We begin with news now in yemen and moroccos news agency is reporting that a fighter jet has gone missing. F16 similar to the one here was hit but it didnt say by what. Its not known if the pilot ejected or not. Morocco led the alliance of saudi arabia by lending six jets. Small sign of diplomatic progress as Hashem Ahelbarra reports. Reporter its the first time the Saudi Led Coalition has targeted yemens former president , ali abdullah saleh. The former saudi ally was unharmed in the attack, and remains defiant. Translator you should continue carrying your arms. Ready to sacrifice your lives in defense against these belligerent attacks. I can describe this aggression as an act of cowards. If you are brave enough come and face us at the battlefield. Come and we will be at your reception. Shelling us will not enable you to achieve any of your goal. This is the moment the location was struck by coalition jets, to prevent the landing of air crafts carrying aid. The Saudi Led Coalition has
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. we got new numbers today on the devastation in oklahoma, and they are every bit as numbing as the pictures we ve been showing you since the tornado on monday. the mayor of oklahoma city said today as many as 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed and 33,000 people have been affected. the mayor says the damage total could top $2 billion. the state medical examiner tells us there were 24 deaths; two of them were infants, four months old and seven months old. most of the children who died were in schools, and today parents are asking why those schools don t have shelters. here s elaine quijano. reporter: so this is where you rode out the storm? it is. reporter: helen grant rode out the tornado in her neighbor s underground shelter in moore. she thought her two daughters were also in a shelter at their nearby elementary school. instead, they huddled in a bathroom. really upset. i know there are shel
destroyed and 33,000 people have been affected. the mayor says the damage total could top $2 billion. the state medical examiner tells us there were 24 deaths, two of them were infants four months old and seven months old. most of the children who died were this schools, and today parents are asking why those schools don t have shelters. here s elaine quijano. reporter: this is where you road out the storm? it is. reporter: helen grant road out the tornado in her neighbor s underground shelter in moore. she thought her two daughters were also in a shelter at their nearby elementary school. instead, they huddled in a bathroom. really upset. i know there are shelters in some of the schools and the fact that there weren t shelters in the other schools shows there s a disparity. reporter: eight children were killed monday when the tornado destroyed two schools. neither had a shelter. there is no state law in oklahoma requiring schools to have safe rooms or tornado shel
a disparity. reporter: eight children were killed monday when the tornado destroyed two schools. neither had a shelter. there is no state law in oklahoma requiring schools to have safe rooms or tornado shelters, despite the increased risk of tornadoes. albert ashwood, oklahoma s director of emergency management, says the state has built safe rooms in about 100 schools but it s costly. most of these projects have been anywhere between $600,000 to a million dollars and they ve usually all been applied to brand-new construction of new schools. i don t think you can put a price on human life and even if the storm doesn t hit your town in the next 20 years, you re making an investment in the children of the future. right now many children in oklahoma schools are instructed to take cover in bathrooms or hallways. but according to the state s own insurance commissioner, john doak, hallways can t protect against the strongest storms. it s not a safe place enough for kids in