no doubt that the british government is going to look at a chronology of how this happened, you know. there are cameras all over london. the city of london now is part of their security program. they will try to understand who was in the area, what steps were taken to stop this attack. and, exactly what happened. >> as you point out, one of the questions would be is he connected to, you know, a larger terrorist group? what are some of the questions -- what would be some of the investigations happening right now as police are clearly responding to this incident in lond london? >> no question, brooke, they will look at this guy's cell phone and the cell phone contact, his internet interactions and contacts, not only inside the uk, for possible
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associates, but around the world. they'll look to see was he listening or viewing extremist videos or audio tapes on the internet. was he radicalized as we see here in the united states, this notion of home grown? was he inside the uk, was he home grown? and radicalized over the internet or did very international travel that might have tipped him off. they'll look at all of that and try to understand is this an isolated incident or a broader threat to the british people. >> incredibly, incredibly gruesome. fran townsend, thank you so much. appreciate it. we'll be following the story in the next couple of hours here on cnn. meantime, now, to the special kov coverage in moore, oklahoma. we know six adults are still missing here in moore. keep in mind this is in addition to 24 known fatalities and now two days after monday's tornado slammed through this area, the search for survivors is
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beginning to wind down. crews are shifting from rescue to recovery. we also have learned that this was an ef-5 tornado. that is one of the most powerful tornadoes ever recorded, packing winds of up to 210 miles per hour. and carved a 17-mile path of destruction throughout this area of oklahoma causing what could be more than 2 billion, with a b, dollars in damage. one of the most heart breaking scenes is this pile of wreckage, want to show you, where the plaza towers elementary school once stood. look at this. seven children died there. just taking shelter in a classroom. we learned today that president obama will be coming to this area. he'll be visiting moore, oklahoma, this sunday. we want to take you inside what is left of that elementary school. chief national correspondent john king took a tour of the school just a short time ago. and here is what he saw.
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>> uncertain who was here who wasn't here. >> had to verify with the parents who was accounted for, who is not. things like that. >> what goes through -- the school goes back. can you take us back and give us a sense of -- >> yeah. >> heading out. yes. >> can i talk to you before you go, though? >> yes. >> how are you doing, sir? >> this is more classrooms back here. this was the gymnasium here. >> so the gym was a separate building or attached somehow? >> the gym was attached. >> go across to the gymnasium building? >> yes. so the classroom buildings would have ended here? >> correct. >> that's what all this is.
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wow. >> the school kind of went in a u. it came out this way, right here. it went -- that was the back corner right there. >> right. so come around like a u. >> and then another building separately out there. there were some portables out there which, of course, didn't withstand anything. >> right. >> but just down the hill, those were houses that were all brick houses where the trees and things like that are. that used to all be houses. you couldn't see -- that was just the neighborhood right there. >> just gone. >> and there is really -- where that truck is, that's actually the next street over we just drove by. >> this is ground zero. where it hit hardest. >> this is really, really across santa fe, really picked up, our widest area, with the most devastation. but there is several hundred houses through here that are off the foundation, there is just nothing left. >> so you heard john saying, you know, that was ground zero where that elementary school once
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stood. there is something that that school and a couple of homes i know i toured, other colleagues have toured have in common. that is the fact that a lot of the places here don't have storm shelters. and i know a lot of you not living in oklahoma, you think, wouldn't it be common sense, you're living in the middle of tornado alley, that would be obvious. but it is not necessarily the case. they're expensive. and some people just choose not to do it. they say what are the odds of actually being hit by a tornado. just a quick anecdote. i was on a plane coming here, i was sitting next to this amazing older woman, been here for 44 years she said, i don't have an afraidy hole. that's what they call them around here. in talking to people and seeing the devastation, that may soon change. we'll share a couple of other stories with regard to the storm shelters next.
