sign from freeman hospital, that is where a lot of the people were transferred out of st. john s into that hospital. 400 being treated there or have been treated there for injuries ranging from minor to more severe. i m glad you made it out. it must be terrifying especially being with your friend s daughter 6 years old hoping you could keep hold of her. thanks for sharing your pictures. jamie green, photo journalist from the wichita eagle. rob marciano joins us now. we ve been talking about tornadoes all spring. this is just, we hope it s a period on the sentence of a horrible spring, but still trying to figure out the extent of the damage there. early similar to what went down in tuscaloosa and other parts of alabama and mississippi and georgia. the only hope i have here that it may be different is that the storms that rolled through the tuscaloosa area, came during kind of a blackout. they had earlier storms that morning and a lot didn t hear the warning. so, you know, hopefu
them and we ve been able to get them in here. we have over 40 agencies that have responded from kansas, oklahoma, arkansas and missouri with about 410 personnel in those 40 agencies. can you tell us about the injuries, the scope of the injuries at this point, and where you re sending people? we know your hospital took a direct hit. yes. the main hospital, st. john s did. we have freeman hospital across the way. we don t have a definitive count yet as far as fatalities we re working on that number and hope to have something later for the news conference. freeman hospital has reported they treated over 400 people just for injuries. wow. 400 people for injuries and as we understand that s right next across the street at least. they re across the street south of me. the american red cross spokesperson said 75% of the town is gone. you say that s a high estimate. if you had to sort of just taking a look at what you ve seen what do you think in terms of how much damage for the to
anymore. we will be having folks go through that both with st. john s and our local building experts to evaluate that structure before we do attempt or even consider reoccupying it. the other hospital in town, about six blocks from here, my understanding is, untouched. so it is in good shape. do you have a number yet or anybody put a number on the estimate of number of injured? no. there s no way to know that right now. [ inaudible ]. it s ranging from everything from minor cuts and bruises, of course, to several fatalities. what s the very next step in is it clearing, focusing on search and rescue? what s the very next? i think right now our first, you know, effort has to be towards that search and rescue and accounting for all of those folks which are missing or still out there. after that, you know, in a couple days we ll start looking
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you know, to get fired up and go out there and beat president obama next year. that might be his biggest problem. his staff is trying to tell people, if you re looking for sort of a fresh face, a guy who checks all the conservative boxes tim pawlenty is your guy. unfortunately what you have right now on the republican side is a lot of folks inside the gop looking for that flavor of the month, looking for the fresh face. that s why you have john hunts manl attracting media attention over the weekend. he meets with george and barbara bush later today. he s going to have lunch with them. he s looking to capture the bush mantle that mitch daniels might have had had he got noon this race. he was the budget director for george w. bush. a lot of the bushes are sort of looking for a fresh face and a new candidate and huntsman may be that guy. tim pawlenty is trying to say hey, wait a minute, look at me over here, i m the real deal. but we have to wait and see if republicans agree, guys. jim