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[ sighs ] [ flo speaking japanese ] [ shouting in japanese ] we work wherever you work. now, that's progressive. call or click today. live from atlanta, this is "cnn saturday morning." it is may 25th. i'm poppy harlow. let's take you to moore, oklahoma. people there are spending this holiday weekend just trying to dig out from the rubble of that tragic tornado. some are also looking ahead and others are saying the absolute hardest good-bye. another disaster torn area struggles to recover. the effects of superstorm sandy still lingering as summer approaches. a shocking story of an 18-year-old girl facing charges for her sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl. her response to a possible plea deal, that's next. moore, oklahoma, is a town of very, very mixed emotions today. some happiness as high schoolers graduate. they get their diplomas today but sadness as children lost too soon are laid to rest. seniors from one of moore's three high schools are graduating. there will be two more ceremonies later today. also today, three funerals are held for victims of the tornado. two of those victims are 9-year-old children who were in the plaza towers elementary school and also a 45-year-old woman. for many, it's another day cleaning up, digging through the rubble. >> reporter: brick after brick, this woman digs through wood beams, twisted metal and cement. the tornado flattened her home of five years. >> when people say it sounded like a train, that doesn't even do it justice. you can hear it. >> reporter: she rode it out in this shelter and when the tornado passed, it left her homeless and full of doubt. doubt she could possibly recover from this. >> i don't know what to do first. i don't know where to start. i don't know where i'll end up. >> reporter: under all of this rubble, she just cares about one thing. digging with the hope of preserving the memories of her six late brothers. >> all of my pictures. they're gone. my pictures are gone. oh well. >> reporter: why are those pictures so important? >> it's a all i have left. they're all gone. it's all i had left of them. >> reporter: strangers took the day off from work to help. this is what recovery looks like in moore, oklahoma. >> we just want to do the best we can so these people can recover and stay oklahoma strong. >> reporter: after hours of digging -- >> this was taken at my mom's funeral. >> reporter: a photo of four of her six late brothers. she hopes to find more. >> there's nothing i can tell you. this is all i can do. >> god bless you. >> i'm going to take her smile with me home and feel really good about it. i don't know her name. i noent what address we're at. i don't know where we're at. we're in the eye of the storm and we're in the eye of the recovery. >> reporter: you know, talk about the eye of the recovery, we're standing right in the middle of it right now. this is very much what you see every single morning around this time is homeowners, volunteers, construction crews, they all descend on these neighborhoods. you see a pile of debris behind me. you'll see several piles just like this down the block as these families try to clean up all of this debris and really start to get their lives back together again. looking at this and looking at what you see in the distance here, it's clear a long, long road for the folks here in moore, oklahoma. poppy? >> thank you so much for the reporting. appreciate it. we are now hearing some of the first 911 calls that came just after the tornado struck. the sound is chilling. people desperate for help. first responders overwhelmed by the calls for help. listen. >> there's people down. we're stuck under rubble. my leg -- >> we have a car. we'll get them out there as soon as we can. >> please hurry. >> we have a day care full of babies. we need help bad. we need help bad. we got a day care that just got cremated. >> moore, 911. where's your emergency. >> we can't get out. >> are you injured? >> we just can't breathe. >> 24 people died in that tornado and we're going to have much more on the recovery in moore throughout the day. tonight, also, an anderson cooper special from moore, oklahoma. we'll take an up close look at the storm chasers that risk their lives alerting others about this disastrous tornado. storm hunters in the path of disaster at 7:00 eastern tonight only on cnn. meantime, defense secretary chuck hagel told west point graduates they must be the generation of leaders that stops sexual assault in the military. he spoke bluntly. this was just this morning at west point saying these crimes have no place in the greatest military on earth. hagel talking directly to the cadets say they cannot fail the men and women they will lead saying it is a crime and worse. listen. >> sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military are a profound betrayal. a profound betrayal of sacred oaths and sacred trusts. we're all accountable and spnsabspn responsible to make sthure this happens. we cannot fail america or the military. >> there are 19,000 sexual assaults in the military every year and many are never reported. an 18 year old in florida turned down a plea deal that would have labeled her a sex offender. katelynn hunt faces two battery charges for