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meteorologists chad myers and jacqui jeras, stand by.that video, he's a storm chaser. on the other side of the break, i want you to tell me what you thought, if you thought you were going to make it out alive. hold that thought. don lemon reporting from los angeles, joplin, missouri, and the people in the surrounding area dealing with st inin ining. many called the walking wounded. we're following the devastation in joplin, missouri. [ male announcer ] edmunds.com says that lexus holds its value better than any other luxury brand. ♪ intellichoice proclaims that lexus has the best overall value of any brand. ♪ and j.d. power and associates ranks lexus the highest in customer satisfaction. no wonder more people have chosen lexus over any other luxury brand 11 years in a row. see your lexus dealer. 11 years in a row. what's the most amazing ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunnin
meteorologists chad myers and jacqui jeras, stand by.that video, he's a storm chaser. on the other side of the break, i want you to tell me what you thought, if you thought you were going to make it out alive. hold that thought. don lemon reporting from los angeles, joplin, missouri, and the people in the surrounding area dealing with st inin ining. many called the walking wounded. we're following the devastation in joplin, missouri. [ male announcer ] edmunds.com says that lexus holds its...
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jacqui jeras, stand by.reporters and the photographers who were there on the scene and shot these pictures, and we're so grateful that you -- you that sent them here into cnn and that you're joining us. here's what i want to say. the governor of missouri, jay nixon, activated the missouri national guard in response to the tornadoes and the severe weather that moved through the state earlier this evening. there is, there is a statement from senator roy blunt. let me read it in part here. just coming across the wire. roy blunt says our thoughts and prayers go out to the families impacted by this devastating tornado in joplin. while local officials are still assessing the extent of the damages, i am deeply saddened by the tragic reports of loss of life and extensive zrix resulting from this storm. my staff and i will continue to monitor the situation closely and urge everyone to use extra precautions in the region. the first of the statements that come out. you can expect much, much more, especially from the fe
jacqui jeras, stand by.reporters and the photographers who were there on the scene and shot these pictures, and we're so grateful that you -- you that sent them here into cnn and that you're joining us. here's what i want to say. the governor of missouri, jay nixon, activated the missouri national guard in response to the tornadoes and the severe weather that moved through the state earlier this evening. there is, there is a statement from senator roy blunt. let me read it in part here. just...
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our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist joins us now. some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this tornado that touched down, and they are saying there's widespread damage across the city's south side. >> that's right, don. it was just an incredible tornado that touched down just before 6:00 local time there. a multi-vortex tornado touched down in downtown joplin and just stripped a path of destruction through the city. there are many buildings which have been damaged. homes have been flattened and trees broken off and stripped from their bark, and, unfortunately, we're concerned that that death toll is up and many more injuries in addition to that. this is a large wedge tornado, as wide as half a mile to three-quarters of a mile wide that we moved through and you think it's likely that there's an ef-3 or other tornado which we would call a major tornado. moved through a very large scale area. search and rescue continues to go on at this hour. reports of people trapped in their homes and
our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist joins us now. some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this tornado that touched down, and they are saying there's widespread damage across the city's south side. >> that's right, don. it was just an incredible tornado that touched down just before 6:00 local time there. a multi-vortex tornado touched down in downtown joplin and just stripped a path of destruction through the city. there are many...
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jacqui jeras, stand by. our ireporters and the photographers who were there on the scene and shot these pictures, and we're so grateful that you -- you that sent them here into cnn and that you're joining us. here's what i want to say. the governor of missouri, jay nixon, activated the missouri national guard in response to the tornadoes and the severe weather that moved through the state earlier this evening. there is, there is a statement from senator roy blunt. let me read it in part here. just coming across the wire. roy blunt says our thoughts and prayers go out to the families impacted by this devastating tornado in joplin. while local officials are still assessing the extent of the damages, i am deeply saddened by the tragic reports of loss of life and extensive zrix resulting from this storm. my staff and i will continue to monitor the situation closely and urge everyone to use extra precautions in the region. the first of the statements that come out. you can expect much, much more, especially from
jacqui jeras, stand by. our ireporters and the photographers who were there on the scene and shot these pictures, and we're so grateful that you -- you that sent them here into cnn and that you're joining us. here's what i want to say. the governor of missouri, jay nixon, activated the missouri national guard in response to the tornadoes and the severe weather that moved through the state earlier this evening. there is, there is a statement from senator roy blunt. let me read it in part here....
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we are going to check in with our jacqui jeras in two minutes. what do you got?bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. >>> as if there has not been enough, now more potential severe weather on the horizon. jacqui jeras and the weather center. >> we are watching things in the midwest right now. especially into the state of indiana as well as into michigan where a tornado watch is in effect here for the next several hours. we will show you the area we are most concerned about, a couple of warnings in place. these are doppler radar indicated tornado. you need to be taking it seriously and getting to the lowest level of your home, away from doors and windows. there's one warning just to the west of toledo. we also have warnings for barry, calhoun, as well as kalamazoo counties. those are the areas we are watching. lots of lightning and really heavy downpours. chicago got nasty thunderstorms a few hours ago. you still have a few rumbles of thun
we are going to check in with our jacqui jeras in two minutes. what do you got?bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. >>> as if there has not been enough, now more potential severe weather on the horizon. jacqui jeras and the weather center. >> we are watching things in the midwest right now. especially into the state of indiana as well as into michigan...
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jacqui jeras has more on that. >> hey, fredricka, yeah. we've had a number of tornado touchdowns producing damage. and that threat remains out there. this is going to be ongoing throughout most of your night. the purple boxes that you see here, these are all tornado warnings which are in effect. that means a tornado has been spotted or indicated by radar. there's also one right there just to the southwest of green bay. the red boxes are tornado watches. that means conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop. we've had a number of reports of touchdowns with damage in the twin cities mote row area including in minneapolis itself up towards fridayly into brookdale into the shopping center there. that storm continues to track on up to the north and to the east. we're also looking at a very nasty thunderstorm near cedar rapids to the north and east of there, just passed over iowa city. it does produce a little bit of damage from what i'm understanding with that one as well. chicago, you guys are under the watch. severe thunderstorms to yo
jacqui jeras has more on that. >> hey, fredricka, yeah. we've had a number of tornado touchdowns producing damage. and that threat remains out there. this is going to be ongoing throughout most of your night. the purple boxes that you see here, these are all tornado warnings which are in effect. that means a tornado has been spotted or indicated by radar. there's also one right there just to the southwest of green bay. the red boxes are tornado watches. that means conditions are favorable...
