plaza towers principal amy simpson fought back tears addressing the media firefighter first time since the deadly twister hit describing the scene as the massive tornado passed over the school. >> in the bathroom people were quiet. people were screaming. and at that point i believe that is the only time that i yelled and i said in god's name, go away. >> police are working to stop another problem in the tornado zone, looters have made several arrests in the last couple days on the whole officials and residents say things are going very well saying clean up operations are proceeding faster than expected. >> memorial day weekend is here with a warning. dry conditions means an increased threat of wildfire. firefighters responded to a grass fire which damaged three homes in hercules. >> we have no idea how the fire started but as you can see, highway 4 is just down the hill and koit have been anything. the wind pushed fire up the hill coming close to homes. a grass fire off highway 4 destroyed this backyard deck and fences behind these three homes. a viewer e mailed thus picture showing ho

amy simpson, i want to especially command the plaza towers elementary school principal teacher. they were on the ground when this happened. because of their quick response, their keeping a level head, it saved a lot of people. they are still going through some tough times. i can only imagine their husbands who were here and the panic they were feeling when the tornado first struck. i know that they could not be prouder of their wives for the outstanding work they did in this amazing situation. i want to thank the chief of police and all of the first responders in this area who were some of the first folk on the team that put themselves at risk to save other people's lives. that is what first responders to but sometimes we take it for granted. it is important that we do not. it is important that we continually support them. at my direction, craig fugate a writer on tuesday. fema was on the ground before monday's tornado hit. their teams have completed searches and more than 1200 buildings. we have helped register 4200 people for disaster assistance. we have a approved 3.4 million

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. >> reporter: principal amy simpson and her teachers had only 16 minutes from the time the tornado touched down in oklahoma to the moment they were hit. >> they come right out of their doors and line up against here. >> reporter: the kids were crouched down along hallway walls singing the abcs. seconds before impact simpson got on the intercom and said simply, it's here. >> first it's just a rattling like someone walking on the roof. then you feel things fall into your hair. just little things, you know. then all of the sudden -- bigger things. that's when i started to yell. >> reporter: what did you yell? >> just in god's name, go away. go away. >> reporter: so you came out of your office and you went this way. >> climbed over. >> reporter: when it was over she walked around the corner to where linda patterson's pre-k class was moments before. what are you hearing? >> i hear the child under me saying i'm not breathing, i can't breathe. i had weight on her. >> reporter: what blew on top of you? >> a wall. some two by fours, a car. >> reporter: a car? >> a car was there on top of all of thi

he is standing there at the plaza towers elementary school principal amy simpson and the oklahoma governor as well. video you can see there as well. you should know that another one of the papers when it comes to federal responses to the oklahoma incident, it says -- most assistance is for emergency housing. the total destruction has been estimated at $2 billion with 12,000 buildings destroyed. the federalrs, emergency management agency has provided $57 million to obama for the construction of roughly 12,000 safe rooms. -- to oklahoma for the construction of roughly 12,000 safe rooms. video for yesterday as the president spoke in oklahoma. [video clip] >> when we say we've got your back emma i promise you we keep our word. if you talk to folks in alabama who have been affected over the past couple of years, the folks in joplin wino who have sent volunteers down here, if you talk to folks in new jersey or new york, they will tell you that when we say we will be there until you completely rebuild, we mean it. i want everybody to have that confidence. again, to all the people here behind me,

but the most extraordinary account was from amy simpson, the principal of plaza towers elementary schoolintegrated in the storm. miss simpson said that when she got word that the tornado was coming, they made their preparations. she saw the tornado coming. they got everyone hunkered down. some parents came in to get their children, some parents came in, left, and ran back in the school when they realized how close the tornado was. when the tornado was basically there, she got on the intercom and yelled at the entire school, it's here. and she got in the bathroom with other staff members. the only time that she yelled was at that moment when she said, in god's name, go away. when she reflected on the entire day, that's when she was at her most emotional. >> it started off as a normal day at plaza towers. it turned into a horrible, horrible day for seven families. the rest of the story, however, is how great moore has been, to rally together, and behind my teachers, and the students. yesterday, seeing them all, not one parent blamed us. not one parent blamed us. because their's oklahomans,

