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think of what is important in life. we ll be there for the long haul. one of the things i saw in oklahoma city after the federal building was bombed, we came back stronger as a people and we dug in and had the inner courage and strength and actually came back strong. governor, we wish you all of the best. i know the oklahoma spirit will thrive and you will be back stronger than ever. oklahoma spirit, we are really proud of it. absolutely, thank you, governor. thank you, appreciate you. and we ll have more from oklahoma. we ll go live to moore for the impact on the plaza tower elementary school. teachers recall the moments, all of that is coming up at 19 minutes past the hour.
american people safe and execute on the role of the justice department and all of the security agencies. all right. ladies, thank you for joining us in your perspective. it is a story we will watch closely. thank you. in god s name go away. i said it four times. and then it was gone. those words from the principal of the plaza towers elementary school talking about the moment of impact. we ll go back to oklahoma for a live report. and here are the teachers after the break. did you know that the irs, yes the internal rev now agencies the government agency in charge of implementing obama care? we ll talk to bill shufter who wants to put the brakes on that effort. don t miss jr martinez who is
seven children from plaza tower were killed in that site. the school teachers are sharing what it was like when the storm hit. in moore, people are trying to put their lives back together. absolutely, authorities said they should take advantage of the three- day holiday weekend and help people to sift through the debris. they are doing that now. teens of volunteers have come out here on ridge way drive and helping people gather what is left. saucepans and flatware that managed to surverify. and what will be tossed out on another pile. and the losses of things of
so many people wondering why did the schools, including plaza towers, not have a safe room. we now know it s because the school simply did not have the funds. steve: also this morning, we re getting a fresh new look at what an ef-5 tornado can do. look at that. for more we turn to anna kooiman who is live on the scene in moore this morning. good morning to you, good morning to everybody at home. the sheer strength of an ef-5 tornado demonstrated right here. these cars you see, these are trucks and s.u.v. s like this red one have been chewed up and spit out by the tornado that came through. unbelievable. this area of moore is actually a new area, rebuilt after the infamous may 3, 1999, tornado. over here we re told a post office was somewhere in this vicinity, a bowling alley. i want you to take a look at a before picture, before