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jacqui jeras will be back to report if we get any more information.ui. >>> are your children learning, really, enough in their science and math classes? if not, it could be because many states lie to parents about children's proficiency. soledad o'brien has a preview of her special report on the state of education in america. >> maria, what is the ratios of the 45? >> the one, the one and the radical two. >> reporter: maria wants a career that pays well and is pushing herself and her school to get it. >> i was like, well, why isn't anybody challenging me? i would do a whole week's lesson in a class period. and i was just like, okay, this is too simple to me. it's like, okay, what's next? >> reporter: do you worry that when you go off to college you're not going to be prepared to compete? >> yeah. especially like with this example, english, we're learning things like how to capitalize and when to capitalize. that's things my little sister should be learning, you know? >> reporter: half of the 2200 students at maria's school don't pass statewide tests i
jacqui jeras will be back to report if we get any more information.ui. >>> are your children learning, really, enough in their science and math classes? if not, it could be because many states lie to parents about children's proficiency. soledad o'brien has a preview of her special report on the state of education in america. >> maria, what is the ratios of the 45? >> the one, the one and the radical two. >> reporter: maria wants a career that pays well and is pushing...
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jacqui jeras in the weather center. frightening stuff.acting commerce on so many different levels beyond other lifestyles and livelihood of people. >> absolutely. you have the fishermen, the farmers, people that ship stuff up and down the mississippi river. lots of different levels we're talking about. the good news is the river for the most part has crested or is cresting. so i think we've seen the peak now or we're in the very tail end of that peak. we need the levees to hold for another couple weeks because so many places are still in flood. one of the other things we're concerned about is the threat for more rain, right? this is something we're going to be watching in the upcoming days. not a lot of heavy stuff today. in the coming days, we'll see this more active weather pattern that's going to bring in showers and thundershowers and some of these individual storms could bring as much as two inches per hour. we're focusing especially, right up here, talking about the middle mississippi river valley into the ohio river valley. the nex
jacqui jeras in the weather center. frightening stuff.acting commerce on so many different levels beyond other lifestyles and livelihood of people. >> absolutely. you have the fishermen, the farmers, people that ship stuff up and down the mississippi river. lots of different levels we're talking about. the good news is the river for the most part has crested or is cresting. so i think we've seen the peak now or we're in the very tail end of that peak. we need the levees to hold for...
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jacqui, thanks so much. >> sure. >>> you know you deserve a raise, right?t a lot of people are thinking about as it pertains to getting ready for the new workweek. can you convince your boss of that? we have three ways to justify that pay raise that you want and advice on what to do if your boss still says no. >>> plus, my face to face with venus williams, tennis star. if there were three things -- i like to ask all my face to face interviews, if there were three things that were like the key ingredients to greatness, what would they be? her answers next. ngine in the jeep grand cherokee has a best in class driving range of more than 500 miles per tank. which means you don't have to worry about finding a gas station. which is good... because there just might not be one. ♪ you know lovet to♪ e moy ♪ ♪ounow i ve it too soy y ♪ndbrinity y ♪ >>> the price for a gallon of gas may have topped out, at least for now. crude prices fell sharply over the past few days and lower gas prices usually follow when that happens. oil dropped below $100 a barrel thursday for t
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cnn's meteorologist jacqui jeras is in joplin, missouri. jacqui, we just did the extraordinary interview with this guy whose trailer was tossed in the air. what is happening right now? >> well, all the thunderstorms have moved east of where we are, so that's the good news for the folks here in joplin. but the threat of tornados is still out there tonight. we've had at least 60 tornado reports so far for today. with several confirmed touchdowns. the good news is so far there's been no major damage and no injuries or fatalities today. there are tornado watches which are stacked up basically from cleveland, ohio, stretching all the way southward and parts of louisiana. so the storm system continues to move off to the east with that big threat yet for tonight. however tomorrow we're just looking at a slight risk of severe weather and much fewer tornadoes expected along the east coast. >> jacqui, what do we know about the number of people who may have died in the joplin tornado? because we're still being told up to 1,500 people are unaccounted f
cnn's meteorologist jacqui jeras is in joplin, missouri. jacqui, we just did the extraordinary interview with this guy whose trailer was tossed in the air. what is happening right now? >> well, all the thunderstorms have moved east of where we are, so that's the good news for the folks here in joplin. but the threat of tornados is still out there tonight. we've had at least 60 tornado reports so far for today. with several confirmed touchdowns. the good news is so far there's been no...
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these people are not. >> let's check in with jacqui jeras right now.everyone is out of the woods just yet. there are still grave concerns all along the mississippi and ohio rivers. >> yeah. we have hundreds of miles to go. when we take a look at where the peak of that water is now, this is where the river is cresting. okay? we've got a long ways to go. when we say "cresting," we're talking about the height of the river. it's already elevated all the way downstream, even into new orleans. so the waters are starting to rise downstream and they're just going to get higher in the upcoming days. what are they going to do about this threat of the rising waters in some of these major metropolitan areas that are right along the mississippi river? one city of concern is new orleans. and right now the river is expected to crest just below about a half a foot below the levee. so if it stays that way, it's good. that takes into account that they're going to open a spillway, similar to what they did in cairo. it's called the bonnet carre spillway. there's a second
these people are not. >> let's check in with jacqui jeras right now.everyone is out of the woods just yet. there are still grave concerns all along the mississippi and ohio rivers. >> yeah. we have hundreds of miles to go. when we take a look at where the peak of that water is now, this is where the river is cresting. okay? we've got a long ways to go. when we say "cresting," we're talking about the height of the river. it's already elevated all the way downstream, even...
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jacqui jeras.ocates will hold a congressional briefing to bring what they hope will be revolutionary reform to the adoption process. they say national policy should move beyond finding families to helping families after the child is theirs. advocates say the case of a tennessee woman returning a boy she adopted to russia is a prime example of the need for post-adoptive services. >> we think of adoption as sort of a win-win, you go into a new family and everything, love conquers all and everything's okay. well, you know, if the kid has been abused, neglected, sexually abused, whatever, they need some work. they need some help. and the parents and the family need to get the services and support in order to help the family succeed. >> some of the groups involved include the child welfare league of america and the adoption institute. >>> if you don't snow who debbie wasserman schulz is, you will know very soon. she's now in charge of the democratic party's entire campaign operation. we'll hear from her
jacqui jeras.ocates will hold a congressional briefing to bring what they hope will be revolutionary reform to the adoption process. they say national policy should move beyond finding families to helping families after the child is theirs. advocates say the case of a tennessee woman returning a boy she adopted to russia is a prime example of the need for post-adoptive services. >> we think of adoption as sort of a win-win, you go into a new family and everything, love conquers all and...