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i mentioned a moment ago, sitting on a plane with this woman, she called this storm shelter a fraidy hole. a scaredy hole someone else called it. i met these two people this morning, neighbors, who lived in moore all their lives. both of whom lost their homes on monday. and both learned a lesson after what happened to them. watch. >> you know, i was on a plane with someone. she was from here, loves oklahoma, lived here 44 years and said, no, i don't have a fraidy hole in my house. i said a fraidy hole? >> a hidey hole. >> a safety room, a shelter. >> when you actually have been through it -- >> your mind changes. >> your mind changes. it is scary. it is a thought of what if i didn't get out as soon as i did because the thing is, if that tornado was right on the next street and i could not drive fast enough, me and my kids
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would be in a car flying in the air like dorothy. it is still that feeling of, okay, i would rather have it. my only fear is, okay, do i want a safe room or do i want a hole? it is that choice. >> the best way, if you have neither way, go to your fire department after you have them built and register. so they know where you're at and when they come and do these surveys -- >> they know where to find you. >> they'll come and check every single one. >> they both told me they will be rebuilding here in moore and they will both be building these safety shelters in their homes. coming up, we'll check in with my colleague stephanie elam, not too far away from me here in moore. she has more stories of survival. also, though, as they're digging for -- through some of the rubble, some surprising discoveries. she's live next.
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i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live in phoenix, arizona, at the maricopa county courthouse where it is a bit of a bombshell, and really not something that we expected to hear so early in the jury's deliberations over the fate of
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jodi arias. will she live or will she die? but this jury has announced to judge sherry stevens in this courtroom just in the last few moments that they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict on life or death. again, the jury announcing to the judge they are unable to agree on a unanimous verdict. and in this state, it is required that the jury is unanimous on either life or death. if it is life, it is the judge who decides if it is natural life forever or life with the possibility of a parole or release. the whole other issue in this state that is up in arms right now because of the legislature versus the courts, but besides that, what this judge has done is implore this jury in the courtroom to give it another go. sometimes it is called the dynamite charge. sometimes it is called an alan charge. whatever you call it, it is an effort to get the jury to take a deep breath and go back at it, go back at the work they have worked so hard on for the last
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five months. this has been a marathon for these jurors. so to be only a couple of hours into deliberations and announce an impasse, the judge as is in almost all cases will ask them do it again, go back, and let me know if you truly are at an impasse. believe it or not, oftentimes it works. i want to bring in my colleague nancy grace who has been following this case since the beginning. she joins me live. nancy, i can only imagine this came as a bit of a surprise to you given the allocution that we witnessed in that courtroom yesterday. and that there was no request for mercy, nor sincere apology for a murder. there seemed to be a sticking to your guns, a regret that the family suffered, but no genuine apology or sincere fear of death. give me your thoughts on this latest development. >> well, i'm trying to be optimistic and hope that this is just a speed bump, just a hiccup, a blip on the radar, the
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jury will follow the judge's instructions and go back into that jury deliberation room and do what they're brought in for. and that is reach a unanimous verdict. here's the thing. it seems to me, you pointed out earlier, this is pretty quick in the deliberations to say -- to announce they're unable to reach a verdict. i agree with you. it makes me surmise that there is one or more -- but probably one person back in there saying, i just can't give the death penalty. period. i just can't do it. well, if there is somebody back there, one or more, claiming they just can't give the death penalty, that means they lied, that they were deceptive in their voir dire or jury selection where they promised they could be open to either the death penalty or life behind bars in a murder one situation. so if that's true, that person can be thrown off the jury and
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an alternate brought in, in many jurisdictions. the alan charge, the dynamite, it is not a usual, you don't want to scold the jury, you don't want it said on appeal if there is a conviction, i mean, if there is a death sentence that someone was coerced into it. you don't want that. but the sad outcome will be if these 12 can't get it together, we have to strike a whole new jury for sentencie ining only, n even more horrible thought, a guilty plea to life. >> well, nancy, when you were a prosecute, you were almost undefeated, if not undefeated and you have seen this happen. what is it about an alan charge, a dynamite charge, whatever you want to say, what is it about the judge's request of this jury to just try harder, that often actually works? what possibly could she say that could change their opinions now?
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>> well, i never had a jury personally that needed dynamite. i never had to dynamite a jury. they -- every one came back with a guilty verdict. also came back with what i wanted on sentencing. but i've seen many juries dynamited. they need a talking to. to get them to remember that they're there for a reason. that they need to work together. and also in that charge she gave them was something very important. the judge told them, if you're stuck on a point of law, if you want a readback, if there is anything we can give you, any tool to help you reach a unanimous verdict, tell us. put it in writing and we'll get that for you. you want to see pictures. you want to rehear what the siblings said, hear what arias said about let me live so i can sell t-shirts, fine. i'll give it to you. but get back in there and reach
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a verdict. basically is what she told us. in many situations it works. >> quickly, want to ask you, there is no shortage of coverage of this case, the intrigue across this country for cases like casey anthony, jodi arias, has been remarkable. i don't think there are many people who don't know something about this case. if they have to bring in another jury at this late stage, they're not going to relitigate whether she's guilty or innocent, that's done. but they're going to, you know, they could bring in a jury to litigate this aspect of it. this is a jury unlike any other. they have been privy to all of the coverage of this case, every aspect of it, that the current jury was told on penalty they could not watch or see or listen to or discuss. isn't that appellate in its own nature? isn't that sort of morally wrong? >> i don't even know what you're talking about morally wrong.
