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found a stray dog. they were going through to try to find momentos. we will bring you more images and stories ahead. president obama was briefed on the tornado disaster this morning. he approved a major disaster declaration for oklahoma. major garrett is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. we expect the president at the state dining room in a matter of secretaries. he was in the oval office to receive the briefing from janet napolitano and staff here at the white house to get all the latest information about the federal response. clearly looking at the devastation in moore, oklahoma and the suburbs around oklahoma city. there will need to be a huge federal and state response. he said his top person, head of the fema flew to oklahoma last night to set that up. the president is in the state dining room, charlie. here he is.

good morning, everybody. as we all know by now, a series of storms swept across the plains yesterday in one of the most destructive tornados in history. sliced through the towns of newcastle and moore, oklahoma. in an instant, neighborhoods were destroyed, dozens of people lost their lives. many more were injured. and among the victims were young children trying to take shelter in the safest place they knew, their school. so our prayers are with the people of oklahoma today. our gratitude is with the teachers who gave their all to shield their children with the neighbors, first responders, and emergency personnel who raced to start as soon as the tornados passed. with all of those who, as darkness fell, searched for

survivors through the night. as a nation, our full focus right now is on the urgent work of rescue, and the hard work of recovery and rebuilding that lies ahead. yesterday i spoke with governor fallin no make it clear that they would have all the resources they need at their disposal. last night i issued a dafter declaration to expedite resources to support the governor's team in the immediate response and to offer direct assistance to folks who have suffered loss. i also just speak with mayor lewis of moore, oklahoma to ensure he is getting everything he needs. i met with secretary napolitano this morning and my homeland security and counterterrrorism adviser lisa monaco to underscore that point, that oklahoma needs to get everything that it needs right away.

the fema administrator craig fugate is on his way to oklahoma as we speak. fema staff was first deployed to oklahoma's emergency operation center on sunday as the state already was facing down the first wave of deadly tornadoes. yesterday fema activated urban search and rescue teams from texas, nebraska, and tennessee to assist in the ongoing search and rescue efforts, and a mobile response unit to boost communications and logistical support. so the people of moore should know their country will remain on the ground, there for them, beside them as long as it takes for there are homes and schools to rebuild, businesses and hospitals to reopen. there are parents to console, first responders to comfort. and of course frightened children who will need our continued love and attention.

there are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms and bedrooms and classrooms. and in time we're going to need to refill those spaces with love and laughter and community. we don't yet know the full extent of the damage from this week's storm. we don't know both the human and economic losses that may have occurred. we know that severe rumbling of weather, bad weather through much of the country still continues. and we're also preparing for hurricane season that begins next week. but if there is hope to hold on to, not just in oklahoma but around the country, it's the knowledge that the good people there and in oklahoma are better prepared for this type of storm than most. and what they can be certain of is that americans from every

corner of this country will be right there with them opening our homes, our hearts to those in need. because we're a nation that stands with our fellow citizens as long as it takes. we have seen that spirit in joplin, tuscaloosa, boston and breezy point, and that's what the people of oklahoma are going to need from us right now. for those of you who want to help, you can go online to the american red cross which is already on the ground in moore. already we have seen the university of oklahoma announce that it will provide housing for displaced families. we have seen local churches and companies open their doors and their wallets. and last night the people of joplin dispatched a team on help the people of moore. so for all of those who have been affected we recognize that you face a long road ahead. in some cases there will be enormous grief that has to be

absorbed. but you will not travel that path alone. your country will travel with you fueled by our faith in the almighty and our faith in one another. so our prayers are with the people of oklahoma today. and we will back up those prayers with deeds for as long as it takes. thank you very much. >> the president of the united states at the white house telling the people of oklahoma and the country that the country stands beside them and with them. we go back to moore and nora. >> reporter: you know, charlie and gail, one of the hardest thing has been for parents, their worst nightmare, searching for their children because they are among the victims here in moore. most of the children they were in school. their parents thought that's where they would be safe when this tornado touched down. >> this is horrible. horrible! >> reporter: after monday's

massive tornado tore through moore, oklahoma, another blow was delivered. >> that may be part of the gymnasium. >> reporter: two elementary schools had been right in its path. >> hopefully we didn't lose any lives here. >> reporter: the the first, briarwood elementary was heavily damaged. >> i said i'm going to die. >> reporter: why did you think that? >> because this was my first tornado. >> reporter: amazingly, there were no deaths. as they emerged from hiding, they were stubbed at what they saw. teachers carried the children away from the worst of the wreckage, comforting them until thankful parents returned. >> i hugged her as big as i did camden because i feel she helped save my son's life. thank you. >> reporter: a mile away, among the towers elementary, a different far more tragic scene.

here the storm tore off the school's roof and knocked down its walls. at least seven children were killed. >> the school took a direct hit. and they had saws and jack hammers and sledgehammers trying to work through the building as quickly as they could. >> reporter: throughout the day, neighbors and first responders pulled children through the rubble, passing them from person to person until they reached a triage center. throughout the night, dozens of crews searched carefully in the mud and rain for those who were still missing. >> i mean, a lot of people who is very sad, as you can imagine, having to pull anybody deceased whether children or adults is going to be overwhelming for a person. >> reporter: and, charlie, governor mary fallin says five schools were hit by this tornado, two of them elementary schools. at plaza towers, it is believed seven children died.

