and welcome to american morning. it is friday, may 27th. the beginning of a long holiday weekend for many in this country. that s right. hopefully the beginning of some nice, calm, summer weather which we have not seen. we haven t seen. it s not going to be a great weekend for those in joplin, missouri. the search for the missing there continues. the state officials are releasing a list of 232 people who are still unaccounted for, a list they concede may not be entirely accurate. the death toll right now stands at 126. we re getting a look at some dramatic new video when just after the tornado struck. watch as aaron cox and his fiancee brook mckinsey watson race to find aaron s sister amid the destruction. let s take a look. look at this. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh, aaron. oh, my gosh. right through here. i don t know i don t know where we are. i don t know. i don t know where to go. we have to keep going this way. don t step on any of this. c
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the source says he has been moved to this luxury townhouse that recently rented for $60,000 per month. new unemployment numbers, 424,000 americans filed for jobless benefits for the first time. an increase in 10,000. in joplin, missouri, the heartbreak builds and the uncertainty grows unbearable. officials will release a list of people still missing from the tornado zone. many families are now entering a fourth day of agonizing questions and exhaustive searches. he still hasn t been found. we have been to every place, missing persons to the morgue and there back to here. we can t just stand by anymore and wait. i just want closure. i just want to know something, you know. i don t want to go back home hours away from here and not know where my father is. i have another son and a daughter to take care of. we need to have some closure one way or the other, to be able to move on. can you just imagine? cnn s jackie jair rest is in joplin. there is a lot to go through
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it is tuesday, may 24th. we re getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we re talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. good morning. what are you seeing there? good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it s a good morning in joplin. it simply isn t. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let s begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that he will be coming here. he will be visiting joplin this sunday as soon as he gets back from his european trip. the president says he wants the folks here to know the government will do absolutely everything they can to make sure that there s recovery here. 30% of joplin is gone. it s decimated. right now hundreds of police, fire fighters, national guardsmen, other volunteers are searching for survi