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>> they had a lot of coverage that this jury hasn't had. how fair can that be? >> as i was saying, morality and the law are two completely different animals, number one. and i have long said, if this is the law, then the law is an -- and i stand by that. but here's the problem, let me just say a few names that may ring a bell. o.j. simpson, robert blake, casey anthony, the defense swore up and down that they would never get a fair trial, no way there could be an acquittal. guess what, there was. i guarantee you there are 12 good souls out there that have not paid one bit of attention to the jodi arias case. they're at work all day. they come home, and they put the children to bed. they don't want to know about jodi arias and all her shenanigans. i guarantee you they can find another jury, a jury that will reach a unanimous verdict. >> and do you think that's what will happen if they're actually at a final impasse?
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do you think judge sherry stevens will do that instead of work towards a plea deal where we end this all now? >> well, i don't know what the point is after since december trying to, quote, end it all now. oh, no, no, no. and it is not up to the judge to end anything. if the state wants to offer a guilty plea, that's their business. the judge cannot coerce a plea. can't do that. it is not her position to do that. >> she has to accept it though, right. >> the state has to offer a plea and then accept. i would not give a plea. i would get back in the ring and start over again. >> astounding development, nancy grace live for us, thank you for your perspective on this. the jury in the jodi arias case, after five months of a trial, a guilty verdict, a second decision this was a cruel crime, on their third go round at deliberations as to whether jodi arias should live for the rest of her life in prison
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potentially or die, they are unable to come to this decision as a unanimous group. and so now they have been sent back to continue their deliberations, work a little harder, maybe work a little longer, considering it only has been a few hours total. that's the development on a day where truly a development is expected daily in this case. brooke, back to you, live in oklahoma. >> i know you said there have been surprising twists and turns. i don't know if this is a development we had anticipated, nor had perhaps that judge. ashleigh banfield for us in phoenix. ashleigh, thank you. back to our special coverage here in moore, oklahoma. also, in just a moment, first, a lot of new information about the suspected terror attack in london including gruesome video of this suspect, knives in hand, bloodied, talking straight into the camera. more on that breaking story coming up. ♪
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welcome back. back to our special coverage of the tornado and the aftermath in moore, oklahoma. just a moment. but first, to london where the british government is holding this emergency meeting responding to this absolutely bizarre and deadly suspected terror attack. look at this video here. this is the bizarre part of the story. this is youtube video, apparently showing the incident, which started when this british soldier was brutally murdered in the streets, but now we know two other men possibly his attackers
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have been shot by police. nic robertson is joining me live in london. this is the bizarre part, the gruesome part, nic, because we have this on camera statement from the suspect. let me play that. >> i apologize that women had to witness this today. but in our land, our women have to see the same. you people will never be safe. remove your government. they don't care about you. >> here he is, left hand, wielding some knives, machetes, bloodied. this was filmed after the slaying of the soldier. i understand we actually have the full statement. tell me what more this man said, nic. >> reporter: well, this was clearly premeditated. they were going to murder this -- knock this man down, murder him with a meat cleaver and then turn to the people who were standing by, the eyewitnesses, ask them to record this message on their cell phones, knowing they were going to be taken away. this is cold blooded.
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clearly premeditated and this is what -- this is what he said whether he got those people who saw this horrific act happen to record it on the camera. he said, we swear by almighty allah. we will never stop fighting you. until you leave, until you leave our lands. this british -- until you leave our lands. the only reason we killed this man is because you are killing people in our lands. this british soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. they also went on to say we apologize that women had to see this today, but in our land, women have to see the same. you people will never be safe. remove your government. they don't care about you. that was preplanned, premeditated, they knew that by chance there would be eyewitnesses there, they knew they would be able to record this on their cell phones. it takes this type of attack to a new -- whole new level. the attack in itself, brooke, so bloody, it really has people here shocked right now.