the police chief of moore telling us it is believed a wall fell on those children. last night they changed it from a search and rescue operation to a search and recovery operation. they believe that's the extent of the fatalities. charlie. >> nora, thank you. the chief meteorologist at ktbt in dallas fort worth. larry, is the storm still a danger? >> yeah, it is, charlie. we have another round of severe weather. this time it will be a little farther south into central oklahoma. what is happening now, we have a big upper level low spinning over the plains. little spokes of rotating. this is back over the texas panhandle. it will sweep southern oklahoma and north texas here later today. that will be the spark that gets more thunderstorms going later on today. slight risk goes all the way up towards michigan. this area i've highlighted in orange, that's where there is a

higher risk of severe weather with high winds, large hail and even a few tornados. now, tomorrow that risk of severe weather shifts towards the north and to the east. through upstate new york, through ohio. golf ball-sized hail and winds 50 to 60 miles per hour. we still have another round of severe weather coming today, charlie. >> thank you very much. back to nora where she is joined by the mayor of moore, glenn lewis who has seen two terrible tornados in his town. >> reporter: that's right, charlie. this is the mayor of moore, glenn lewis. mayor, we were just talking -- i said i've never seen anything like this. but you say -- >> it gets worse. >> it gets worse? >> it gets worse. a couple areas are worse than this. >> where? >> the plaza tower school is where ground zero is. that's where the kids were. the the other place -- it jumped the interstate, as you can see. this was our new hospital.

it has gone across the interstate. there's about five actual schools that were hit. so we're assessing damage now. >> have you been over to plaza towers? >> no, i have not. they tell me that the lines have been cut now so we can get over there. before it was power lines were down, so we couldn't get access to it. it's been pretty overwhelming. so we have about six neighborhoods just like this one, nothing but slabs. >> six neighborhoods, nothing but slabs in. >> right. part of that is in oklahoma city. but it's the moore communities, west moore and south moore. >> the president spoke with you. >> yes, he did. >> what did he say? >> he offered his condolences and was very gracious. he offered us basically whatever we needed. very nice of him. >> what did you say back to the president? >> we appreciate it. we will be working -- the fema director is on his way. that is probably him right there. he's landing. >> so we are hearing a

helicopter above us. you think that is the fema director. >> he told me he was on his way. >> what did you tell the president you need first? >> basically, thoughts and prayers. especially for the victims. and we're still looking for people. we're looking for recovery efforts. i thanked him for the use of the thermal imageers we got on federal grant. >> what do they do? >> it tells us if there's anybody aliveli underneath thos cars. >> have they been useful? >> yes. they rescued two people with those. >> how do they use these thermal imageers. >> that's what the x marks are. they have been searched. >> how many of those do you have? >> we have three. >> great. you need more. >> do you need more? >> no. oklahoma city brought us theirs.

so we had quite a few. oklahoma city, norman, all the surrounding cities have been excellent to work with. >> finally, mayor, there's some dark clouds. >> it's raining now. >> it's raining now. are you concerned about the weather? >> always. >> yeah. >> you know, hopefully this is supposed to blow over. it wasn't supposed to happen. but neither was this. we lived through it. >> mayor glenn lewis. we wish you the best. >> thank you. >> good luck with everything. >> thank you. >> charlie, you heard from the mayor that what we've seen here is nothing compared to what happened at plaza towers, that elementary school that the mayor describes as ground zero of this tornado devastation. big change in the weather today. of course, society hot 90s yesterday. not even close to that today as we're going to see some clouds sweeping in. some of those moving in overhead. our mount vaca cam also some low clouds and fog out towards the coastline. it is already starting to see

the winds picking up toward the coast. going to see more of those windy conditions toward the afternoon. temperatures as much as 20 degrees cooler. 60s, still some 70s inland. 50s and 60s windy at the coast. cooler temperatures through thursday. >> we talk with a man who has captured some of the most

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>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning, everyone. 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. get you caught up with some bay area headlines now. east palo alto police officers have no days off because the chief declared a crime emergency. it comes after a teenager was killed in an apartment gang shooting sunday night. >> pickets with up outside five university of california medical centers including ucsf. pensions and staffing levels are the key issues in the strike. it's scheduled for today and again tomorrow. and it is d-day. decision day is expected from the nfl owners by noontime today. they are meeting in boston to decide whether "super bowl l" in 2016 will be played at the new levi's stadium in santa clara or perhaps in miami. we'll find out a little after 11:00 today.

