cbs reporter bigad shaban joins us from moore with an update on the search for survivors. bigad. >> reporter: we are here at a staging area set up by the american red cross and they estimate 600 first responders have come through since yesterday evening in hopes of picking up food and rest in between shifts. that's because even early this morning, there's still no telling just how long this recovery and clean-up effort will last after that devastating tornado. flashlights scanned back and forth across the rubble as rescuers worked through the night looking for survivors of monday's massive tornado in moore, oklahoma. isabella rojas was trapped in her classroom. >> i really got stuck because all the desks were on top of us and the teacher got stuck. >> reporter: searchers focused much of their attention on plaza towers elementary school which took a direct hit. >> our hearts are just broken for the parents that are wondering the state of their children that have been in the schools that have been hit today. >> reporter: some children were rescued but dozens are feared trappe

bigad shaban is in moore now. good morning, bigad. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning to you.sted metal still line many of the streets here, and while the death toll isn't expected to rise, the sense of loss is tremendous. of the 24 victims, the oldest was 70 years old. the youngest, just 4 months. kyle davis was one of ten children killed in the monster tornado. he died at the elementary school along with others. he was nicknamed the wall because of the way he played soccer. 4-year-old karina and her infant sister cindy died in their home when the twig every tore apart. their mother was helpless to save them. in all the tornado claimed 24 lives. the first funerals for the victims will begin stored. >> we cried together, we will continue to kriercry, but we wi heal too. >> reporter: many of them got their first look wednesday of what the tornado left behind. an estimated 13,000 homes are now damaged or completely destroyed. >> i wouldn't have been able to pick out anything here. >> you were thinking, you know, you look around like your house is supposed to be there and it's no

cbs reporter bigad shaban is in oklahoma with more. bigad. >> reporter: good morning. this is just a small sample of what that deadly tornado left behind. neighborhoods were leveled and cars were tossed around as if they were play toys. here in oakland, that destruction stretches about a mile wide and 17 miles long. the search for bodies and survivors is nearly complete. >> hello? can you hear me? >> reporter: officials say they have checked every home at least once but plan to double and triple check to make sure no one goes unfound. still, authorities don't expect to find any more casualties. at least 24 people died from the tornado including nine children. most of the youngest victims died at plaza towers elementary school. >> it's been replaying in my head. >> reporter: this teacher lost seven of her third grade students when a wall collapsed on them. she used her own body to shield the children closest to her. >> had my arms around 2 of them. >> reporter: jenei hornsby was in doan's classroom when the tornado hit. on tuesday her family got a call from the medical

hospital with a fractured sternum and spine and lacerations all over her body. >> cbs reporter bigad shabanns us now from oklahoma. state and federal workers are trying to get help to all those survivors out there, bigad. >> reporter: yeah, frank and mill shell, good morning to you. although at this hour, officials are confident that everyone is accounted for, that being said, they want to go ahead and as you mentioned check each structure three times to make sure there are no more survivors needing to be found or any bodies that need to be recovered. right now, the death toll again has remained at just over 20, that includes nine children. so obviously just a huge sense of loss here in the community as well as just the loss of infrastructure, not just life but infrastructure. you're talking about at least 25% of the homes here in moore received some type of damage. that's about 5,000 households. and many of those officials say were completely destroyed. >> tell us where all these people are going. so many hundreds of homes have been damaged and many destroyed. where are they going? there m

bigad shaban explains. >> reporter: o.j. simpson is breaking more than four years of public silence on the witness stand today. he is explaining why he thinks his lawyers did a bad job defending him in his last trial and why he deserves a up in one. simpson was convicted in 2008 of leading five men in the kidnapping and armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers who secretly recorded audio of the confrontation in a las vegas casino hotel. >> you never heard that the fellows don't have any weapons? >> no. >> and there hadn't been any weapon discussion at that time? >> no. i wouldn't have thought in my wildest dreams that this guys would have guns. >> reporter: on tuesday his current defense team criticized one of his former lawyers gabriel grasso for not hiring experts to analyze the tapes before they were presented in court. >> we didn't have any money to hire experts. that's what i thought. i was under the impression that o.j. had money issues. >> reporter: the defense also attacked simpson's former lawyers saying they

bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: kyle davis was one of ten children killed in monday's monster tornado. he died at plaza towers elementary school with six of his classmates. davis was nicknamed the w58 because -- the wall because of the ferocious way he played soccer. in all the tornado claimed 24 lives. the first funerals for the victims will begin today. >> we tried together. we'll continue to cry but we'll heal together, too. >> reporter: the healing process is just beginning for homeowners, many of whom got their first look wednesday at what the tornado left behind. an estimated 13,000 homes are now damaged or completely destroyed. >> i wouldn't have been able to pick out anything here. >> you look around and your house is supposed to be there and it's not. this is supposed to be here and it's not. everything is just turned to rubble. >> reporter: matt and jamie fallwell say they plan to rebuild but coyne nicoles says he's ready to move on. >> i'm looking at other options. to come out on this porch and not be this house, it wouldn't be the same. >> reporter: moore city manager says

bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: students received a standing ovation and a public memorial servicehonor last week's victims of the tornado. ♪ jesus loves me, yes, i know >> reporter: the teacher asked her students to play a singing game to drown out the sound of the tornado ripping through moore, oklahoma. >> debris started falling everywhere around us and then it turned black, and i don't remember for a while. i just kept singing. ♪ we will rise >> reporter: through song and prayer, hundreds gathered for the emotional service. hours earlier president obama visited the hard hit town. >> letting everybody here know that you are not alone, that you've got folks behind you. >> reporter: the president toured plaza towers elementary school where seven students died. he asked americans to help moore rebuild. >> there's no doubt they're going to bounce back, but they need help. >> reporter: with entire neighborhoods wiped out here in moore, some residents worry how long it will take to rebuild. john and molly ring lost their home, and just a few miles away, so did their daughter. >> it's

bigad shaban on why postponing today's high school graduation was not an option. >> reporter: graduation day in moore, oklahoma gave 18-year- old sawyer tumbleson a rare opportunity to celebrate. what did the tornado take away from you? >> it took my dad's house completely. it's gone. >> reporter: monday's tornado ripped it apart leaving only a mountain of memories. sawyer's father and stepmother say the graduation is what kept them going. >> we finally made ourselves go shopping for clothes because we didn't have no clothes for her graduation. but we got clothes and we're here today. >> reporter: sawyer is one of 1500 seniors graduating from the hard hit town of moore. the community's three high schools held back-to-back ceremonies. [ cheering and applause ] sawyer says the milestone was as much for her father as for her. >> i know he's proud of me and so -- it's a very exciting day for both of us. >> reporter: postponing the graduations wasn't an option. leaders with the moore public school district wanted to hold the ceremonies as scheduled to give students a sense of normalcy. in the

reporting live in moore, oklahoma, i'm bigad shaban. back to you. >> bigad, thank you very much. >>> seven of the children who died in the storm were from plaza elementary. there are questions this morning about why the school did not have a shelter or a safe room. the students were caught under collapsed walls and other rubble. hundreds of schools across the state do have some sort of reinforced shelter, but there is no state or local ordinance requiring one. and just look at this. this is the storm system that triggered the oklahoma tornado a picture taken by a nasa satellite. this picture was taken just minutes before the tornado ripped through moore. the national weather service says the twister was on the ground for 40 minutes. >>> now, the threat of severe weather is not over yet. more powerful storms may hit today in an area from the great lakes all the way to texas. cbs news weather consultant david bernard has details. >> another day of severe weather across the midwest and parts of the deep south, and it looks like all of that

bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: jurors in the jodi arias trial reach add verdict after deliberationsrias of first-degree murder in the brutal slaying of her ex-boyfriend travis alexander. the victim's family and friends were in court for the verdict. >> my eyes teared up and i couldn't see. i think i just looked skyward and thanked god for this day. >> reporter: the sorted trial of sex and lies captured the nation's attention. prosecutors argued arias killed alexander in a jealous rage at a suburban home with a gunshot wound to the head and stab wounds. >> would you agree that you're the person who slit mr. alexander's throat from ear to ear? >> yes. >> reporter: arias spent 18 days on the witness stand, sometimes breaking down in tears as she defended herself. initially she claimed she had nothing to do with alexander's death. she then blamed his murder on a home invasion. eventually she admitted she killed alexander but claimed it was self-defense. >> he was coming after me. he was coming after me. he wasn't stopping. >> reporter: the televised trial was filled with so much drama i

cbs reporter bigad shaban on the frantic effort now to find survivors. >>> reporter: flashlights scannedss the rubble as rescuers worked through the night looking for survivors of monday's massive tornado in moore, oklahoma. isabella rojas was trapped in her classroom. >> i really got stuck because all the desks were on top of us and the teacher got stuck. >> reporter: searchers focused much of their attention on plaza towers elementary school which took a direct hit. >> our hearts are just broken for the parents that are wondering the state of their children that have been in the schools that have been hit today. >> reporter: some children were rescued but dozens are feared trapped in the rubble. >> we are very hopeful that we're going to be able to find those individuals tonight and that we're going to get them the medical treatment that they need. >> reporter: officials designated this church as a meeting area for parents of missing children to come and wait for any news about their kids. for some, it's been a long and anxious night. >> this has turned into a massive tornado, as you c

cbs reporter bigad shaban says all the missing though have all been accounted for. >>> reporter: kyle davis was one of 10 children killed in monday's monster tornado. he died at a plaza towers elementary school with six of his classmates. davis was nicknamed the wall because of the ferocious way he played soccer. 4-year-old karena vargas and her infant sister cindy died in their home when the twister tore it apart. their mother was helpless to save them. in all, the tornado claimed 24 lives. the first funerals for the victims will begin today. >> we've tried together and we will continue to cry but we'll heal together too. >> reporter: the healing process is just beginning for homeowners. many of them got their first look wednesday at what the tornado left behind. an estimated 13,000 homes are now damaged or completely destroyed. >> i wouldn't have been able to pick out anything here. >> reporter: >> you were thinking a house is supposed to be there and it's not. this is supposed to be here and it's not. everything is just turned to rubble. >> reporter: matt and jamie falwell say they

bigad shaban says they now enforcing a can you few and more to keep people safe -- a curfew to keep people safe. >>> reporter: the search for bodies and survivors is nearly complete. >> hello? can you hear me? >> reporter: officials say they have checked every home at least once but plan to double and triple check to make sure no one goes unfound. still, authorities don't expect to find any more casualties. at least 24 people died from the tornado including nine children. most of the youngest victims died at plaza towers elementary school. >> it's replaying in my head. >> reporter: this teacher lost 7 of her third grade students with a wall collapsing on them. she used the body to shield children closest to her. >> i had my arms around 2 of them. >> reporter: this girl was in the classroom when the tornado hit. on tuesday her family got a call from the medical examiner confirming their worst fear. >> it's like taking a piece out of my heart and stomping on it. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine how anyone could survive the tornado. rubble and mangled cars are scattered where homes once stoo

in moore, oklahoma, bigad shaban. >> president obama will tour the destruction and visit victims and first responders. >>> as the story in oklahoma continues to develop. -- develop please stay with wjz and cbs. >>> dramatic developments in the boston marathon investigations. the fbi questioning a friend of the shoot shoots and killing him. it's part of a broadening investigation into the tsarnaev brothers. kai jackson has the story. >> the fbi says 27-year-old ibgragim todashev was shotted and killed in orlando, florida. the immigrant was a friend of boston marathon bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev. >> in the encounter in the apartment something went wrong. there were shots fired. he is deceased. apparently significant fbi shooting investigation going on around that. >> police had talked to todashev several times ability h -- about his link to the boston marathon bombers. the latest investigation was on a murder. the fbi and massachusetts state police are investigating whether tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev are connected to those murders in 2011. a friend in orlando said there's no

complete coverages now for bigad shaban, who reports for wjz. >> this closet is one of the few things left standing in the heywood's home. lewis and janie huddled there when the 200 mile an hour tornado blew threw and destroyed their house. >> what makes the pain so strong being back here now? >> we don't have a place to stay. grand kids can't visit. everything. >> it took less than a minute for the twister to leave the couple homeless. >> by the time i shut the door i think it was like 20 or 30 seconds later we heard the roar of the tornado. >> the heywood's want to rebuild in moore but they say it would be too difficult to return to this neighborhood. >> it would just be kind of scary. you know, it's hard to sleep now just hearing the sounds. the sound comes back and you wake up wondering if you're in that closet. once the storm was coming janie headed to the closet, a place she's found comfort before. >> my kids are in the military. some are still. some have got out. when they went to the war and the fight i would always go in there and call on god. >> you would pray in that closet

bigad shaban is in moore. bigad, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning to you. for one couple we met, answering the question was extremely painful. they were in the home when the tornado came through, and they barely made it out alive. this closet is one of the few things left standing in the haywoods' home. they huddled there when the 200-mile-an-hour tornado blew through and destroyed their house. what makes the pain so strong being back here now? >> we don't have a place to stay. grandkids can't visit. and everything -- >> reporter: it took less than a minute for the twister to leave the couple homeless. >> by about the time i shut the door, i think it was 20, 30 seconds later we heard the roar of the tornado. >> reporter: the haywoods want to rebuild in moore but they say it would be too difficult to return to this neighborhood. >> it's just become scary, you know. it's hard to sleep now, you know, hearing the sounds. the sound comes back, and you wake up. >> reporter: once the storm came, she headed to the closet, a place she felt safe in before. >> my kids

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bigad shaban is in moore with two stories for wjz. >> it was the last day of classes for students at plaza towers elementary school in moore, oklahoma. it sounded just like any other school around the country. kids reunited at a different school because this is what plaza towers elementary looks like now. 3rd grade teacher jennifer done is being called a hero because she used her body to shield her students. >> it's been replaying and replaying in my head. >> that was done on tuesday. this was her yesterday, walk ing despite doctors fears she may never do it again. >> to take that first step was just great. >> the town hospital, moore medical center, took a direct hit from the tornado. doctors and nurses had minutes to secure patients before the twister tore apart much of the building. >> i was 5 sent meters already and having contractions. >> sheila taylor was in labor when the tornado started barrelling down on the i would -- on the building. they rushed her to the operating room. >> they hunkered down around my bed. you know, i just -- i found the nearest hand to me and i grabbed