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>> and, nic, in listening to him, there he is, addressing the camera, his words, his accent, is there anything about his accent that strikes you? >> reporter: it sounds like a british accent. but it is difficult -- it would be difficult really to say more than that at this time. after the meeting here that was known as the cobra meeting, this top level security meeting, which happens behind me at number ten downing street, the prime minister's house here, and what is the equivalent, the british equivalent of the white house's situation room, when we asked the question, were these men from britain or not, the official we spoke to didn't want to answer that question. he decided us away from it. what we do know is that after this meeting they said they're going to increase the security outside the barracks where this incident took place in southeast london. not only that, the army is going to increase security at all military bases inside london.
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gives the impression that the army and security services are concerned that there could be the potential for another type of attack, brooke. >> can't imagine the fear in london tonight. nic robertson, thank you so much. back here in moore, oklahoma, this city's hospital destroyed. and cnn's doctor or chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta talked to the er doctor in charge here. he'll join me live 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. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪
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welcome back here. you're watching special coverage. i'm brooke baldwin. i should point out, where i've been standing for the last two hours here is right in front of what was the moore medical center. this is the main hospital here in moore. as you can see, it was clearly in the tornado's path. let me show you what the hospital looks like. i can tell you that all patients
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inside are okay. dr. sanjay gupta talked with the er doctor in charge when this tornado slammed them. >> 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. i don't -- i still just can't feel like i can take any credit for that. i just, like you 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 is very emotional because i'm, like, wow, everybody was, you know, did get out. but, yeah, words can't even describe, you know, how i feel and like i said, i do keep getting a lot of thanks. >> dr. gupta joins me now. it is amazing. here she is, just doing my job,
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and incredibly humble. >> yeah, she is. she's 34 years old. i expected a hardened trauma surgeon, you know, when i heard about the person who essentially not only made sure everybody stayed alive during this, but as i understand, no one had a scratch on them. they got about a ten-minute notice before they called what is called a code black, everyone gets into the center of the hospital, what you would expect, sort of coordinating that but also doing things like throwing mattresses and blankets over their heads because shrapnel injury is a concern here. at the same time, she has to think about evacuating these patients now. there are still potential twisters in the area at the time. she sent set sets up a triage . this hospital is no longer functioning to take in other patients. this happens within a few minutes. if there is a feel good story, all of those patients and staff members did well. they all survived. >> it is incredible to hear how people leapt into action and i guess when i think of the patients who she then removed, where are they all now? >> a few different hospitals in
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the area, part of norman regional. there is also a level one trauma center, the highest level trauma center, about ten minutes away, in oklahoma city. so i think there were 20 patients admitted to that hospital that came from differing areas including from this hospital who are already in-patients here. they had places to go. but, again, you're at the same time you're evacuating patients, potentially putting your own health care workers at risk. >> you think about yourself for a half second. >> she called her husband three hours later she told me. he was obviously worried and seeing the images of the hospital where she was working and he was doing fine as well. it ended well for them. >> i like a feel good story, despite what we see around here. sanjay, thank you so much for sharing that story. if you would like to help, so many of you would like to help the good people of moore, oklahoma, visit our impact your world page, cnn.com/impact. coming up next, a college team from west virginia came to oklahoma to play a little ball in a tournament.
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all right, got some ballplayers with me here in moore, oklahoma. we have brady wilson and jacob rice, two outfielders with the west virginia mountaineers baseball team. their coach randy mazy with me here as well. the mountaineers had come to oklahoma for the big 12 conference, the tournament, here in town, when the tornado hit monday. and they quickly leapt into action. you're from tulsa. let me begin with you. you're from tulsa. you know tornadoes.
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but have you ever seen anything like this? >> no, this is pretty crazy. we drove past it yesterday, just seeing everything was pretty unreal. being here, it is a different story. >> so here you are, you're just here and thinking you're going to play baseball. and then suddenly this thing hits and it levels so much of where we're standing right now. whose idea was it to help? >> well, actually, we were all sitting around watching everything unfold live on television like everybody was, but we were so close, i think at one point it was four or five miles from us. we were watching it on television and look out the window and television and window and just to make sure it wasn't coming our direction. and as soon as it ended, brady actually texted me and said, coach, is there anything we can do? we tried to round the whole team up and get the bus into moore to just, you know, help, any way we could. they wouldn't let us in. and just watching on tv, you see the funnel cloud and you can't see the bottom hundred feet of the destruction until you see the aftermath.
