. >> john welch, our chopper pilot.ne who gave us the scenes from the air to let us note extent of the devastation. >> we saw especially the shawnee area, we saw some damage from the earlier northern storm or edmond, but nothing as severe as where shawnee was. that area was really hit very hard, especially the trailer park that we showed you several times there just south of i-40 east of highway 102, but, i mean, coming back, we're trying to go to little axe and flew over that area and saw lights, but it's unbelievable how when there's no streetlights or star light how dark it is, and our camera couldn't iris in to show a lot of the stuff down there. but there's still crews working in the little axe area trying to find people. just that second storm, it did a lot of damage. >> that is john welch, a chopper pilot for kfor and he is a brave man. >> certainly is. >> he's been giving us those pictures. listen, one person is dead now, and we understand there are more missing, and they are still searching live now in pottawat

. >> reporter: john welch, pilot reporter for kfor tv's chopper 4 watched the horror unfold. >> look at that. it's just like a lawn mower went right through. >> reporter: today we surveyed the damage. >> this was the heart of the search yesterday. >> reporter: its path was eerily reminiscent of that taken by a record-setting tornado that hit here 14 years ago. that twister had speeds of more than 300 miles per hour, damaged more than 8,000 homes and killed at least 36. that 1999 tornado took don bessinger's fence. this one took his home. he rode out the assault in a neighbor's storm shelter. what was it like when you were in there? could you hear it? >> it was loud. everything was banging against the doors and it was the houses breaking apart hitting the door. we thought the door was going to fly off, and the massive debris hit. so we made it to the corner of the storm shelter because we thought the door was going to leave. >> reporter: today homeowners trickled back into destroyed neighborhoods starting with the small pieces, as they confronted the big task of putting their lives ba

if you pull that up, let's go to john welch in chopper 4. you were showing us a tour of this area. you're now again over park towers elementary school where the search continues for what we've been told were 75 students and faculty teachers who may have been in that building when the tornado hit. >> john, it looks like here's the video right now. you might describe what you were witnessing and feeling as you were reporting to us on this gigantic monster. >> john, we're seeing video of the storm right now, one of your shots from earlier. it fills the screen. talk to us about what you saw. >> yeah, i don't have a monitor up here so i can tell you what we're seeing but what i really is we picked up this storm and mike kept saying it's on the ground, it's on the ground but we couldn't really depict it and out of nowhere the rain let up enough that you could actually see the funnel and as soon as we saw the funnel, you know, that was on the west side -- yeah, the west side of i-44 tracking towards moore. it just kept getting bigger and bigger and it was about a quarter mile wide and jus

. >> reporter: kfor helicopter pilot john welch, who captured some of the first images of the twister, took us up for a more complete picture. >> i really don't have words to describe just the feeling, other than just utter shock and how bad this is going to be when they finally decide it's finished. >> reporter: for many, the wreckage felt familiar. this young woman lost her home to the twister that hit back in 1999, and this time, the same devastating loss. >> my dad passed away and it had all of his stuff in there, and it's just gone. and that's not something you can replace. >> reporter: oklahoma's governor toured the disaster scene, promising to rebuild, while president obama pledged federal support, adding that the nation's prayers are with the people of oklahoma. >> our gratitude is with the teachers who gave their all to shield their children and with all of those who, as darkness fell, searched for survivors through the night. >> reporter: but in a storm of this magnitude, not everyone could be saved. seven children at tower plaza elementary were killed. >> as a father of two

but welch wasn't the only one to offer insight to the american people about who john mccarthy really was and what he was really up to the media particularly edward r. murrow is welch's comment to out the senator's dirty and shameful tactics no one familiar with the history of his country can deny that congressional committees are useful it is necessary to investigate before legislating but the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one and the junior senator from wisconsin has stepped over it would be totally. at the time edward r. murrow was one of the most respected and influential names in the entire world of journalism his integrity and his willingness to call out mccarthy's grandstanding have earned him a place of great honor in the history of journalism back to the one nine hundred fifty s. our media was required by law and f.c.c. regulations to perform public service giving us real news story and right up until eighty seven when reagan did away with as a result journalists could tell the truth and not just rehash the talking points handed out by the higher up

john boehner and republican leadership. they're meeting behind closed doors at a party conference. i want to bring in matt welch and dana milbank. let's start with the irs, the inspector general's report blamed ineffective leadership of house ways and means. huge cash of documents because they've got a hearing on friday. matt, what is this administration up against? >> first of all,s there's going to be some very heightened and appropriate scrutiny as to how high up this went. was this just simply a case of incompetence enforcing the laws? republicans are focusing on the it might be politicized, but it might be horrifying if it wasn't. instead of agenda. it seems normal to your irs agent to treat tea party and conservative groups as suspect, that is going to be problematic as well. >> i just got this note in, breaking news, mitch mcconnell on the floor of the senate, the administration needs to make witnesses available to testify in this and any other incident targeting the administration's -- and resist the temptation to stone wall or -- what took place. today, 44 of my republican senate colleagues are joining