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i'm joined by meteorologist jacqui jeras here in the atlanta studio.nager is beginning to make a presentation where the people will mark a moment of silence. it is so interesting that a week ago at this moment before the actual moment the storm was brewing. >> yeah, the storm touched down in kansas and so it was -- let's listen in. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the name of the song is called "sing again" as the people there in joplin, missouri, have a moment of silence. hopefully that will help them to get started on getting back to their lives. >> you can see the closeness of this community. it is a faith-based community. there is a lot of prayer there. only 50,000 people live in joplin. each person knowing somebody certainly impacted by this disaster. >> and unlike the -- >> we'll have a more appropriate and lengthy service when the time is right. we don't think that is at this point in time, but at some point in the future we will invite you to that. what a wonderful turnout. we thank you very much for coming out here. >> thank you! [ applause ] >> we will rebuild jo
i'm joined by meteorologist jacqui jeras here in the atlanta studio.nager is beginning to make a presentation where the people will mark a moment of silence. it is so interesting that a week ago at this moment before the actual moment the storm was brewing. >> yeah, the storm touched down in kansas and so it was -- let's listen in. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the name of the song is called "sing again" as the people there in joplin, missouri, have a moment of silence. hopefully...
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jacq jacqui, appreciate that. >>> we're hearing about heavy fighting. it's in the city of zingibar off the coast of yemen. now yesterday the government and a main opposition group failed to reach a cease-fire agreement. a new discovery inside egypt's great pyramid. take a look at that. a tiny remote camera has revealed these red hieroglyphic markings. they say they were made by the original masons more than 4,500 years ago. >>> and for the first time in two years, manuel is bazala is back in honduras. >> al qaeda leader osama bin laden was hiding. now, a month after his death, details about the place, still hard if not impossible to come by. cnn's stand grant found that out for himself. take a look. >> reporter: one month after killing osama bin laden has not won us too many friends here. he has more sympathy for the al qaeda leader than us, calling us pigs. are muslims terrorists everywhere? actually america is the biggest terrorist. others, though, are friendlier. these children have a story to tell. they say there were two boys, one girl, 7, 4, and 3
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. >>> let's check in with jacqui jeras. it is hard to believe we're talking mid-june, so many weeks away before a lot of this water goes anywhere like out of there. >> takes a long time for the river to get back within its banks and for the water to run off too. this has been setting up for a very long time. unfortunately, there's more rain in the forecast and some of these thunderstorms today, are going to be severe and we're talking about a large area of the country from minnesota down towards texas. we already have some watches which are in place here and this is going to be the region that we're focusing on today. look at that. we popped up a brand new severe thunderstorm watch. gaerping to start out where the tornado watches are in effect and that includes you in minneapolis, st. paul, you across eastern iowa, including the quad cities and expecting things to begin developing in this area very shortly. very moist, very unstable conditions here and we're expecting super cell type thunderstorms that do produce tornadoes.
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jacqui jeras is joining us from the cnn severe weather center. the system that came through yesterday, my, oh, my, and now again. >> yeah, today it is more widespread. and we have had confirmed tornadoes on the ground, many of which caused damage. these are pictures from our affiliate kart-tv in minneapolis, where a tornado touched down causing quite a bit of damage. 20,000 people are without power. lots of homes did sustain quite a bit of damage. mostly second-story damage and roof damage from what i understand. this was a relatively brief touchdown that lasted six to seven minutes. it moved through north minneapolis over to fridley and pushed up north. some damage there at the airport as well. amazingly at this time, as of right now, no serious injuries. so hopefully that will continue to be the case. now the severe weather threat still stretches some 1,000-plus odd miles with watches in effect from northern wisconsin and minnesota all the way down into parts of texas. most of the rotation has been in minnesota, iowa and wisconsin. but we've go
jacqui jeras is joining us from the cnn severe weather center. the system that came through yesterday, my, oh, my, and now again. >> yeah, today it is more widespread. and we have had confirmed tornadoes on the ground, many of which caused damage. these are pictures from our affiliate kart-tv in minneapolis, where a tornado touched down causing quite a bit of damage. 20,000 people are without power. lots of homes did sustain quite a bit of damage. mostly second-story damage and roof...
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jacqui jeras is in joplin for us with more.otional story, obviously, jacqui. >> it's an amazing story of survival and providing a lot of hope for people in this devastated community who so desperately need to hear some good news out of this, and that's that 70-year-old pastor was able to get out of there without a scratch. this was the building you were in? >> yes. >> there's almost nothing left but rubble of father justin monahan's rectory behind st. mary's catholic church where he served for the past 15 years. he survived the tornado by seeking haven in what he had always heard was the safest place, the bathroom. >> i got in the bathtub face down. tried to cover my head. and i heard this noise. and i thought, oh. what is happening? i lay there. i just prayed and said thy will be done. and i decide to wait till the end of the noise and then i opened that door. and everything was blocking it. it was all covered there. >> he wait there had, trapped for nearly an hour after the tornado had passed before his parishioners managed t
jacqui jeras is in joplin for us with more.otional story, obviously, jacqui. >> it's an amazing story of survival and providing a lot of hope for people in this devastated community who so desperately need to hear some good news out of this, and that's that 70-year-old pastor was able to get out of there without a scratch. this was the building you were in? >> yes. >> there's almost nothing left but rubble of father justin monahan's rectory behind st. mary's catholic church...
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let's check in with jacqui jeras right now. we're talking about some violent storms in so many different forms across the kunry sfwl yeah. things are really erupting right now, fredricka. the next couple of hours are going to be extremely dangerous for millions of people. we've got watches lined up that cover more than 800 miles here from minnesota stretching down into texas and eastward over here into parts of tennessee. we're most concerned about these rotating thunderstorms. we've got a line of them in eastern iowa spreading up towards the twin cities. there's another line here that could be producing rotation as well. we do have confirmation of a tornado that's been producing some damage in the twin cities metro area. here you can see the area that we're talking about. there were two storms. this one right now near i-35 producing a tornado. likely we've seen a rotating wall cloud in the shore view area. the other tornado caused some damage in north minneapolis. it caused some damage at the brookdale shopping center. some ro
let's check in with jacqui jeras right now. we're talking about some violent storms in so many different forms across the kunry sfwl yeah. things are really erupting right now, fredricka. the next couple of hours are going to be extremely dangerous for millions of people. we've got watches lined up that cover more than 800 miles here from minnesota stretching down into texas and eastward over here into parts of tennessee. we're most concerned about these rotating thunderstorms. we've got a line...
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that means jacqui jeras in atlanta. good morning, jacqui. >> good morning, guys. going to be necessary not just today but through the middle to latter part of the week across the mid-atlantic and northeast. we have this area of low pressure that's going to sit here and spin for a couple days, bringing in some gusty winds and heavy showers. we're talking two to four inches easy and concerned about flooding in some of the smaller rivers and streams. in addition to coastal flooding when those winds push that water combined with high tides out of the coastal areas. we've got problems in terms of the roadways, it's going to be slow going for you and the airways having issues as well. laguardia, an hour delay. that's to arrive into laguardia airport. and philadelphia about 15 minutes. but we expect these to get lengthier throughout the day. we'll probably throw in boston and washington, d.c., as well. some of the thunderstorms could be severe later in the day. so keep that in mind as well. strong gusty winds in addition to some large hail could be a factor. isolated tor
that means jacqui jeras in atlanta. good morning, jacqui. >> good morning, guys. going to be necessary not just today but through the middle to latter part of the week across the mid-atlantic and northeast. we have this area of low pressure that's going to sit here and spin for a couple days, bringing in some gusty winds and heavy showers. we're talking two to four inches easy and concerned about flooding in some of the smaller rivers and streams. in addition to coastal flooding when...
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jacquie. >>> buenas tardes chicas un fin de semana fuerte.o tarjeta amarilla de naipes. y los castillos han ordenado la evacuación de las viviendas en alrededores. pueden ocurrir nuevas avalanchas. la madre naturaleza hace de las suyas, no solo en el panorama local. esta fue la cantidad de tornados que se reportó ayer, no solo toro mamad tornados des di missouri. a porción del medio oeste. si no en fuerte actividad de viento, vientos en ráfagas de 70 millas por hora. granizos y hoy no es una excepción. nuevamente en porciones de kansas a oklahoma, existe el aviso y posibilidad de tornados. mientras tanto tenemos inundaciones sobre las planicies del sur. actividad de fuertes vientos en gran parte de la florida, de la parte central al oeste. condiciones severas desde washington dc hacia el oeste de virginia. tenemos actividad de precipitación en el noroeste del país. fuertes vientos en ráfagas del noreste de méxico. el oeste de texas hacia el norte de dallas no se descarta la posibilidad de condiciones severas. y la posibilidad de tornados. y h
jacquie. >>> buenas tardes chicas un fin de semana fuerte.o tarjeta amarilla de naipes. y los castillos han ordenado la evacuación de las viviendas en alrededores. pueden ocurrir nuevas avalanchas. la madre naturaleza hace de las suyas, no solo en el panorama local. esta fue la cantidad de tornados que se reportó ayer, no solo toro mamad tornados des di missouri. a porción del medio oeste. si no en fuerte actividad de viento, vientos en ráfagas de 70 millas por hora. granizos y hoy...
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jacqui jeras is there.pecting a new updated list on the missing. when will that come our way? >> reporter: that's coming in later this morning, 11:00 eastern time. the 232 missing and unaccounted for is expected to shrink down a little bit. officials are now letting some of the family members into the morgue to help identify these bodies. that has been a very slow process. one of the reasons for that is that some of the bodies are in such poor condition that they are having to use fingerprints, dna testing, medical records and even tattoos to help identify them. the federal government has also taken over that task. they have brought in $2 million worth of equipment to help ex pet di expedite it. they are hoping to identify some of the people and locating the missing. we are hearing a little bit of chatter that maybe the numbers will be going down later today. i also took a look at the list of all the names too, carol, by the way. i noticed there was one name on the list that was on there twice but two diffe
jacqui jeras is there.pecting a new updated list on the missing. when will that come our way? >> reporter: that's coming in later this morning, 11:00 eastern time. the 232 missing and unaccounted for is expected to shrink down a little bit. officials are now letting some of the family members into the morgue to help identify these bodies. that has been a very slow process. one of the reasons for that is that some of the bodies are in such poor condition that they are having to use...
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jacqui, thanks very much. is going to shrink over the course of the next few days. >> shrunk dramatically in a day. >> they figured some people had left town and got everyone to contact everyone. >>> to a critical meeting happening overnight. secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan right now for talks aimed at trying to mend the now tense and strained relation between the u.s. and pakistan in the wake of the raid on bin laden's compound. >> joint chiefs admiral chairman admiral michael mullen is joining her for those talks. our stan grant is live in islamabad. what's happening right now and, you know, what is the message for pakistan from this meeting? >> well, the talks are over. the secretary of state is now on her way back to germany from pakistan and no one is even pretending this relationship is not in a very, very bad way at the moment. ever since the killing of osama bin laden, the fact that u.s. troops were brought in here to do this without pakistan's knowledge, it's really plummeted this re
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casey wian is there and jacqui jeras has more. dan, let's start with you, the focus here, his message to the people of joplin. >> reporter: the message being that the federal government will be here to assist inny way possible. he'll be delivering the remarks in a short time. he did get a chance to meet them up close, shake their hands. he promised that the federal government would take on this tragedy. that it was not just their tragedy alone but it would be a national response. also promising the federal government will be here long after the cameras lead. so really sort of an upbeat message from the president, a realization it will take yearing to recover but the federal government will help. >> thanks so much from joplin, missouri. appreciate it. >>> also in joplin, casey wian. casey, the president got a chance to see firsthand for himself the devastation there. you also got a chance to talk with people who said it's not six miles that this tornado was on the ground but perhaps double that number. >> reporter: absolutely. it's
casey wian is there and jacqui jeras has more. dan, let's start with you, the focus here, his message to the people of joplin. >> reporter: the message being that the federal government will be here to assist inny way possible. he'll be delivering the remarks in a short time. he did get a chance to meet them up close, shake their hands. he promised that the federal government would take on this tragedy. that it was not just their tragedy alone but it would be a national response. also...
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jacqui jeras is joining us from joplin.oing on. >> well, the first good news that we've heard all day, is that seven people were rescued. so the search and rescue efforts are bringing in survivors. we don't know the conditions of those people but we do know that some of them were found at various residents and some of them were found at the home depot which was destroyed as well. we have local officials, state officials, federal officials all here working together in joplin to try to continue with the rescue efforts. but as you can probably hear the rain and see it falling behind me, this has been the biggest issue that they are dealing with today. there was two-inch hail and winds from threatening thunderstorm and now it's moving through with lightning as well. despite that, they are continuing to go through the rubble. fema says that they will be here for the long haul. >> it's really the citizens helping citizens and neighbor helping neighbor, going around and talking to a lot of the first responders, the heroic work tha
jacqui jeras is joining us from joplin.oing on. >> well, the first good news that we've heard all day, is that seven people were rescued. so the search and rescue efforts are bringing in survivors. we don't know the conditions of those people but we do know that some of them were found at various residents and some of them were found at the home depot which was destroyed as well. we have local officials, state officials, federal officials all here working together in joplin to try to...
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jacqui and i like to sit on the sofa and have therapy. >> it's prom season, graduation season.is yet another, i don't know, sticky situation that pertains to prom season. >> they have been doing this for a couple years. it never ceases to amaze me what you can do with duct tape. how creative the students get. >> i certainly wouldn't think of a promise dress or tuxedo. >> i can't believe that's duct tape. i bet it's noisy, too. >> i thought they were testing it out to see how noisy it is. her date wasn't that thrilled. he wasn't totally stuck on the idea. he's sporting it. he's wearing it. this was in kansas, by the way. she got the idea from her physics teacher. >> don lemon had one on last night, students from georgia. somewhere in georgia. they did it, too. there's a contest through home depot to earn a scholarship. >> way back when, we talked about the candy wrappers. >> that's right. >> people are inventive. >> recycling the candy wrappers, even better. >> this is a story of a lucky kitty cat. got caught under the hood of a car. the car traveled 20 miles. >> can you believe
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. >> jacqui, what do we know about the number of people who may have died in the joplin tornado? because we're still being told up to 1,500 people are unaccounted for. do we know anything about who they are or what the likelihood that they survived? >> well, here's what we know. that they have confirmed 125 fatalities. we don't know who all those people are. there hasn't been a list issued. some people are frustrated because they'd like to know whether or not their loved one might be one of those 125 people. the number we've been hearing for the last 24 hours in terms of missingened unaccounted for was at 1,500 and we just heard through a press conference with the city manager mark rohr there that he said the number is not that high but he wouldn't give us a number. so we don't know if it's 1,300, 1,200, only 500? we don't know. likely there are going to be a lot more fatalities. we're afraid that number's going to go up very significantly compared to the 124 we have now. there's also some confusion. communication is extremely limited here. people can't get a hold of each other t
. >> jacqui, what do we know about the number of people who may have died in the joplin tornado? because we're still being told up to 1,500 people are unaccounted for. do we know anything about who they are or what the likelihood that they survived? >> well, here's what we know. that they have confirmed 125 fatalities. we don't know who all those people are. there hasn't been a list issued. some people are frustrated because they'd like to know whether or not their loved one might...
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thank you so much, jacqui jeras.ppreciate that. >>> also some of historical relevance in a big way, is the capture of osama bin laden, the killing of osama bin laden, and this capture of a large cache of intelligence at this compound. >> more of the new osama bin laden videos here in the cnn news room coming up. building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. you think i have allergies? you're sneezing. i'm allergic to you. doubtful, you love me. hey, you can't take allegra with fruit juice. what? yeah, it's on the label. really? here, there's nothing about juice on the zyrtec® label. what? labels are meant to be read. i'd be lost without you. i knew you weren't allergic to me. [ sne
thank you so much, jacqui jeras.ppreciate that. >>> also some of historical relevance in a big way, is the capture of osama bin laden, the killing of osama bin laden, and this capture of a large cache of intelligence at this compound. >> more of the new osama bin laden videos here in the cnn news room coming up. building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your...
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>> jacqui jeras on the scene live. we'll take in touch with jacqui and the others throughout the evening. 49,000 people, southwest missouri just inside the borders of kansas and oklahoma. it's in the bible belt. the tornado demolished a catholic church. it's also near a major interstate highway. isa isaac duncans heard the sounds but not the sight the moment the tornado hit. >> we're good. >> we're okay. [ screaming and crying ] >> jesus! jesus! >> another camera, this one on a storm chaser's car dashboard caught the moment the tornado dipped down out of the clouds, you can see the storm chaser trying to warn the police. >> hey, guys. the tornado's trying to come down right here. the winds are to the north and it's kind of back around, the tornado's right here, it's coming on the ground right here, get the sirens going. get the sirens going, i'm telling you. >> roughly a quarter of the city has severe damage, the local electric company says 18,000 customers were out of power late this afternoon. i want to join us to ge
>> jacqui jeras on the scene live. we'll take in touch with jacqui and the others throughout the evening. 49,000 people, southwest missouri just inside the borders of kansas and oklahoma. it's in the bible belt. the tornado demolished a catholic church. it's also near a major interstate highway. isa isaac duncans heard the sounds but not the sight the moment the tornado hit. >> we're good. >> we're okay. [ screaming and crying ] >> jesus! jesus! >> another camera,...
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jacqui jeras here where the latest on the forecast. ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for dog. >>> 1,000 homes in memphis, tennessee have been ordered evacuated because of the rising mississippi river. the water there not expected to crest until wednesday, and it could be historic. cnn david mattingly has the latest as that city braces for the worst. >> reporter: just a little over a day ago i would have been standing here on dry land. but now this area along the mississippi river in memphis, completely under water, as the water continues to rise. memphis now is one big city trying to hold off one very big flood. city parks already flooded and water creeping closer to houses by the day. people in memphis watch the rising mississippi river and wonder. >> how high will the water get? you know, who is most at risk? which land sits lower. >> reporter: the mississippi river floods of 2011 are expected to break records to the north of memphis this weekend. and then. . continue setting high water marks as far south batonr rouge. in 1937 city officials tell me the river rose all t
jacqui jeras here where the latest on the forecast. ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for dog. >>> 1,000 homes in memphis, tennessee have been ordered evacuated because of the rising mississippi river. the water there not expected to crest until wednesday, and it could be historic. cnn david mattingly has the latest as that city braces for the worst. >> reporter: just a little over a day ago i would have been standing here on dry land. but now this area along the...
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jacqui jeras here where the latest on the forecast.s searching for what's pure and what's real from we who believe we know just how you feel. haagen-dazs. sir, can you hear me? just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. [ female announcer ] wake up to sweetness with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real honey. and the 100% natural whole grain oats can help lower your cholesterol. you are so sweet to me. bee happy. bee healthy. >>> 1,000 homes in memphis, tennessee have been ordered evacuated because of the rising mississippi river. the water there not expected to crest until wednesday, and it could be historic. cnn david mattingly has the latest as that city braces for the worst. >> reporter: just a little over a day ago i would have been standing here on dry land. but now this area along the mississippi river in memphis, completely under water, as the water continues to rise. memphis now is one
jacqui jeras here where the latest on the forecast.s searching for what's pure and what's real from we who believe we know just how you feel. haagen-dazs. sir, can you hear me? just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. [ female announcer ] wake up to sweetness with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real honey. and the 100% natural whole grain oats can...
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we'll check back with jacqui jeras. appreciate it. >>> a suicide bombing attack one man is calling cowardly. the casualties mount after an attack on a military hospital. >>> they were young, they were scared, and yet they rewrote histo history. members of the freedom writers talk about their role in the civil rights movement. >>> and many of you have been asking for information and social media. you can reach out to us on twitter, on facebook, on cnn.com, and on foursquare. we're back in a moment. it might be off a dock or on a boat. upstream or in the middle of nowhere. wherever it may be, casting a line in the clear, fresh waters of michigan lets us leave anything weighing us down back on shore. our perfect spot is calling. our perfect spot is pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. you could get arrested for that you know. it's not what you think. look. there was a time when a company like that would envy us. little outfit. it's almost quaint. all these years we had something they could never have. something
we'll check back with jacqui jeras. appreciate it. >>> a suicide bombing attack one man is calling cowardly. the casualties mount after an attack on a military hospital. >>> they were young, they were scared, and yet they rewrote histo history. members of the freedom writers talk about their role in the civil rights movement. >>> and many of you have been asking for information and social media. you can reach out to us on twitter, on facebook, on cnn.com, and on...
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. >> we turn now to jacqui jeras. why is it so bad right now? >> because we have had so much rain.s long time, guys, for all of the water and all of the tiny rivers and streams to flow off and end up ultimately into the mississippi river. we have had rainfall, as much as 20 inches in the month of april. and so that's about 400% to 500% of what they normally would see within that timeframe, so too much water, the stage was setover the winter with the heavy snowpack and all that melting upstream, so ultimately it has to go somewhere. that's what we're watching for. today, the risk of rain is pushing more into the ohio river valley, but of course, the ohio and mississippi, the confluence of them, they come together in this area, so there could be a little bit of a consequence, and a few of these thunderstorms, by the way, could be severe in central parts of illinois and indiana as well. now, how much rain are we talking about on top of what we already have? this is one computer model showing a forecast of 1 to 2 inches coming up in the next five days, and the ground is so saturated th
. >> we turn now to jacqui jeras. why is it so bad right now? >> because we have had so much rain.s long time, guys, for all of the water and all of the tiny rivers and streams to flow off and end up ultimately into the mississippi river. we have had rainfall, as much as 20 inches in the month of april. and so that's about 400% to 500% of what they normally would see within that timeframe, so too much water, the stage was setover the winter with the heavy snowpack and all that...
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our meteorologist jacqui jeras tracking it all from the cnn severe weather center.will it all end? >> june sometimes, weeks ahead and that's keeping the gates open, not to mention how long it will take for the river to recede and get navigation back working again. let's go ahead and show you the area ed is talking about where some of the evacuations took place today in st. landry parish. here's the morganza floodgates that were open and some of the cities are spared. they have these little circle levees and you can see how the spillway was designed and how everything was leading its way down to the gulf of mexico. takes time for this to happen. doesn't all happen at once and by tomorrow we're expecting that water to move in towards the grand lake area over towards baldwin and morgan city which is great concern, 12,000 plus people who live in this area. that water should be arriving here on tuesday and some of to forecast bringing maybe as much as five feet of water in this city. it's all about control at this point. this is pictures from the army corps of engineers
our meteorologist jacqui jeras tracking it all from the cnn severe weather center.will it all end? >> june sometimes, weeks ahead and that's keeping the gates open, not to mention how long it will take for the river to recede and get navigation back working again. let's go ahead and show you the area ed is talking about where some of the evacuations took place today in st. landry parish. here's the morganza floodgates that were open and some of the cities are spared. they have these...
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jacqui jeras has more on that at the cnn weather center. those plans, when will they be put into place? >> well, one of them tomorrow morning already, so this is a definite on one of these spillways, and it's kind of similar to what they it up in cairo where they exploded one of the levees where they spilled the water out to relieve the pressure. this won't be an explosion. they designed this system and will open up some gates in order to do that. let's talk a little bit about the system as a whole and the river, by the way, is cresting way up here into the boot hill of missouri. we're talking about hundreds of miles still for this thing to go before it empties into the gulf of mexico. so a lot of pressure is still built up here. two spillways we're talking about. first of all, the one opened tomorrow morning is the bonna carrie spillway. nobody lives here. this won't be a problem for anybody, and they are going to push that water through the six-mile area and move it into pontchartrain so it provides a little relief for new orleans. that i
jacqui jeras has more on that at the cnn weather center. those plans, when will they be put into place? >> well, one of them tomorrow morning already, so this is a definite on one of these spillways, and it's kind of similar to what they it up in cairo where they exploded one of the levees where they spilled the water out to relieve the pressure. this won't be an explosion. they designed this system and will open up some gates in order to do that. let's talk a little bit about the system...
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for that, we want to turn to our meteorologist, jacqui jeras.i, tell us what folks are talking about. >> it's amazing imagery, they'll combine infrared images with visible images to feed the path of the tornado. as you take a look at this, you see nothing but red and blue. but to a trained eye that red is vegetation answer the blue is urban areas. all of this blue area, this is tuscaloosa, this is birmingham right here. guess what that line in the middle is -- this tornado was so powerful, an ef-4 that it basically stripped all the vegetation with its path. it churned up the ground. there you see can see the path on a closer view. here's the river. all the red stuff are trees and brushes in the area. this is also very useful information, suzanne, because they can take a look at how wide the path was and why it was on the ground. and also help with insurance claims. >> jacqui, thank you. >>> it is time to go cross country for cnn affiliates. first stop, california, wet weather in the san francisco bay area has made its way to the sierra mountains
for that, we want to turn to our meteorologist, jacqui jeras.i, tell us what folks are talking about. >> it's amazing imagery, they'll combine infrared images with visible images to feed the path of the tornado. as you take a look at this, you see nothing but red and blue. but to a trained eye that red is vegetation answer the blue is urban areas. all of this blue area, this is tuscaloosa, this is birmingham right here. guess what that line in the middle is -- this tornado was so...
