is to say i ll pull out all 30,000 by the fall of 2012 and leave the timetable up to the commanders in the field. and that is, i think, going to frustrate people who wab nt to e more decisive. isn t that drum beat you ve heard from the people in the press to the president s own party and the people on capitol hill, he can t take 5,000 troops out. the drum beat will get louder. coming up, former advisor, dr. brzez eensk ix. first, to bill karins with a check on the forecast. summer winds up at 6:15 p.m. east coast today. a bigtime thunderstorm for the dallas-ft. worth area. if you re the dallas area, especially downtown dallas, give yourself another 20 minutes and then head outside after the storms are over with. as far as the northeast, we re
in the state of oklahoma. some of them probably going to be on the high end, stronger than ef-3, and several tracks that we did have, large damage very damaging tornadoes, is they re very large. i filmed a mile-wide tornado coming across i-40 west of oklahoma city about 30 miles, and luckily that stayed just west of oklahoma city and stayed out of the heart of the city, which is very, very fortunate today. well, jeff, i mean, stay safe down there. i know you re doing a very dangerous job, a very valuable job, you get great research information from this storm chasing. we ll come back to you throughout the hour if and when you have any news for us. i m going to go now to sam champion, who s been monitoring what s happening in joplin. there s a new warning of a potential second tornado that may well hit joplin. sam, what s the latest? reporter: good evening, piers. the tension in joplin is just incredible, because we are all watching this line of storms develop from dallas-ft. wort
got to go. a woman in a passenger seat crying as the driver races away from the monster cloud. in dallas, clouds and hail the size of tennis balls rock the dallas-ft. worth areas last night. airlines canceled flights at dfw and the storm moved into western arkansas bringing a tornado that killed four and tore apart neighborhoods. more on the incredible twisters with destruction from missouri, and first to oklahoma, suburban oklahoma city, chris, what is it like? chris: well, we should point out multiple tornadoes left a path of destruction in the state of oklahoma, 50 miles long. canadian county, where i am today was hit hard, you can see homes throughout this street have been leveled. the death toll in oklahoma unfortunately could climb, shep, because authorities are looking for a toddler ripped from the
than ef-3, and several tracks that we did have, large damage very damaging tornadoes, is they re very large. i filmed a mile-wide tornado coming across i-40 west of oklahoma city about 30 miles, and luckily that stayed just west of oklahoma city and stayed out of the heart of the city, which is very, very fortunate today. well, jeff, i mean, stay safe down there. i know you re doing a very dangerous job, a very valuable job, you get great research information from this storm chasing. we ll come back to you throughout the hour if and when you have any news for us. i m going to go now to sam champion, who s been monitoring what s happening in joplin. there s a new warning of a potential second tornado that may well hit joplin. sam, what s the latest? reporter: good evening, piers. the tension in joplin is just incredible, because we are all watching this line of storms develop from dallas-ft. worth, all the way through oklahoma city. tulsa s involved in this as well, as you guys we
barely getting out alive. i ve never taken any of the warnings seriously, but something snapped and i put pillows and blankets in the bathroom. we were just praying and screaming. and it was very loud, and it all happened so fast. terrifying moments that changed their lives forever. it s indescribable. i don t know what to say other than that. i ve never seen anything like it. what happens now? we re going to stay there until every home is repaired, until every neighborhood is rebuilt, until every business is back on its feet. and were more storms threatening tonight, is the city safe? if you were hear and a tornado comes through, there s no place to go. no place to hide now. i ll ask the world s leading tornado expert how you can protect yourself. this is piers morgan tonight. we begin tonight with the latest breaking news. a tornado emergency near oklahoma city, the national weather service warns anyone in the area to take precautions immediately. callin