principal amy simpson has been attending funerals all week. >> i think one of my other teachers describedt perfectly. in that when you sit still, that's when it gets to you the most. >> reporter: mayor glen lewis met with the president who assured him the city will get all the federal resources it needs. so far more than 4,000 residents are asking for help. >> this is a strong community with strong character. there's no doubt they're going to bounce back but they need help. >> reporter: a memorial service this evening will pay tribute to the 24 victims. >> they include megan futrell who died at a convenience store trying to save her also deceased four month old son. four year old karrina vargyas died at home alongside her seven month old sister. each of these victims has a devastating story like shanon quick who died shielding her son. kenney and sharon tumblson lived near quick for years. their kids played together every day. >> if there was 30 kids, she had 40 popsicles in her freezer, to make sure every kid had one. i mean you can't even explain what kind of woman she was. i mean she j

amy simpson described the scene of the massive tornado. as it passed over the school, listen to what she says. >> in the bathroom people were quiet. people were screaming. and at that point i believe that is the only time that i yelled. and i said in god's name, go away. >> police are working to stop another problem in the tornado zone. looters. they have made several arrests. now, in the area, saying clean up operations are proceeding faster than expected. >> tonight money matters a pair of corporate bidding wars after spending more than $1 billion to buy tumblr, yahoo now has its eye on hulu. sources say yahoo submit aid formal prose poseal. and there is a fight over waze used in the bay area by abc 7 news. facebook reportedly mulling over a $1 billion bid for the company. now, bloomberg news reports google may want in on the bidding. the dow jones went up about nine points. nasdaq fell but only by fraction autos just ahead here tonight the future of the nasa ames research lab in mountain view. >> some of the project that's will save it,

amy simpson described the scene of the massive tornado.assed over the school, listen to what she says. >> in the bathroom people were quiet. people were screaming. and at that point i believe that is the only time that i yelled. and i said in god's name, go away. >> police are working to stop another problem in the tornado zone. looters. they have made several arrests. now, in the area, saying clean up operations are proceeding faster than expected. >> tonight money matters a pair of corporate bidding wars after spending more than $1 billion to buy tumblr, yahoo now has its eye on hulu. sources say yahoo submit aid formal prose poseal. and there is a fight over waze used in the bay area by abc 7 news. facebook reportedly mulling over a $1 billion bid for the company. now, bloomberg news reports google may want in on the bidding. the dow jones went up about nine points. nasdaq fell but only by fraction autos just ahead here tonight the future of the nasa ames research lab in mountain view. >> some of the project that's will save it, >>> ong

amy simpson, i want to especially commend. plaza towers elementary school principal as well as shelly mcmillan of the briarwood elementary school principal. they were on the ground when this happened, and because of their quick response, their keeping a level head, their putting kids first, saved a lot of people. and they're still going through some tough times. you know, i can only imagine being their husbands who are here, and the panic that i'm sure they were feeling when the tornado first struck. but i know that they could not be prouder of their wives for the outstanding work they did in this amazing situation. i want to thank chief of police jerry stillings. and all of the first responders in this area who were some of the first folks on the scene. who were putting themselves at risk to save other people's lives. that's what first responders do, but sometimes we take them for granted. and it's important that we don't, and we remember moments like this. that's why it's so important that we continually support them. at my

amy simpson i want to commend, the plaza towers elementary school principal and the briarwood elementary school principal. they were on the ground when this happened and because of their quick response and their keeping a level head and their putting kids first saved a lot of people. and they are still going through some tough times. i can only imagine being their husbands who were here, the panic i'm sure they were feeling when the tornado first struck. but i know that they could not be he prouder of their wives for the outstanding work that they did in this amazing situation. i want to thank chief of police jerry stillings and all of the first responders in this area who were some of the first folks on the scene who were putting themselves at risk to save other people's lives. that is what first responders do but sometimes we take them for granted and it is is important we don't and we remember moments like this that is why it is so important that we continually support them. at me direction, craig fugate arrived here on tuesday. fema was on the ground even before monday's tornado hit