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what happened, jacqui?f you've seen some of the pictures, i think we have some we can roll them for you and see the home depot. it's flattened, nothing left. it's amazing that some people actually survived during this situation. we talk about safe places to be during tornadoes and a building like that, these home improvement stores, have these long span roofs and so it's actually a very dangerous place to be during a tornado. seven people were rescued yesterday. a couple of them were from that home depot. out of the 17 total that we were talking about rescued out of home depot some of those people were in there for, you know, a good 12 hours or so. and you also mentioned if you remember in alabama, the tornado that touched down there, some people took refuge into the home depot and those survived. it's amazing to think a similar type of intensity tornado, some people it worked out for them in alabama and this time, you know, there some fatalities in that store as well. >> we talk about where you should go,
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jacqui, before i let you go, so we can juxtapose the images. this is a before of the church, and so this is the before picture on the left-hand side and you see the cross and the beautiful blue sky, and the right side is the aftermath and the devastation, and it is amazing, jacqui, because you have covered the stories where the people come together and pull through. >> they do, and one note of amazement is believe it or not, this church has been hit by a tornado before in the late '80s when the front of the church sustained damage. and that cross that was built in the '40s is still standing today. >> wow. from the '40s. >>> and coming up, jessica alba pregnant with child two wants to make children safe from chemicals. what is her fellow warning for moms and dads? she is in washington, and that is coming up. >>> and a missouri radio host uses his time behind the microphone to reconnect families there in joplin. he will share the most poignant moments in a few moments. keep in mind, he lost his own home as well. with sides of lightly sauteed farm
jacqui, before i let you go, so we can juxtapose the images. this is a before of the church, and so this is the before picture on the left-hand side and you see the cross and the beautiful blue sky, and the right side is the aftermath and the devastation, and it is amazing, jacqui, because you have covered the stories where the people come together and pull through. >> they do, and one note of amazement is believe it or not, this church has been hit by a tornado before in the late '80s...
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thank you, jacquie. [applause] >> in continuing the conversation about bringing new voices and new attitudes in, we are now calling on jessica clark who is the head of the future of public media project. thank heavens someone is doing that. at the center for social media. jessica is going to talk about the work she has been doing. thank you. >> so, at the center for social media over the last five years we have been running a forward foundation research project on the evolution of public broadcasting and to what we are calling public media 2.0. at the time we started this about santa very futuristic. nonsense other retro. we're onto four-point oh. we're not sure that but that's what happens when you're on the cutting edge forget to keep running. we been really interested in this question of how public the well evolve in this moment of open participatory platforms, the shifting dynamics of not just news but cultural debate. and we've been trying different interventions and different research approaches to
thank you, jacquie. [applause] >> in continuing the conversation about bringing new voices and new attitudes in, we are now calling on jessica clark who is the head of the future of public media project. thank heavens someone is doing that. at the center for social media. jessica is going to talk about the work she has been doing. thank you. >> so, at the center for social media over the last five years we have been running a forward foundation research project on the evolution of...
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that means jacqui jeras in the weather center. >> good morning, guys.ross the northeast and mid-atlantic states. once again, kind of a broken record, you're looking forward to some sunshine, that's going to take place by the weekend so hang in there. in the meantime we're going to continue to see the heavy rains as they stream on in. you can see it across long island into western parts of connecticut and we could see as much as an additional one to three on top of what you have. big-time problems at the airports yesterday. we expect a repeat of that today. over an hour for new york's metros as well as boston, d.c., philadelphia, maybe 30 to 60, detroit as well as cleveland are going to see delays. due to low clouds and wind. phoenix is going to be windy there today as well and wet weather out west causing over an hour delay possible in san francisco. stormy conditions across the nation's midsection. this will be late this afternoon. isolated tornadoes along with damaging winds will be possible and that cool weather remains out west and getting more snow
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. >> jacqui jeras is in the weather center with more on the flooding along the mississippi river. >>the people -- with the rooting situation going on, people are out of their homes for a long period of time. many of these areas are going to have high water for weeks and this crest could take as money as seven to ten days to continue to make its way down river. we talked a lot about the confluence of the ohio river and the mississippi river last week. now we're going to focus on what's going to be happening downstream and we're talking about vicksburg. they're telling people they need to be ready. so you need to have all your supplies ready to go. let's take a look at how long this will take to expand. nearly 14, 14 1/2 feet above flood stage. na nach, baton rouge, 12.5 feet. we're talking about opening new spillways to protect that city which we all know happens to be below sea level. we evening had as much as 500% of the average rainfall. we had additional rain moving through the area today. any little drop here, fredricka. runs right off. we're talking 40% of the water drains off.
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. >>> i'm cnn meteorologist jacqui jeras.in moshgs month, is horrific after a tornado touched down just before 6:00 local time causing damage to buildings, leveling homes and damaging the area hospital. there are many reports of casualties at the scene. we hope to have a live report and more details as they became available. also reports of tornado damage in minneapolis-st. paul earlier this evening. picture to show you of the scene in north minneapolis and the fridley area where a tornado touched down just taking out blocks of homes here and taking down many trees, thousands of people remain without power. one person was killed here and 22 people were injured. the threat of tornadoes remains tonight across parts of minnesota, wisconsin and is stretching down into texas. we'll continue to monitor the situation and break in as necessary. now back to "cnn presents." >>> in 2004, at the height of fame and fortune, mel gibson was ready to risk it all for a movie that could woo take hollywood by surprise. "the passion of the chris
. >>> i'm cnn meteorologist jacqui jeras.in moshgs month, is horrific after a tornado touched down just before 6:00 local time causing damage to buildings, leveling homes and damaging the area hospital. there are many reports of casualties at the scene. we hope to have a live report and more details as they became available. also reports of tornado damage in minneapolis-st. paul earlier this evening. picture to show you of the scene in north minneapolis and the fridley area where a...
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thanks for bringing us this very, very good story, jacqui jeras. thank you.n, missouri, there are others that are filled with grief and tears. and desperate searches yielding the crushing news that a loved one did not survive. they are so, so many sad stories out there. as of this afternoon, at least 125 people in joplin are confirmed dead. that number likely to go up. this dates this tornado, joplin, missouri, alone. the single deadliest tornado to touchdown in any u.s. city since the modern record keeping system began back in 1950. 232 people are still missing. brian todd is following what's going on for us and has been since -- since the early days since this tornado struck. first reporters to get there. brian, we are looking at a lot of positive stories. but -- there's some sad stories as well. >> reporter: there are. too many sad stories really. we have one to report about a family we have been featuring on the situation room for the last four days. we have been reporting on a lady from here named michelle who was looking for her 16-year-old son, lance,
thanks for bringing us this very, very good story, jacqui jeras. thank you.n, missouri, there are others that are filled with grief and tears. and desperate searches yielding the crushing news that a loved one did not survive. they are so, so many sad stories out there. as of this afternoon, at least 125 people in joplin are confirmed dead. that number likely to go up. this dates this tornado, joplin, missouri, alone. the single deadliest tornado to touchdown in any u.s. city since the modern...
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let's go live now to jacqui jeras who has an amazing story. >> we talked about survival stories of peopled had to be pulled out underneath the debris but there have been a lot of people who were in cars at the time as well. it's flipped up against the tree. some of these vehicles you can't even recognize anymore. i want to take you over here and show you this car and tell you a story about 18-year-old ashley, she was driving home on her way from her high school graduation when she was driving down the street. the tornado picked her up about a block and a half away, flipped her car up into the air. it landed on all four straight up. this is a convertible. she and her best friend page survived this tornado. take a note how all this paint is coming off. the debris that was in the tornado just stripped off all this paint and all that debris hit her back. it had to be surgically removed. she also broke her shoulder but she's okay. her best friend page next to her broke both of her hands but the girls managed to get out of this car, holding hands, ran over to st. john's medical center to get he
let's go live now to jacqui jeras who has an amazing story. >> we talked about survival stories of peopled had to be pulled out underneath the debris but there have been a lot of people who were in cars at the time as well. it's flipped up against the tree. some of these vehicles you can't even recognize anymore. i want to take you over here and show you this car and tell you a story about 18-year-old ashley, she was driving home on her way from her high school graduation when she was...
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thanks so much, jacqui. we'll check back with you throughout the afternoon. >>> meantime, politics now. a big day in the world of politics. let's start off in atlanta where a new name has been added to the list of gop candidates. herman cane officially declared his candidacy. the former ceo of godfather's pizza told e supporters why he felt the need to run. >> we have become a nation of crises. we have a moral crisis. we've got an economic crisis. we've got an entitlement spending crisis. we've got an immigration crisis. we've got a foggy foreign affairs crisis. and we've got a deficiency of leadership crisis in the white house. >> cain is a tea party favorite, but he is trailing his gop rivals in early polls. >>> former utah governor jon huntsman is making a swing through new hampshire prior to a probable run for the white house. he spoke at southern new hampshire university's graduation today. he didn't make an announcement. >> talk about putting somebody on the spot. the only announcement i have here toda
thanks so much, jacqui. we'll check back with you throughout the afternoon. >>> meantime, politics now. a big day in the world of politics. let's start off in atlanta where a new name has been added to the list of gop candidates. herman cane officially declared his candidacy. the former ceo of godfather's pizza told e supporters why he felt the need to run. >> we have become a nation of crises. we have a moral crisis. we've got an economic crisis. we've got an entitlement...
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jacqui jeras back with us in the weather center. did opening the morganza spillway help?do what they want it to do? >> it did exactly what they want it to do, but it still needs to be monitored because it's not over yet. you mentioned vicksburg has crested. pretty much all of the lower gauges in the lower mississippi valley have crested or are cresting. you can see vicksburg. it's crested but it's still almost 14 feet above flood stage, so we still have lot of high water making its way downstream. we're cresting in baton rouge and new orleans. new orleans is at 17 feet and that's because they're opralting the spillway, diverting the water, down through the atchafalaya, and that's why things are steady there. that's a manmade thing because of what they did by opening up the gates. we had record volume of water moving through the areas late last week. the crest has happened. i thing this is the peak. we're starting to wane off now, but we're not out of the woods just yet. why is that? a couple different things. one of which is we're still looking at flooding going on into t
jacqui jeras back with us in the weather center. did opening the morganza spillway help?do what they want it to do? >> it did exactly what they want it to do, but it still needs to be monitored because it's not over yet. you mentioned vicksburg has crested. pretty much all of the lower gauges in the lower mississippi valley have crested or are cresting. you can see vicksburg. it's crested but it's still almost 14 feet above flood stage, so we still have lot of high water making its way...
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jacqui [ male announcer ] before he changed the world...r down this wall. [ male announcer ] ...or led a nation... i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation, and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪ >> there is a big accident this afternoon on 66 westbound. >> ashley linder is behind the wheel on this monday for us. how bad is it and just where, ash? >> it is really bad. 66 west completely blocked prior to 7100, but all drivers are being rerouted to route 50. they're taking drivers the opposite way along 66 east to get past this. you cannot get on 2066 at 50. those ramps are shut down beyond that 7100 or further west is fine, but 66 west completely blocked and police say it could be the rest of the afternoon. so plan your trip accordingly. big delays. back to you all. >> thank you, ashley. >>> the manslaughter trial for micha
jacqui [ male announcer ] before he changed the world...r down this wall. [ male announcer ] ...or led a nation... i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation, and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪ >> there is a big accident this afternoon on 66 westbound. >>...
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our meteorologist jacqui jeras is tracking it all in the cnn severe weather center. it just breaks your heart, doesn't it? >> they are going through a lot of misery in the upcoming weeks, too. and sometimes not knowing is one of the hardest parts. and it will be weeks that those spill gates are going to be open, not to mention, after all the gates close back up and the water finally begins to recede. we put this together on google earth for you to give you a better idea of where st. landry parish is. there you can see this is the morganza flood gates here and in the st. landry. that moves right along the river there. that's where the water is spilling into. they opened the gates here and it spills down this way and heads on towards the south and towards the west. a couple of these communities, by the way, didn't have to heed the evacuations. they have the little circle levees as they call them including the town of melville. if people live within the levee walls, they will told they don't have to evacuate at this time. it takes a while for the water to make its way d
our meteorologist jacqui jeras is tracking it all in the cnn severe weather center. it just breaks your heart, doesn't it? >> they are going through a lot of misery in the upcoming weeks, too. and sometimes not knowing is one of the hardest parts. and it will be weeks that those spill gates are going to be open, not to mention, after all the gates close back up and the water finally begins to recede. we put this together on google earth for you to give you a better idea of where st....
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our cnn meteorologist jacqui jeras who is live from the ruins.still, still searching for loved ones. what is it like this and do they have any idea how many are still missing? >> reporter: yeah, we have a new update actually, suzanne. cnn, first of all, has just confirmed that 132 people are now confirmed dead from this tornado. we've also been listening to a press conference which is taking place as we speak on the missing and unaccounted for. that number originally was set at 232. well, they have been able to confirm now 90 credible reports of people who are alive and located, so that's the great news so far out of all of that. in addition to that, two people on that list were confirmed duplicates. 22 new missing reports have been filed and then those six additional deceased where people have been notified with their next of kin, so the total number now for the missing and unaccounted for is 156. so you can see that officials are making progress at whittling away at that list and trying to help these families who have been waiting so long. many
our cnn meteorologist jacqui jeras who is live from the ruins.still, still searching for loved ones. what is it like this and do they have any idea how many are still missing? >> reporter: yeah, we have a new update actually, suzanne. cnn, first of all, has just confirmed that 132 people are now confirmed dead from this tornado. we've also been listening to a press conference which is taking place as we speak on the missing and unaccounted for. that number originally was set at 232. well,...