getting medical attention to those folks the materialistic things, those are materialistic things. my him can t be replaced. all the things inside my house can. i m not worried about it. i m still positive. i heard my mom s voice. as long as i got that, i ll right. rick: as long as he s got his mom, he s all right. rick reichmuth is live in oklahoma with more. rick. reporter: rick, yeah, the fatality count has gone up to six today as one person in critical condition passed yesterday afternoon, there are still six in critical condition in the hospital and they flew them to amarillo. the damage is extensive, businesses have been destroyed, a big truck there that has been flipped on its side and that was a carpet business, and it s completely gone. at this point, the preliminary estimates from the national weather service are that this was an ef3 tornado. that s winds of around 165 miles an hour. they re going to be out here again today, investigating all of this kind of damage that y
stepped up security in new york and washington, d.c., as authorities investigate a possible al qaeda terror plot tied to the anniversary. desperate hours aboard air force one, circling over america, trying to find a safe place for president bush to land on 9/11. my interview with the pilot of air force one, he flew that critical mission. president obama s new jobs plan, certain to be a hot topic when the republican hopefuls gather here in tampa. for monday night s presidential debate co-hosted by cnn and the tea party express. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. checkpoint searches and an urgent scramble for intelligence. america, once again, faces a terror threat. this time, authorities say they have credible and specific information about a possible al qaeda plot tied to the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. the key focus, washington and new york. our national correspondent susa
also mitt romney s preemptive strike on jobs, the republican unveils his plan days before the president s big speech. this hour political leaders zeroizer zeroing in on issue number one. do any have a plan that will really work? and texas wildfires destroying more than 700 homes in 48 hours. a massive blaze growing closer to the state s capital is growing bigger and more destructive every minute. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. i ve covered dick cheney for many years as a defense secretary and certainly as vice president of the united states. today i found him to be very much the same as i always knew him, steadfast in his views, unapologetic for doing what he believed, and still believes is right. i interviewed cheney here in los angeles earlier today. your biggest regret as it relates to your time in office? i covered 40 years. the eight years you were vice president. i think as a general proposition on the big decisions i think we got it right.
you have. the train coming by and people figuring out people thought it was a major gas release, any types of expressions of what it sounds like when they come through. emergency management for the city of joplin. best of luck as you continue to get on the grown and do your search and rescue and looking frds to hearing more from your news conference later on in the morning. the twin cities took a direct lit from a powerful twister on sunday. northern minneapolis feeling the brunt of it. one person was killed there. 22 others were hurt. entire blocks of homes destroyed there in the twin cities. ambulances lightnining up to victims away. thousands without power. the mayor warning everyone to stay out of the area so emergency crews can do their jobs. as we ve said this has proven to be difficult. rob joins us on set. you know, we ve seen a swarm of an awful lot of destructive weather including records set for tornados. now with today, regardless of what the fatality count is, we r
many ran to seek safer ground, but boy, the devastation is coming to light today. that s right. 12 hours later life has changed in joplin, missouri. a powerful tornado ripped that city apart. the red cross said 75% of the town is virtually gone with reports of at least 30 people killed and dozens more injured. 50,000 people live in the city. no phone service, power lines are down, cars and trucks smashed and flipped. the governor calling out the national guard and declaring a state of emergency this morning. to make matters worse the city s main hospital st. john s medical center where people would have gone to get help suffered extensive damage. witnesses say windows were blown out on some of the top floors. medical records, x-rays and other items scattered nearly 70 miles away. at least 100 patients hadden to transferred to other area hospitals. crews combing through mounds of debris and rubble searching for survivors. brian todd is live at joplin at st. john s. when we