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so when we saw the aftermath, that's when brady texted me and said, can we do anything? we -- when we couldn't get into town, we did everything we could, we took the team up to walmart, and gave everybody a shopping cart and told them to fill it up. >> you grabbed a shopping cart, you're in walmart, what, this walmart around the corner from here? >> in oklahoma city. >> so you go to walmart and it is -- i'm trying to picture this, the whole team with shopping carts, what are you throwing in the carts? >> clothes, mainly clothes, we weren't really sure when we were able to pass everything out. we weren't sure about the food and stuff. mainly clothes and supplies that can help people out like flashlights or stuff like that. >> how many carts did you fill? >> i think we shared two for each person. >> so 40 guys. >> about 20 carts. >> that costs a little bit. >> you know, we have a fund raising organization that we raise money for west virginia
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baseball and the people who have actually donated throughout the year they don't really know this but they indirectly have helped the people of more by donating money to our baseball program so at the time they were donating they didn't know what they were donating for but obviously everybody is really happy it went to this cause. >> reporter: have you had a chance yet to take everything that was in those 20 carts and help deliver it to some of these people in need? >> yeah. we went to one of the shelters up in norman where they're housing about a hundred families. >> yes. ou. >> we took it up there and passed it out and took everything up there which was a good feeling for these guys. >> it's pretty cool when we come together like this and we just had a little part. >> reporter: doing your own little part. >> definitely. people down here in oklahoma who are ou fans and we're big ou fans but now we're a big fan of
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the mountaineers. it's really nice when people really appreciate what we're doing. >> reporter: awesome. >> the other thing, because of all the publicity we've been getting we've had so many people that have contacted us to find out how they can help since they know we're down here helping. we have the managing partner of the arizona diamondbacks, a west virginia grad. >> reporter: how about that? >> when he saw what we're doing he is going to donate a couple hundred thousand dollars for the relief efforts through west virginia baseball and even when we were in walmart we had people just handing us $20 at a time. >> reporter: incredible. >> the good thing was these guys, we saw an actual victim of the tornado in walmart while shopping. somebody who had lost their home that day. she actually, after we checked out, got to go through our carts and it was satisfying. >> reporter: find clothes and flash lights. thank you so much. go mountaineers. fantastic story. safely travels back to morgantown. thanks, guys. coming up much more on our breaking news this time out of
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some major and shocking developments here out of the u.s. military academy at west point as we have now learned that the u.s. army sergeant first class stationed there has been charged with allegedly secretly videotaping female cadets in the shower. cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr is joining me now with the details. barbara, what are you learning?
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>> reporter: oh, brooke, it doesn't get more distasteful and ugly than this, does it? the army, after being questioned by reporters and the "new york times" was the first to report this, has now acknowledged today that in may, earlier this month an army sergeant first class at west point who had the job of training and mentoring female cadets is charged with multiple counts of allegedly secretly filming them in the shower, in the latrine area. the army is trying to contact as many as 12 women who were female cadets there between 2009 and may, 2012, last year, while they've been identifying these photos, contact these women photos, contact these women and let them know about this. the charges came just a few days ago. the army acknowledged that only when questioned by the "new york times" by all accounts. you know, this embarrassment, to say the least, to the army comes
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at a time when a number of high profile sexual assault cases are causing a lot of embarrassment to the pentagon, a lot of consternation to defense secretary chuck hagel, who wants to crack down on all of this. now this case. but here's the interesting wrinkle, brooke. the army has been investigating this matter for over a year, just charged the sergeant a few days ago. can't quite explain why it took them so long. brooke? >> reporter: one year? barbara starr, it's disgusting if, in fact, it is true. barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you. coming up, we'll have much more. the sights and the sounds through the rubble here and the aftermath in moore, oklahoma.
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i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for joining me. jake tapper is up next. first, remembering the victims. ♪
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the families of six people still do not know what happened to their loved ones after the massive tornado here in oklahoma. i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead, the white house announced today plans for president obama to view the destruction here with his own eyes as victims here begin their recovery. in just moments, the governor of oklahoma, mary fallin, will be our guest. and a young mom made a run for it with her infant son in her arms as the tornado bore down upon this town. tragically, their shelter would not hold. their deaths weighing heavily on a rescue worker who found th