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good morning. it is a bad commute right now on westbound 580. there is a crash approaching vasco road westbound 580 getting close to the truck scales. look what it's doing to the morning commute. it's cleared to the right shoulder. possible injuries. and really stacking up through the altamont pass. drive time almost 45 minutes. take you out towards the dublin interchange. that's a check of the latest traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> all right. some clouds sweeping across our skies. the winds beginning to pick up. we are going to see more of that into the afternoon. what a changes in the weather today. numbers now in the 40s and 50s. by this afternoon, as much as 20 degrees cooler. 70s and 60s inland, 50s and 60s and cool at the coast. cooling down during the week, warm up on sunday. ,,,, ,,,,

our hearts and prayers go out to those in oklahoma who have been victimized by the storm. especially our colleague tom cole. moore, oklahoma is his hometown. so obviously he's there. and so i've ordered the flag this morning to be lowered to half-staff in honor of those who suffered through this terrible storm. >> that was house speaker john boehner a short time ago. he pledged to work with president obama to help the people of oklahoma. welcome back to "cbs this morning". i'm charlie rose. nora is in oklahoma. nora, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie.

it is a tough morning for the people here in moore, oklahoma, and oklahoma city. there's a lot of grief and destruction. we are actually about 10 miles south of oklahoma city. and yesterday with little warning this large and powerful tornado cut through here in the afternoon. the overall death toll is now 24. the initial figure was 51. to explain that, they are saying they may have double counted. as in many of these breaking news situations, the information comes in quickly to officials. they get that out to us. they are now revising the figures this morning. we should point out the desperate search and rescue operation continues throughout the night. rescue crews crawled among the piles of rubble that used to be homes looking for trapped victims. venita joins us. >> reporter: it was pitch black

when they started the seven. come sun up, they had no intention of stopping. rescue crews know the time for finding survivors is now dwindling. >> we try to folks the first 24 hours as much as we can trying to find people, getting them out. >> in this home, a chihuahua. in this, a tiny kitten. >> she was underneath part of a wall. >> reporter: it's miracles like mike and trudy that make this dangerous search worthwhile. >> about 3:00 is when everything started getting wild around here. about 3:15 the world come to an end almost. >> reporter: tucked away in their underground cellar they rode out the tornado. >> looked like the end of the world, like a war zone. through this door here, it was so strong it popped it up and

off. >> reporter: rescue crews think they hear tapping. after tearing down walls and tossing away debris, they find nothing. as daylight breaks, there are still signs of hope. >> reporter: we are joined now by some of the survivors. terri and her son joseph. they have lived here in oklahoma four years. welcome. i know you lost your home, and i'm sorry to hear that. where were you? >> we were in the home in the closet. >> you were hiding in the closet? >> the only thing that was left. everything else collapsed. >> why did you not seek shelter beforehand? it just came on so fast? >> they always have stuff around here like this. so we were thinking it wasn't a big deal and it actually was. we don't really have any open shelters around here. and i didn't know anybody. we just took shelter in her

closet. >> the closet is the only thing that was safe. >> there was one wall standing in the closet s. examine we didn't want to leave our animals. >> where are your animals now? >> one is still missing. >> one of your dogs? >> our putting bud where is still missing. >> we stopped over here at her brother's house and it's gone. all that stuff is gone. >> what about your neighbor. >> one neighbor we know died. and several others in the area down the street died. i don't know all the details of that yet. >> joseph, was this your next door neighbor? >> yes. her son was out there freaking out. he was about my age. he was saying she's not breathing. they took him to the hospital. he was freaking out pretty bad. and i think a couple older women died further down the street. >> how soon was this after the storm struck?

do you remember what time you knew it was safe to get out of the closet. >> about five minutes when we were trying to get out because the closet was smashed on us. we had to push it off. there was a bunch of stuff and debris out of the way. >> where did you go last night? >> first, these people came over and helped us, really nice people. they took us to the community shelter by the library. an after that, my friend came over and told us she's going to pay for us, somewhere to stay. we will be doing that now and getting everything situated. >> what do you do now? you lost your home? >> i just want to find my animal. i want to find buddy. and that's the main thing. we lost our home, our cars. everything is gone. >> it's kind of hard to do -- like start over again. >> your whole block for several blocks is gone. completely destroyed. >> you can look down and see the whole path. >> all the way down. >> you told me there's a school near you that was hit hard.

>> it got half the school right behind us. our fence is right next to the school. >> what was that school? >> highland junior high. >> terri and joseph, sorry to hear about your home. good luck finding your dog today. thank you. we appreciate it. charlie, as you hear, there are many stories like this, people who barely survived this tornado. you know of neighbors and other people who did not survive. and of course they are focused now on finding loved ones and finding lost pets too. >> nora, thank you. in a moment, everything wiped away. the pain being felt in moore also brings back bad memories. we'll show you how the city survived another historic tornado. you're watching a special edition of "cbs this morning". yeah, kfc!

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scenes of destruction here in moore, oklahoma. a city that has been ravaged by the second deadliest tornados in just the past two years. people hearsay they have never seen anything like it. but out of the rubble comes amazing stories. and i want to bring you one of those stories right now. because i saw you guys walking across this field with this dog. and you told me you found the dog. where did you find the dog? >> just walking over there. >> the houses that used to be there. >> what did you do? >> we called him over to us and he came over. somebody asked us if it was our dog. we said no. so we immediately got something and tried calling all the numbers on there. >> i'm not the owner, but his

owner is in germany right now. and we thought he was gone. >> what does that mean to find toby this morning? >> it's awesome. they all three got lost in the storm. i found my cat in the he tree. and they were roaming. it is fantastic. >> and you have to thank caitlyn and megan. >> you have no idea. these girls were a godsend to us. >> and look at this leash you have here. >> it is a broken wire. >> one of the incredible stories. this is an ethernet cord with a nail stuck in it. they fashioned a leash. i saw them walking 100 feet with the dog and he's been reunited with the woman taking care of toby. >> a scene of destruction and it was also -- it was also among those hit the city of moore by