. >> moore is also honoring its heros, amy simpson said her teachers did everything they could to protectheir students. >> the teachers covered themselves in debris while they were covering their babies, and i believe that's why so many of us survived that day. >> seven children from plaza towers elementary school died in the storm. two were laid to rest friday. edward lawrence for cbs news moore oklahoma. >> and check this out. an oklahoma teenager is giving out hugs to tornado survivors. 13-year-old halle car thought residents could use hugs. she's standing on the corner with a white sign that says need a hug, i'm here. people are taking her up on that offer. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why a bridge collapse in washington state. a truck hit an overhead girder on the scagit river bridge on thursday. the section of interstate 5 fell down dropping two cars into the water. officials are looking for a temporary prefabricated structure to hold traffic to and from canada. >> you cannot overstate the importance of this corridor to our economics. >> if it had been built today, it

amy simpson, i want to especially commend.ool principal as well as shelly mcmillan of the briarwood elementary school principal. they were on the ground when this happened, and because of their quick response, their keeping a level head, their putting kids first, saved a lot of people. and they're still going through some tough times. you know, i can only imagine being their husbands who are here, and the panic that i'm sure they were feeling when the tornado first struck. but i know

i've been at plaza for five years, and we were going right by our procedures, our principal amy simpsonderful. her husband's a firefighter. he was there, about the same time mark was. we got into the closet and i held the door. >> how many kids did you have in that closet? >> we had five. >> you were actually holding on to the door? >> yeah. everybody else, we fit into the bathrooms. fourth, fifth and sixth grade. >> what was it like trying to hold on to that door? >> well, that's the injury i have. >> from holding on to the door? >> yeah. we were all underneath that. >> so you literally felt the door being forced open? >> sometimes it would pull that way and sometimes debris would come in. i would tell the kids we may get rained on because the roof's going to lift off. we are hanging tight. we are staying strong right here. eventually, it seemed like it lasted forever. i think it actually hovered here for awhile. it lasted, it was loud. you could hear the windows crashing first. of course, the lights went out but then it got light again because the ceiling was gone. but we were safe, a

amy simpson, i want to especially commend plaza towers elementary school principal. they were on the ground when this happened and because of their quick response, they're keeping a leveled head. they're putting kids first. saved a lot of people. they're still going through some tough times. i can only imagine being their husbands who are here the panic i'm sure they were feeling when the tornado first struck. i know they could not be prouder of their wives for their outstanding work they did in this amazing situation. i want to thank chief of police jerry stillings and all the first responders in this area who were some of the first folks on the scene. who were putting themselves at risk to save other people's lives. that's what first responders do. sometimes we take them for granted and it's important we don't and we remember moments like this. that's why it so important that we support them. at my direction, craig fewgate arrived here on tuesday. fema was on the ground even before monday's tornado hit. their team completed searches of more than 1200 buildings. we

amy simpson, i want to especially command the plaza towers elementary school principal teacher. they were on the ground when this happened. because of their quick response, their keeping a level head, it saved a lot of people. they are still going through some tough times. i can only imagine their husbands who were here and the panic they were feeling when the tornado first struck. i know that they could not be prouder of their wives for the outstanding work they did in this amazing situation. i want to thank the chief of police and all of the first responders in this area who were some of the first folk on the team that put themselves at risk to save other people's lives. i can only imagine their husbands who were here and the panic they were feeling when the tornado first struck. i know that they could not be prouder of their wives for the outstanding work they did in this amazing situation. i want to thank the chief of police and all of the first responders in this area who were some of the first folk on the team that put themselves at risk to save other people's lives. that

amy simpson i want to commend, the plaza towers elementary school principal and the briarwood elementarywere on the ground when this happened and because of their quick response and their keeping a level head and their putting kids first saved a lot of people. and they are still going through some tough times. i can only imagine being their husbands who were here, the panic i'm sure they were feeling when the tornado first struck. but i know that they could not be he prouder of their wives for the

