hospital. they had triage centers set up throughout town and it s still at some places a rescue operation. there was a report this morning that someone thought they heard the voice of a small child inside a wal-mart store that was devastated. it is a heartbreaking situation here in joplin. brian, back to you. all right, jeff. thank you very much. we ll keep you updated there as the sun comes up, we ll find out more. steve, molly? meanwhile, brian, president obama has landed in ireland about 90 minutes go for the start of his european tour where he ll be meeting with political leaders to discuss ways that the united states can help ireland with that big debt. massive debt. with the debt standing here at $14.3 trillion, can we afford to bail out these failing countries? let s ask stuart varney, host of varney & company on the fox business network. can we afford this? we know ireland is in big trouble but we re in trouble, too. we don t realize how much trouble all of europe i
up. parts of the midwest thin a shambles this morning after devastating tornadoes tear through the midwest. joplin, missouri, two dozen are dead. that s where jeff barnthal is right now and he s live. jeff? yeah, brian, just a heartbreaking situation here. we re in one of the neighborhoods, many neighborhoods that were hit hard right next to this house was a three car garage. it is now gone. the house itself, the roof blown off. the couple living here with their 5-year-old child were huddled in in their basement. you can see an opening. that s where they were when this tornado came through last night around 6:00. some of the damage you can still see in the trees up near the tree tops here as the wind whipped through here. a number of other areas hit include businesses and also a major hospital hit, some 100 patients had to be transported from the hospital, st. john s here in joplin to another area