the strongest tornado ever recorded. that was 14 years ago. for an hour and a half that day it carved a path of destruction. >> unbelievable! >> what is hard to believe is that this video out of oklahoma is 14 years old. making yesterday's tornado a deadly second act. on may 3rd, 1999, oklahomans looked into the sky and saw this. at the end of the day, 44 people were dead, including three children. the massive storm system unleashed a total of 76 tornados, including an f-5 twist they're swept through moore. it registered record-breaking wind speeds of more than 300 miles per hour, the fastest wind speeds ever recorded on earth. the town of moore bore the brunt of destruction. $800 million worth of damage with thousands left homeless and hundreds injured. nature as the ultimate wrecking

ball. >> you know, you should not have to go through this twice in a lifetime. >> the tornado hit the town of moore with 200-mile-per-hour winds, less powerful but much more deadly. the paths of the two tornados were chillingly similar. but with this city in their cross-hairs the one big destructive distance, the width of the funnel clouds. >> it looks as though the damage width in moore, oklahoma was a little over two miles in width. where as in 1999 it was one mile wide. >> experts suggest the size of yesterday's footprint could go a long way in explaining the higher loss of life. the death toll for monday already passed the '99 storm and is expected to rise. >> m >> may 3rd, 1999, the storm prediction center in norman only issued a two-day outlook. today we go out to eight days for the the same forecasts. >> early warning technology has

advanced in the past 14 years. but the path of a tornado is still impossible to predict. and its wake impossible to mantle. even for a city with memories of a bygone devastation, memories that have become all too vivid again.moment. c we have some big changes in our weather here, of course, we had hot temperatures yesterday. now we're going to cool down. we have a few clouds rolling on in. and some cooler arctic air that's dropping on down in our direction. right out of the gulf of alaska. temperatures in the 40s and the 50s now. by the afternoon, numbers about 15 to 20 degrees cooler and winds will be ramping up throughout the day, blustery toward the afternoon. temperatures likely to continue to cool on wednesday and thursday before warming up slowly on sunday. and there are many powerful images from the oklahoma torn some of them were taken by nate billings. he was among the first on the scene. he tells us about the

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the destruction from the torbd in moore is staggering. residents in shock, their loss unimaginable. to give you an idea we have some images we want to show you. there were taken before and after the massive storm. >> that's right, charlie. this is a residential neighborhood before the twister hit. and this is what it looked like after the homes were completely flattened. here's another residential neighborhood in moore before the storm hit and after a five-block area was leveled. >> finally, take a look at this. plaza towers elementary school, which the mayor describes as ground zero before the tornado hit and after. the school is where at least seven of the children who died were lost. and, charlie, those pictures given everyone a sense of the devastation. and having walked just a short part of this town.

this goes on for 20 miles. it's like nothing i have ever seen in my life. these cars, charlie, take a look at this. they just -- the mayor says that they essentially caught fire and flipped over and over and over so that the wheels tore off. they are marked. it's hard to see here. they are marked with orange paint and an x. that means that the first responders not only checked to see if there are survivors in there but using geothermal images to make sure there isn't someone trapped underneath the car. >> you can only imagine the terror that must have been felt inside that school. >> well, absolutely. and we talked to some of the parents at briarwood. that school was also hit hard, but there are no fatalities at that school. some of the children in closets, hiding under their desks.

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welcome back to a special edition of "cbs this morning." we are here in moore, oklahoma. the city is coping with disaster again. after the fourth tornado to hit this city in 15 years. we'll hear from a mother and her two sons who all survived the disaster. oklahoma congressman tom cole has lived in moore much of his life. he'll talk about the impact of the tornado, and one of the first photographers on the scene will show us what he saw with his camera. but, first, a look at this hour's eye opener. >> we hid in the closet and prayed like hell and luckily the only room spared was the room we

were in. >> a massive tornado with winds up to 200 miles per hour, slammed the oklahoma city suburbs of moore. >> that's a big, big tornado. >> lost my home, but i'm alive, my kids are alive, my wife, so it's all good. >> it's the worst. >> the death toll 24, cut in half of the original reports were. several children believed to be among those killed. >> two elementary schools in its path. both schools destroyed. >> this morning, the fran sick tesch for survivors continues in the rubble. >> and the teachers got stuck. >> help on its way, president obama signed an emergency disaster declaration. >> the national guard is using heat-seeking technology to search for survivors. >> on the first 24 hours, we want to find people, and get them out. >> the people of moore should know their country will remain on the ground, there for them, beside them, as long as it takes.

>> i'm charlie rose with gayle king in new york. norah o'donnell in moore, oklahoma, where a desperate effort continues this morning. about 100 tornado survivors have been pull out of the rubble. >> newest information we have at this hour on the disaster. state medical examiner's office has reduced the official death toll to 24. that number could increase as the recovery effort continues. president obama spoke less than an hour ago, promising to send aid to the damaged area. norah o'done nenell in moore, oklahoma. good morning. >> good morning. it is a tough morning here in moore, oklahoma. devastation incredible. i have never seen anything like it. anna werner with me. good morning. >> good morning, norah. you are talking about -- you

said earlier it looked like a war zone. it really does. yesterday, when we first arrived on the scene, shortly after the tornado hit, in one of the neighborhoods here in moore, and there were no police, there were no search and rescue people, first responders, the people we see out today, the crews, just residents wandering, after the tornado hit. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the deadly twister touched down around 3:00 p.m. monday and didn't let up for nearly 40 minutes. >> we need to go, we need to go! >> reporter: it stayed on the ground for roughly 20 miles. growing stronger by the second. >> oh there, is a huge flash right there it is just ripping up everything in its path. >> reporter: the tornado raked across the town of moore with such force it crushed two elementary schools and wiped out entire neighborhoods. >> oh, my gosh. this is total devastation. nobody here to fight this fire. >> reporter: block after block of homes were destroyed. cars left crumpled like trash

with power lines down, communication also knocked out. rescue teams continued the search throughout the night. >> a massive rescue effort. in tragedy like this, oklahomans show what an oklahomian is. >> this is believed to be an ef-4, the second most powerful type. it carved roughly the same path as an ef-5 in 1999. many of the things you are seeing today, cars piled up, homes demolished, and what's incredible about it, this extends for so many blocks, so many blocks of area, that tornado was so huge. >> anna werner, thank you. we have jason allen, a reporter with our dallas affiliate. food morni good morning. >> we're on the other side of

the highway where are you this morning. a difficult scene to watch. most of the traffic you see coming up, these are people who live in the neighborhood, some of them directly affected by this tornado and over the past couple of hours, we have been watching, and you may be able to see some people running down the street, they had been going in on foot, with bags, with suitcases, with big buckets, going back into this neighborhood to try and find their homes first and then see if there is anything left of their possessions, we talked to a family who just walked out a few minutes ago. they weathered the storm in a shelter, which they thought maybe 18 to 20 people, several children in there. in there about an hour, when they came out, they could hear screams for help they said. they found their 90-year-old fwra grandfather your honor the rubble. he's at the hospital, broken ribs, injuries to his ears. all other circumstances, he survived. incredible. they were amazed he was still

there. those are the stories we're hearing this morning as people are coming back, in some cases seeing their homes for the first time. away from home when the storm came through yesterday. norah. >> so, jason, who found that man? >> this was a boyfriend and a girlfriend. weathered the storm in a shelter, they were able to get in the shelter, her grandfather was not able to get out of home and into the shelter. he stayed in the home and survived. after an hour, they heard him yelling for help, pulled off bricks, 2 x 4s and found him alive. >> incredible story, jason allen of ktvt. thank you. charlie and gayle, that kind of story captures what's happening this morning. certainly as the sun comes up, the weather returned here. dark clouds. raining, terrible lightning as well. still see people coming back to their homes for the first time.

picking up what mementos are left. >> we don't know what is in the future, but it does appear the death toll isn't as high as was feared in the beginning. president obama spoke earlier today about the oklahoma disaster, major garrett at the white house. >> president obama said the scale of devastation in oklahoma city and moore, oklahoma, will test the federal response, promised one that would match the size of devastation in terms of efficiency, sustainability and directiveness. the president said top leader of the federal emergency management agency, craig if yfugate. search and rescue operations throughout the day. dealing with weather, natural gas, other problems related to the devastation, caused and inflicted by the tornadoes. the president met in the oval office, 9:30 eastern time with

top homeland security advisers, he told the country the federal government will be there to assist those still recovering from their loss. >> the people of moore should know that their country will remain on the ground, there for them, beside them, as long as it takes. for their homes and their schools to rebuild, businesses and hospitals to reopen, and their parent to console, first responders to comfort and, of course, frightened children who will need our continued love and attention. >> reporter: the president spoke to all relevant officials in oklahoma. lieutenant gov, governor, mayors, and the president will provide here in washington, all federal assistance. a massive effort for many days, probably weeks, but the federal government to the degree it can will provide all the assistance that those in oklahoma need. >> major garrett. thank you, norah.

>> when we've been talking with parents, faced with the unthinkable when the tornado hit, two elementary schools here, can you imagine? a parent's worst nightmare. shandra purcell was reunited with her son at briarwood elementary. i spoke with her a few moments ago. >> happy your kids are okay? >> i'm amazed he walked out of that building alive. >> tell me what happened yesterday when you learned that camden was at briarwood elementary and had been hit by a tornado? >> i was on the street, about a mile away, i was just creeping up, inching to within a half mile, once i got to a half mile, i parked and walked, and i started toward his school, because i heard from camden's teacher that he was okay. so once i heard his school was okay, i started toward camden, and i couldn't find him.

they sent me about a half mile on the other side of the school, he wasn't at that location, then i had to come back another quarter, half mile to where he was, and that's where i found him. >> keegan okay at his school, he's 15. but you didn't know about your 8-year-old boy, what was going through your mind? >> i didn't know the school was hit until i was on this street able to get him. i had to try to stay calm, but after walking a mile, mile and a half, yes, i was able to find him, and then knew he was okay. >> camden, what it was like inside your classroom? >> kind of scary, and -- >> reporter: what did you do? what did the teacher tell you to do? >> just told us to get under our desk. >> reporter: ever had to do that before? >> no, this is the first time.

>> reporter: the first time. were you scared? >> yes. >> reporter: did you feel the tornado hit? >> yes. >> reporter: you did. and what were you thinking? >> i was going to die. >> reporter: you thought you were going to die. why did you think that? >> this was my first tornado. >> reporter: your first tornado. what were you thinking about? were you thinking about your mom? yeah. when did -- when did the teacher say everything was all clear and you could get up? >> well, the desks were all over us. >> reporter: the desks were all over you? >> yes, everybody was all under desks, and the ceiling and then the tornado hit it and we got up, a bunch of water everywhere.

>> reporter: and when you saw your son, we saw some of the picturespictures, probably the hug you have ever given. >> yeah, it was. and his -- his teacher ms. mays, i hugged her as big as i did camden, because i feel that she helped save my son's life. all those kids that she had in there, she helped save all of them. >> reporter: because had they not been under those desks -- >> right. right. >> reporter: well, trenda, keegan, camden, thank you. is your home okay? >> it's got some damage but still standing, a lot of people are worse off than we are. >> that was trenda purcell and her two sons. >> charlie and i were talking about it earlier. no 8-year-old boy should ever

worry about dying. >> reporter: are you exactly right, gayle. ever. let's go to larry mowry, chief meteorologist of ktvt, in dallas-ft. worth, and all of the headlines in oklahoma, one of them read monster storm. how bad was it? what is going on with it right now? >> right now the ranking on that tornado is an ef-4, winds between 166 and 200. that could go up to an ef-5, but this storm system is not over yet, the threat for severe weather continues here this morning, and this afternoon. storms are developing just to the west of dallas and ft. worth, they will move across north texas and southern oklahoma as we go through the day today. slight risk of severe weather all the way to michigan, but this area, highlighted in orange and red here is where the highest risk is for severe weather with very gusty winds, large hail, and even a few tornadoes here as we go through the day. the severe threat, it continues through the day today.

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welcome back. we continue our special coverage of the tornado disaster in oklahoma. norah o'donnell in moore, oklahoma. we'll check in with her in just a sec. eyewitnesss painting a terrifying picture when the tornado struck. >> aftermath is worse than many of them could have imagined. >> this is turning into a very destructive tornado, bigger by the minute some of much debris around this thing, it's unbelievable. >> raining pieces of houses, insulation on the road. >> that's a big, big tornado. right over the city. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. i don't know if people lived in that one. i honestly don't know if people lived in that.

>> oh! >> the sound was like a turning of the world. you could just hear the pounding, it's horrible. horrible. >> i was hearing, and i saw that, and then all the dirt that got in my eyes and on my clothes. >> all of the children in the main hallway, and the roof collapsed on top of them. >> oh! >> oh, my gosh. just devastation right now. it just came through, mowed everything down. >> the path was so big, you really don't have enough time to be afraid. all you do is pray and hopefully it works out. >> she called me, the house is gone. and i just started crying, i didn't know how to take it. i was like, wow, this just

happened. >> we were pulling walls off people, people crawling out from everywhere and anywhere. >> it's just terrible. i feel bad, i can't even believe i'm still alive. >> amazing. >> i know. i bet a lot of people still in shock trying to take it in what happen. good stories coming in now. >> the disaster hit in tom cole's district. he is making his way home. what do the people of moore need most? >> first and foremost, say a prayer. second, people that don't have business there, i know want to come and help, and that's great, and there will be a time for that. it's not today. leave the first responders and people who know what they are doing there, and if you could, help the traditional and reputable folks that help in these situations, red cross, salvation army, have numbers set up and later on down the line,

like our friends with sandy and katrina and disasters of that sort, we'll need help from our fellow americans and talk to the president last night and i'm quite confident we'll get it, and congress will act, certainly the president will put everything at his disposal that he has. >> let's go back to norah o'donnell in moore, oklahoma. norah. >> thank you, gayle. and i want to bring in elaine quijano, just spoken with many of the families affected in moore, oklahoma. >> good morning. this woman did not want to be on camera, so badly shaken by what she saw. she actually spent the night in her bathtub with her husband and their little dog and they spent the night terrified, the sounds that they heard, she was very badly shaken as i said and we also talked to people at a

rendezvous point, the first baptist church of moore, oklahoma, is where families came to be reunited. they have been deluged with media. there are signs that say no media inside. but church officials said that's where many of the people were brought as they waited to be reunited with parents. quite an emotional scene there. >> to the church. >> the first baptist church of moore, oklahoma. a place where in 1999, it became a bit of a rendezvous point as well. where residents of this community come for help. >> talk about this family that you met. she spent the entire night had her bathtub? >> they did her husband had three hip replacement surgeries, not as mobile as he was in his earlier days. they were very concerned. they did not want to leave their house, when we came upon them, they said they spent the night there and were planning on staying there, but then were convinced to go ahead and leave,

because the entire paback part their home ripped off by the tornado. they were in a real state of shock. >> were they discovered this morning by search and rescue teams. >> they were. in fact when we got there, officials were kicking down their front door so they could come out, so badly damaged, their home, they were not able to even open the front door, and that's when we happened to find them. >> imagine the terror as they waited for first responders, thank you so much. when the warning sirens went off monday, many residents rushed into bathtubs like elaine mentioned and rushed into storm cellars and closets. jason ledger saw the tornado forming and got in the cellar moments before it struck. >> it's so windy, i just want to stay. >> okay.