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amy simpson, i want to especially commend plaza towers elementary school principal as well as shelly the ground when this happened, and because of their quick response, their keeping a level head, their putting kids first, saved a lot of people. and they're still going through some tough times. you know, i can only imagine being their husbands who were here and the panic that i'm sure they were feeling when the tornado first

this is the first time principal amy simpson has been back since late monday. she was on this p.a. said, it's here. all of a sudden i could hear the air duct crash down and the p e pipe. i could hear the other four ladies in there. that's when i started to yell. >> what did you yell? >> in god's name, go away. go away. i yelled it four or five times. then it was gone. >> reporter: and when it was gone, the scene was beyond belief. >> what blew on top of you? >> a wall, some two-by-fours, a car. >> a car? >> a car was there on top of this debris. >> you understand how unbelievable this sounds. >> i wasn't feeling any of it. my feelings were for those kids underneath me. i could tell they were okay. i could feel they are okay. >> they were still talking to you? >> they were still talking. >> this is her classroom. >> right here. >> in the third grade building, there was no talking. the principal told us where the teacher and her kids were trapped. she was draped over two little boys, on top of them. >> she was hearing crying and crying and crying. after the tornado the crying stopped

amy simpson, i want to especially commend plaza towers elementary school principal as well as shelly mcmillan of the briarwood elementary school principal. they were on the ground when this happened, and because of their quick response, their keeping a level head, their putting kids first, saved a lot of people. and they're still going through some tough times. you know, i can only imagine being their husbands who were here and the panic that i'm sure they were feeling when the tornado first struck. but i know that they couldn't be prouder of their wives for the outstanding work that they did in this amazing situation. i want to thank chief of police jerry stillings and all the first responders in this area who were some of the first folks on the scene, who were putting themselves at risk to save other people's lives. that's what first responders do, but sometimes we take them for granted, and it's important we don't and we remember moments like this. that's why it's so important that we continually support them. at my direction, craig fugate arrived here on tuesday. fema was on the

this is the first time principal amy simpson has been back since late monday. >> i got on the intercom here and all of a sudden you could hear the air duct crash down and a pipe, and i could hear the other four ladies in there, and that's when i started to yell. >> what'd you yell? >> just in god's name, go away. go away. and i yelled it. four or five times. and then it was gone. >> reporter: and when it was gone, the scene was beyond belief. what fell on top of you? >> a wall, some two by fours, a car. >> a car? >> a car was there on top of all this debris. >> reporter: you understand how unbelievable this sounds. >> i wasn't feeling any of it. my mind, my feelings were for those kids underneath me and i could tell they were okay, i could feel they were okay. >> they're still talking to you? >> they were still talking. >> this is a classroom. >> reporter: but in the third grade building there was no talking. principal simpson showed us where teacher jennifer doan and her students were trapped. ms. doan was draped over two little boys, a wall on top of them. >> she was hearing crying a

amy holmes. >> he's referring to my jokes about mr. sharpton shouting in all caps. >> what'd you say, russell? >> well, i don't know about a simpsonsto anymore trouble here. dana milbank, al franken, amy holmes, we'll get you back here at some point in the very near future. thanks for your time on a sunday afternoon. thanks to the bain trust and a big thanks to you as well. that's going to do it for me on this rainy sunday afternoon. we appreciate you spending at least a portion of it with us. don't forget to tune in tomorrow. up next, it's the brand-new ed show with ed schultz. he's standing by, he's rearing to go. don't go anywhere. he's right after the break. with the spark cash card from capital one... boris earns unlimited rewards for his small business. can i get the smith contract, please? thank you. that's three new paper shredders. [ boris ] put 'em on my spark card. [ garth ] boris' small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase every day. great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. read back the chicken's testimony, please. "buk, buk, bukka!" [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn u