so an incredible situation unfolding in joplin, missouri. unfortunately, it s very reminiscent of what happened a few weeks ago in northern alabama. absolutely. to our viewers, here is the reality of it. 24 fatalities reported so far. widespread damage across the country from a tornado touching down. they don t know how many fatalities, how many injuries in all of this. people there being called the walking wounded. as jackie said, evacuating a hospital. they set up mobile facility. missouri department of transportation is saying i-44 is closed down because of damage. and here is what we re hearing from the governor of missouri. jay nixon. he said significant law enforcement assets and the national guard are now being deployed, now being deployed. and so we re going to try to get all of those people on the ground. when you hear the national guard being deployed, chad myers, our meteorologist who is joining us by phone, you know this is big trouble. well, you just don t ha
and then just a short time ago, a storm chaser, his name is steve polly, caught out in the middle of this driving on the interstate. he said he didn t think he was going to make it. he said it was touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. yes, it is. north kansas. that s where we want to get. all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist, joins us now. jacqui, some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this tornado that touched down, and they are saying there s widespread damage across the city s south side. that s right, don. it was just an incredible tornado that touched down just before 6:00 local time there. a multi-vortex tornado touched down in downtown joplin and just stripped a path of destruction through the city. there are many buildings which have been damaged. homes have been flattened. trees have been broken off and stripped from their bark, and unfortunately, we re concerned
the run since he wasn t on the run, he s missing since friday. the 20-inch egyptian cobra has venom strong enough to kill a human but then zoo insists it s probably hiding out somewhere. nbc s peter alexander live in new york city at the bronx zoo. incredib incredible. if the cobra get hungry, that cobra will venture out. reporter: it s safe to say, it s not on the run, maybe on the slither, at least for the last five day flouz. they believe it is locked inside a safe, nonpublic area of the reptile house. easy to say, not comfortable to hear. they have locked off that area, so it s closed to the public. in a dark, warm space, they say. when it gets hungry and thirsty, that s when they hope to catch it. this story has evolved. darwin would be proud, the snake story has grown legs. it s online all over the place with someone tweeting as the bronx zoo s cobra, 55,000
and what we re seeing right now out of egypt. let me just show you some of the tweets that are coming out. even though the internet has effectively been shut down across egypt since yesterday we have video that came out from the hotel walking through the streets. you can see demonstrators. look like to be of all ages. could be thousands walking through going there through the square. this is someone tweeting. i hear the biggest crowd ever is going through tahrir square. p.j crowley with protesters on the streets, we remain concerned for the safety of everyone.
donald trump. [ making noises ] oh my gosh, good morning. it s never-ending, you could watch that for quite some time. that s how he describes someone tweeting. that s twitter. get ready for saturday night live. he s hosting. this man does not look presidential. or he s changing the way presidential looks. good morning, it s thursday, november 5th, welcome to morning joe. great day to have you all on. we re going to talk about the book and things in there that are quite interesting and