wind and rain coming. in there are other people, however, shepard, who say that they heard the sirens, they simply didn t take them seriously. they didn t think that they were specifically meant for them that the tornado was heading in their direction. shepard: it doesn t look like the weather has been any help today, mike. no. you can see the rain is coming down right now. sometimes we have had hail coming down. the only good fortune is that the winds have never gotten really strong. we have also seen a lot of lightning in the sky out here. when that happens, these search and rescue crews, particularly those operating the heavy equipment, they have to stop looking for survivors. they have to stop looking for victims, shep. shepard: mike tobin live for us, joplin, missouri. as we reported here, tornadoes this weekend hit seven different states. take a look at this video of a funnel cloud in rural picket oklahoma. there were no reports of injuries but forecasters say there could b
neighborhoods on the south side of minneapolis. we re told that storm killed at least one person. destroyed more than a dozen homes. left folks in that area terrified. it s a disaster. i never seen anything like it so i really can t describe it? i was in my bathroom and i looked out the window and it was a twist in the sky came flying down the road. the winds lifted this entire tree. i could see all of this stuff right here flying around me. shepard: in neighboring wisconsin, tornadoes reportedly damaged a horse farm, a campground and a number of buildings in the western part of the state. witnesses describing hail the size of oranges. the new tornado watches forecasters keeping a close eye on the skies tonight. janice dean in the extreme weather center this evening. across the heartland ohio river valley and river valley. we have the same risk we could have another severe weather outbreak including the city of joplin, missouri. unfortunately so, watches, we have seven watche
him immunity from prosecution if he stepped down within a month. the united states and other countries keeping a close eye on yemen, the hub of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. here at home the coast guard has reopened part of the mississippi river to boat traffic after three grain barges sank last week. happened friday near baton rouge and forced officials to close a nine mile stretch of the big mississippi. they are now letting some boats cross while they come up with a plan to recover those barges. the mississippi river, of course, a vital shipping route and closing part of it down, even for a day, costs hundreds of millions of dollars. meantime, we re told officials are allowing some people in louisiana to return to their homes but there is still plenty of misery in the deep south. and in the midwest, as we have been reporting devastation after tornadoes hit seven states and killed at least 116 people in the city of joplin, missouri, alone. we will go there for a live update. tha
twister blew right by them. this video is black because there was no power. listen to this. [crying] okay? [roaring] shepard: getting help to those folks who need it has not been easy. raining heavily off and on in joplin today. a number of fires said to be burning and then there are the gas fumes, unstable buildings, downed power lines all over the place. incredible mess. our correspondent kris gutierrez live in job minute missouri tonight. chris, how is it looking? shepard, i could smell gas leaking in a neighborhood just down the street from here where
overhead down preventing new home sales which all depresses home price appreciation. so it really portends another four to five years of flat or even down home market. and since their peak in the summer of 2006, home prices have fallen more than 30%. shep? shepard: peter barnes live on capitol hill. peter, thank you. now pakistan, it s armed with nuclear weapons. so if insurgents take over a military installation there, it s a big deal. fox reports next on a big deal. plus, the sound of a deadly tornado. what happened to the people you heard there in a live report from the center of all in joplin, missouri, as the fox report rolls on.