this was hit by as many as 16 tornadoes across north texas and six people died in this community alone from the storm. the rest are already thinking about what is next. nick valencia is in granbury, texas, this morning. i know the people have been kept out of that area up to this point. are they now being allowed back into their homes? reporter: when i spoke to the hood county sheriff he said the plan was to start letting people back in at 8:00 a.m. local, that s about an hour away from now. if you look behind me the road is blocked, one of two ways to get into and out of the community. some have little, if anything at all to go back to. debris is everywhere. everybody was trying to find a way out. reporter: even though his family lost their home and nearly all of their possessions francisco gomes says he was one
request assistance from the president but he s confident residents will get much needed support. i m pretty sure we ll get the help we need. it just won t be the same. reporter: and it will be a bittersweet homecoming for so many like gomes. it s going to take a among time for them to put together their lives again. nick, the governor says it s too early to request federal assistance. is he giving any time line on when that fema assistance will start to come in? reporter: we asked the governor that yesterday at a press conference he had, the media was given a tour of the ranchos brazos neighborhood. it was obliterated, wiped off the map. he didn t give a time line when or if we d see federal assistance coming into fwranberry. he s certain president obama is watching the developments in granbury and expecting to hear more about assistance but the hood county sheriff s office says they re doing as much as they can.
about the disgraced superstar. good morning. it is saturday, may 18th. i m victor blackwell. and i m poppy harlow. thank you for starting your saturday with us. it is 8:00 on the east coast. we ll start with the collision between two commuter trains in connecticut. people were tossed over seats. one man says immediately the lights went out in his car as the two trains slammed into each other. now it s time for investigators to get a closer look. cnn national correspondent susan candiotti joins me on the phone. we just had a conversation with the chairman of the national transportation safety board. she said there was one representative who left d.c. last night, more are on their way there now. what can you add for us, susan? reporter: of course the key question as i m sure she indicated, how did it happen? you have the two commuter trains carrying about 250 people in all, one heading to new york city, one the opposite direction. the northbound train derails plowing ne
number. o.j. versus his former lawyer, simpson former attorney in court friday not to defend o.j. wait until you hear what he said about the disgraced superstar. good morning. it is saturday, may 18th. i m victor blackwell. and i m poppy harlow. thank you for starting your saturday with us. it is 8:00 on the east coast. we ll start with the collision between two commuter trains in connecticut. people were tossed over seats. one man says immediately the lights went out in his car as the two trains slammed into each other. now it s time for investigators to get a closer look. cnn national correspondent susan candiotti joins me on the phone. we just had a conversation with the chairman of the national transportation safety board. she said there was one representative who left d.c. last night, more are on their way there now. what can you add for us, susan? reporter: of course the key question as i m sure she indicated, how did it happen? you have the two commuter train