we are waiting right now for an update from oklahoma governor mary falin. after getting a close look at the damage she problem missed the state would spare no resource in recovery here. the governor also paying tribute to the strength of her fellow oklahomance and thanking the first-responders. >> for those who have lost everything and lost their possessions, there are a lot of great oklahoma ans willing to step up and help and ask for help and we're willing to help the people, if you live anywhere you want to live in oklahoma because our people are the most generous. i want to say how much i appreciate all the first-responders, the law enforcement entities, the fire, the police, red cross, salvation army, highway patrol. we called out the national guard. certainly many other emergency services throughout the state. the hospitals that are responding so well to those that have been injured in this terrible storm that has struck our state. martha: so much leadership is required of governors in these kinds of situations and mary falin has been out front since

, and conservative governor and chris christy is welcoming the federal aid -- gwen: oklahoma is mary falin? >> and the democrats say there you go, you republicans complain about the spending, but when you fleed it you want it and don't make apologies. >> although give credit to senator coburn who has against it on sande and is against it for his own 125eu789 but other traditions have gone by the board. >> believe it or not, used to be they would raise the debt ceiling with maybe a little bit of fussing back and forth but it used to be an expected thing. the minority party used to vote to confirm the president's nominees to all kinds of cabinet level positions and supreme court. we're seeing these types of bes -- bipartisan traditions fall by the wayside time and again and i don't see how we are going to go back to be the more friendly, bipartisan kind of congress the gwen: if people are suffering that might be the touchstone the also we don't know what is going to happen with sequestration. >> we're going to see these debates over and over. gwen: yeah. well, thanks, everyone. before we go

so right now i would like to introduce governor mary falin. >> thank you so much, and i just want to thank the media for all that you've done to help our community get information that's critical at a time like this. so thank you so much for helping with the weather and disaster services and being able to help in our search-and-rescue. we appreciate you. it has been a very trying couple of days for the state of oklahoma. it is a sad time for us because we've experienced one of our most horrific storms and disasters that the state has ever faced. yet in the midst of tragedy and loss of life we've also seen the resilience and courage and strength of our people. we will get through this, we will overcome and we will rebuild and we will regain our strength. our hearts and prayers are certainly with those that lost their loved ones. it has been a very, very hard experience, a heartbreaking experience especially the loss of children and the schools themselves and those who haven't been able to find their loved once and are -- ones and are still waiting to hear and we frankly don't even kno

oklahoma governor mary falin, will tour some of the hardest hit areas. among them, the town of shawnee, 30 miles outside of oklahoma city. that community took a direct hit. sayssy stiegel has been on the scene since last night. he joins us live. casey. >> reporter: jon, it is so wild when you see video of those tornados and they drop down out of the sky. they are only on the ground for a few minutes. they can even skip around a little bit. the damage is so random. look right here. this is a mobile home just to my right. you can see that the front portion of it, the facade has actually been ripped away but the structure itself and 10 toward the year rear of it is still standing and it isn't touched f we walk over here i want to show you this spot here. back there was another mobile home and it was entirely lifted off of the concrete foundation and all of this debris scattered right here, this is someone's life. this is a woman's life we have seen combing through it this morning. she has been out here digging through. she is trying to find a picture. she i