court decided the recount would not continue. it was over and bush had won. news that would soon reach republican headquarters in hall hassy. we got a heads up call about ten minutes beforehand that said the opinion is coming. watch your fax machine. fax machine? fax. . i got a call from austin from governor bush. and i answered the call and said congratulations, mr. president elect. we gathered everybody together. to the next president of the united states. everybody fought really hard. they had done an inkrezble job with an incredible setting. and precisely the outcome we had hoped for. you re still emotional. i m still emotional, sure. it was just moments of pure of pure joy. or devastation if you worked for al gore. i got on the phone with vice
in on the republican cd candidates who want to be president. announcer: from cnn world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. we start now with the devastation across the midwest and the south. these are the scenes people are waking up to today. debris now sits where their homes once stood. at least 31 people are dead. a series of tornados are being blamed for the destruction. there are emergency declarations in place in indiana and kentucky. national guard troops have also been deployed there. before we take you live to indiana for the latest there, i want to show you now an amazing piece of video. it comes from west liberty, kentucky, shot just as the tornado was forming over the town. now, listen very closely to the desperate prayers from one woman as she pleased for her safety. take yourself away from our home. the prayers were answered. she did come through that s