0 we re going to continue our live coverage from moore, oklahoma. if you look at the screen, it looks as though a bomb exploded. this is the tornado that went through this afternoon. people are climbing over the debris trying to look for loved ones, anything that they can salvage from the wreckage as we ve been covering from our local affiliate there, two different schools in the moore area that they have been trying to as ser stain whether or not the students inside that building were safe. again, they were trapped in the school when a new tornado was reported earlier today and another one reported that we re watching. right now there s a frantic search for survivors as the massive storm came through today disturbing neighborhoods. the town of moore, oklahoma, the worst that we ve seen so far. a reporter was at one of the damaged schools and had this report a moment ago. take a look. wire going to get that sound. these dazed survivors are walking through the rubble hoping to find fami
0 rescue effort only just beginning in schools and homes and businesses that are completely gone. and for so many of these people, the hard work is only just beginning. wolf blitzer is in the situation room with continuing coverage. i m jake tapper, and this has been the lead. mr. blitzer? jake, thanks very much. we re following the breaking news. indeed, a massive twister ripping through the oklahoma city area, spotters on the ground have described it, get this, as two miles wide. and the first images are showing catastrophic damage. it s almost unbelievable what we re seeing right now. block after block after block of homes destroyed shocked residents hugging each other in the streets. you re looking at live pictures right now. schools described as completely gone. this is an area with a significant population. oklahoma city is a city of more than 600,000 in the greater metropolitan area. hundreds of thousands more,s and this tornado ripping through that area. only moments ago.