having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend. >> authorities say this is a sexual predator. >> scared of losing my life and not being able to go to college and be with my sisters and my family. >> 18-year-old katelyn hunt is defending herself against charges she sexually assaulted a child except that child is hunt's high school classmate, a freshman. age, 14. >> to hold someone accountable for a felony for having a relationship with a peer seems outrageous to me. >> reporter: it's not just the law that seems outrageous to the family but the punishment. katelyn hunt is facing 15 years in jail and a lifetime labeled as a sexual predator. she turned down a plea for house arrest and probation because it would be two felonies on her record. >> her life has been destroyed already. >> the parents of the younger girl say hunt knew the relationship was not appropriate. >> we had actually told ms. hunt that this was wrong. >> court documents show police believe based on a facebook message "she knows she's 18 and there can be consequences for their relationship." >> we had no alternative to turn to the law as a last resort. >> the sheriff of the small town near vero beach say this is not about anyone's sexual orientation. in florida a 14 year old can't consent to sex. >> we've had cases in the past where we have had same-sex similar circumstances. albeit some of the evidence may not have been as intriguing i guess. we've also obviously had 18-year-old males with a relationship with 14-year-old females. >> reporter: her family believes the younger girl's parents wouldn't be upset if katelyn was a boy. >> we would not be here if the parents were not dating. >> reporter: a claim the other family rejects. >> reporter: hunt will have the backing of the aclu. i do think it's a shame that this case wouldn't be settled in some other way. now that katelyn hunt rejected that plea bargain, what she's risking is trial where she could be convicted and if she is, she's facing 15 years and a lifetime labeled as a sexual predator. our thanks for that. fredricka whitfield is going to get into the legal aspects of this case with two attorneys next hour here in the "newsroom." >> new york city has seen a fast rise, a very scary rise in hate crimes against gay men this year in a city with one of the world's largest gay populations. mark carson was shot to death after being taunted for being gay. it's one of more than 20 crimes like this this year alone in new york. we are joined live from new york this morning. thank you for joining us on this story. it's incredibly troubling. i live right there in new york city and hearing about this it's happening far too frequently. what is the latest and what are people there doing, what are they telling you they are doing to protect themselves? >> people here are vigilant in the wake of the anti-gay hate crimes we've seen. we've seen the most tragic which was 32 year old mark carson shot in the face a week ago simply for being gay. we've also seen a lot of community outreach programs coming in this area handing out flyers and letting people know this is what you can do to stay safe. i did actually speak with one couple yesterday and they did let me know that they have changed their outlook on life and what they're doing on a daily basis because of these crimes. here's what they had to say. >> we're much more alert and probably a little more aggressive and defensive new yorkers now because we figure, you know what, you have to protect yourself. you have to really stand up for yourself. you can't just let these idiots come into your neighborhood and beat you up. you have to fight back. >> reporter: also that couple also say they're now carrying around mace with them because of the spike in hate crimes and that they now refuse to go out alone. you have to remember this is the west village where same-sex couples are used to walking around holding hands and now that couple feels like they can't do that anymore. poppy? >> are police taking extra measures to try to keep people safe especially there and are they saying why this is happening? >> reporter: police have set up more posts in the west village in the wake of the recent spikes as well. as i mentioned, the community is really trying to take this into their own hands and set up hotlines. one community outreach program saying on average their lines ring once every three hours with people who feel like they've been victimized because of their sexual orientation. i also want to mention the school's chancellor is doing something. he's setting up emergency lessons on hate crimes in new york city schools to prevent this from happening to younger people as well. poppy? >> thank you very much. very disturbing. thank you for following it for us. appreciate it. coming up, i'll have the latest for you on the attack in london. that brutal attack and how the british equivalent of the secret service may have actually tried to recruit one of the suspects to work for them. also, the jodi arias trial far from over after jurors fail to decide whether she will be sentenced to life or the death penalty. we'll tell you what is next for her coming up. eed complete and balanced meals with 23 vitamins and minerals. purina dog chow. help keep him strong. dog chow strong.
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