the lord giveth and the lord taketh away. >> and jason ledger is okay this morning. actually staying with relatives in the oklahoma city area. and with all the heart break and destruction, sometimes a miracle is found in the rubble. anna werner tells us about one she had, that she and her teen witnessed. >> reporter: the garcia home was demolished by the tornado ripped through the neighborhood in the home she lived for 45 years. she was prepared for the worst. >> sitting on the stool holding my dog. the game plan through the years, so go in that little bathroom, and i felt the stool come up out of the floor, and i rolled around a little bit. >> reporter: when the tornado stopped, barbara was buried in

debris, bruised, but okay. >> i never lost consciousness and i hollered for my little dog, and he didn't answer. didn't come, so i know he's in here somewhere. >> reporter: we stood with barbara while she surveyed the damage to her home. believing her pup, bouser had been killed by the storm. but as she spoke, our cbs news producer noticed something beneath the rubble. >>i itthe dog, the dog. hi, pup eye. >> it was bowser. >> oh, that's amazing. oh, bowsie! oh, oh! >> that dog answered one prayer, let me be okay. and he answered both of them. this is my life. >> these poor animals we've seen these stories of this morning, anna werner reporting. we will be here all day here in moore, oklahoma, charlie.

>> all right. we have to talk about bowser in a second. what is so cool about the story. he came out, didn't appear to be limping, sort of just get me out of here. a great story. re reuni reunited. >> we'll speak with nate billings, one of the first photojournalists on the scene. he captured scenes on the ground of

the governor of oklahoma told thus morning that yesterday's tornadoes caused more damage than a record-setting tornado in 1999. >> brian welcher of "time" magazine, we asked him how

likely it was to get hit by a tornado twice. >> it is like being struck by lightning twice. for one town to have that kin of devastation, that recently is really unusual. >> why is this the kind of area you expect tornado to hit? >> have you an area where you have cold, dry air coming down from the rockies and warm moist air coming up from the gulf of mexico. those two air masses tend to meet right around the oklahoma, north texas area, the tornado belt and that's really what causes these kinds of storms. that's where you see them happening. really, the tornadoes are the most american of natural disasters, 75% of storms happen in the u.s., almost all happen in places like moore, oklahoma. >> devastation, like it was hit by a bomb. that kind of impact? >> that's why you have comparison, happens suddenly. and you should know the weather system could produce a tornado. in this case, 60 minutes between the tornado warning went out to

the national weather service and then was struck, doesn't give you a lot of time. >> that was my next question. 15, 16 minutes enough time? how much time do you need to prepare for this? >> it depends where you are. 16 minutes, if you can hear the alarm, not everyone can do, you can get down in a cellar, some kind of safe area. imagine this hit around 3:00 p.m. i believe. rush hour. people out in the streets. not enough necessarily enough time to get anywhere safe. >> still in school. >> what's the sound like? >> the sound is overwhelming, can you imagine with a storm of 2 200-mile-per-hour winds would feel like? almost like an out of body experience when it hits you. >> have we had more than in the past? >> no, it's very difficult to point to any trend. in the 2 1 2 months from may 2012 to april 2013, we had the fewest number of tornadoes, 197

tornadoes, going back to 1954. as long as you can remember. but two years before that, we had the most tornadoes ever in a 12-month period, so really no rhyme or reason to trend so far. we can't really tell wheat's going on. what makes this more or less likely. >> we are hearing about possible bed weather today. what should they be thinking about? >> they are working about recovery. that's what is terrible. it will make it that much more difficult to carry out rescue and recovery either. need to be careful they don't get caught in another thunderstorm or possibly another tornado as well. >> and the terrain makes it more susceptible to tornadoes? >> it makes it more susceptible. location makes it more susceptible. but in this area, often hard to create cellars, hard bedrock, and the cellar is the place you want to be if a tornado hits. people are often stuck in houses where they don't get the protection they might need.

>> the police chief said he didn't want to compare the two tornadoes. how do you compare them? >> the one in 1999 may have been the greatest tornado ever. winds north of 300 miles per hour which is hard to believe. but it seems likely the death toll will be greater for this one and not just a function of how powerful this tornado was, but just the sheer bad luck of where it hit. what time, hitting schools as well. >> in the history of the planet? >> it's certainly about as strong as you can get really. >> thanks, brian. back to norah in moore, oklahoma. in the last live shot i heard the rain coming down. that's the last thing that recovery people need is now dealing with bad, cruddy weather. >> the last thing. there has been a lot of severe weather this morning, rain, thunderstorms, lightning, even tornado warnings throughout oklahoma. though not in moore or oklahoma city this morning.

we should point out, this community used to tornadoes on may 3, 1999, 14 years ago, the most powerful tornado ever recorded in the united states hit right here in moore, oklahoma. it had winds of 300 miles an hour. they say that those are the highest winds ever recorded on the earth's surface. yesterday's tornado was not as powerful in terms of the wind, but page one of the oakland newspaper, oklahoma newspaper calls it worse than may 3rd. nate billings a staff photographer of the oklahomian, on the scene right after yesterday's tornado and we asked him to describe some of his images. >> i came on the scene yesterday, as soon as i could, walked in the area and then the first thing, run into, i went through a horse pasture, horses everywhere injured, a man helping out one of the horses. he didn't have any idea whose horse it was.

