day weekend. the unofficial start of the barbecue season to prepare for the grilling ahead i took a trip to see the dean brothers. they re nice guys. new cookbook called get fired up about grilling, tailgating food, outdoor food, take a look at the result. most cooking shows, most cookbooks are too fancy for me. i have surrounded myself with the dean brothers, jamie and bobby. these guys, sons of the legendary paula taken. we will be making food. these are bad dogs, but you know what, we can t get there yet. we have to make some good dogs with bobby and pasta because i need my food groups in here. you will prepare the pasta. you are. i know your culinary background so i have a job for you. would you take this pasta and put in that pot. that s all i got to do? that s about 98% success right there. i m going to leave you to that for a few minutes. you re done. go over and make good dogs. not off to a bad start.
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