maryland countryside when he saw a small tornado form and he went chasing after it on his horse. riding beside it. and according to one of his letters, he was lashing at it with his riding prop while doing it. that shows that from the beginning, people when they ve seen tornadoes have been irresistibly drawn to chase them. this is a long-standing thing. all right, lee. thank you so much for those insights. as the recovery in oklahoma continues, resident are finding strength from other survivors two years ago today another ef-5 tornado hit the town of joplin, missouri. 158 people died. 8,000 homes and businesses destroyed, including the local high school. now, two years later, 84% of those homes have been rebuilt or are under construction. 90% the town s businesses are up and running. joplin first responders are in moore helping recovery kg, giving the same kindness and outreach and help others gave
other students and to friends. ravi will serve three years probation and pay $10,000 toward a program to help victims of hate crimes. for the first time ever, a commercial rocket is heading to the international space station. the spacex dragon capsule loaded with supplies successfully blasted off from cape canaveral in florida just a couple of hours ago. its planned launch was scrub the over the weekend because of a bad engine valve part of a new era for nasa leaning on the private sector to take over orbital trips now that the shuttle fleet has been retired. a beautiful liftoff in florida just a couple of hours ago. finally the town of joplin is marking the anniversary of last year s tornado that killed 161 people and leveled most of the town. president obama met yesterday with survivors of the disaster. speaking at the commencement ceremony for the high school s graduating class. as you take on the roles of co-worker and business owner,
outfront tonight, breaking news in the midwest. death and destruction, more severe weather tonight, a series of tornados ripped through five states starting very, very early this morning. leaving a path of devastation in their wake. here is what we know at this moment. at least nine people so far confirmed dead. 100 are injured. more than 300 homes have been damaged or destroyed today and twisters touched down in kansas, missouri, illinois, indiana and kentucky. harrisburg, illinois was one of the hardest hit. the tornado hit just before 5:00 a.m. this morning. the mayor says despite the loss of life and property, his town will endure and he is outfront tonight. those images are stunning and disturbing. can you tell me when you found out about this? what you heard this morning when you woke up to this. well, actually this morning as the alarm was going off, sirens were going off about ten to 5:00, i woke up, got my family up. i went outside an was trying to assess where
get help paying for what medicare doesn t. and save up to thousands of dollars. call this toll-free number now. jenna: at the newsroom and from our control room starting off with syria, syria s deadly crack town on protestors is raging on today with troubles detaining activists. hillary clinton has a response to this violence. we ll keep you updated on the situation. british police are charging one thousand people in connection with the london riots. tougher sentences are being handed out. two men getting four years behind bars for organizing the violent protests. the new school year that is beginning in the tornado-ravaged city of joplin. students are holding classes inside a store. rick: retail eastern inks a big
this is along the i-90 mass turnpike. still tornado spread potentially later on down around raleigh. then we have this across parts of the central parts of the country again, shep. tornado warning with this cell that you see pop up right here in towards kansas and this is going to be in effect until the middle of the morning hours. people in the plains as well need to watch, this shep. shepard: rick, thanks. brand new video of the same storm springfield mass just as it was forming. this just came into our newsroom literally seconds ago. can you tell somebody shot the video through the window there which is the reason you get that weirdness. gives you a sense of the size of the funnel cloud. and zeal more updates on this storm as it works away across the east coast throughout this newscast. well, officials in missouri say that they have finally tracked down everyone who was unaccounted for after last week s devastating tornado in the city of joplin. the state highway patrol led the ef