he didn't live in the area. he was walking in. you can see his house is still around or not. and then, you know, walked through that, just hadn't seen this kind of destruction to animals before in the tornadoes i covered. walk in, get to the briarwood elementary area, and you can see parents reuniting with children, you know, children not knowing where their parents are, people searching for each other. going through the residences, and seeing -- >> reporter: many of these children look so frightened. >> for sure. they have never experienced anything like this, and sad they had to go through it. >> the playground, completely destroyed. ripped to shreds. >> yes. it's amazing to see the power of what mother nature can do and it's -- it's amazing. >> reporter: describe it. i've not been to broiarwood elementary. no fatalities there, unlike the

other school where there are at least seven fatalities. how were the children able to survive? >> i can only speculate they had good training where they need to if practiced drilling and the tornado hit them in such a way that their safe areas were able to hold up. >> reporter: a surprise based on the level of destruction you witnessed? >> i was surprised all the kids were okay. >> reporter: and what was the reaction of many of the parents as they were coming onto the scene of the elementary school? >> just complete relief. a woman, just been in her home, which was destroyed, but she, you know -- so amazed and felt so great when she found her son on the scene. it was total relief. >> reporter: you have covered major news stories before. ever seen anything like this? >> you know, i've covered a lot of tornadoes and this by far is the most destructive. first on the scene, hard to tell how big it is. i kept walking, kept getting

bigger and bigger and bigger, the area of destruction, and i have never seen anything quite like this. >> where are you going today? >> hopefully able to get back in through the neighborhood and tell more stories about what people went through and document how the lives have been changed around here. >> nate billings of "the oklahoman." thank you so much for sharing with us. >> the photographs are amazing, mainly because it doesn't look like it's possible that a car or truck could look like it's climbing a tree or houses destroyed so badly. >> amazing. a picture that shows you the depth of destruction. >> when we come back, another look at the damage and destruction in moore, oklahoma. you're watching a speci,,

some of the sights and sounds of the dis's they're struck moore, oklahoma. >> a dangerous situation out

there. >> my husband looked at me and said we need to get out. >> all that stuff, that's a house in the air. >> do not let your guard down at all. >> now is the time. get there, get wherever you can. >> you need to get on the ground now. it's horrible, horrible! >> so much debris around this thing. >> that's a big, big tornado. >> down in the cellar, and you can hear it coming across, we knew we lost a lot of stuff. >> oh, my gosh, devastation out here right now. it comes through here, absolutely mowed everything down. >> our hearts are broken for the parents that are wondering the state of their children. >> up to 40 to 50 people buried. >> the roof collapsed on top of them and they suspect water lines broke and the children drown. >> it tore it up like a truck ran right in front of it. kids standing under the awning. >> all the fence was on top of

us, and the teacher got stuck. >> the roof came off and hit my back. >> i felt something slam on the door and just freaked me out. >> i can't believe i'm still alive. >> people crawling out from everywhere and anywhere. basically a war zone. >> the lord giveth and the lord taketh away. >> everybody is gone. and i was in there. >> i hollered for my little dog, and he didn't answer. >> everything is gone. >> all the baby stuff is gone. >> this is all i got. >> we found him, gave him big hugs and everything is okay, so we're going holme. >> the dog. the dog, hi, doggie! >> we recognize you face a long road ahead, but you will not travel that path alone. your country will travel with you. fueled by our faith and the almighty. >> god answered one prayer, let me be okay. he answered both of them. >> our prayers are with the people of oklahoma today, and we

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i'm michelle griego, with yr k-p-i-x five headlines... a troubling distinction for mal control good morning, everyone. it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego with your kpix 5 headlines. a troubling distinction for san francisco. animal control says the city is becoming a hotbed for animal cruelty and neglect. cases are on the rise especially in the past few months. two incidents, dogs died from neglect and starvation. apple executives are fielding questions on capitol hill today. a senate panel accuses apple of avoiding billions in taxes by using a cluster of affiliates located outside the united states. apple says it is doing nothing wrong and that it paid $6 billion in taxes last year. within the next two hours, the nfl is expected to announce

which city will host "super bowl l" in 2016. the finalists will miami and santa clara. each of the 32 team owners will cast a vote. if the bay area wins, some game related events would happen in san francisco. the game would be played at the 49ers' new stadium now under construction. now here's lawrence with the forecast. all right. big change in the weather today, michelle. we have had a few clouds early on. starting to see the breeze picking up, getting windy in spots at sfo. have seen some winds to 30 miles per hour already. nice and blue over coit tower right now. we are going to see those winds kicking up throughout the day today. and the temperatures will be cooling down. high pressure backing off. we have a cold front diving in our direction. that will help to drop these temperatures 50s and 60s, blustery at the coastline today, 60s and low 70s inside the bay and still in the 70s in the valleys. the next couple of days we cool below average through thursday and slow warming over the weekend. we are going to check out your "timesaver traffic" coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. it is slow for silicon valley commuters. a new accident eastbound 237 approaching north first street. impacting traffic but also impacting traffic on westbound 237 leaving milpitas towards sunnyvale. san mateo bridge, turns out we have a stall now approaching the high-rise backing up traffic. ,,

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