just crying. so that s why they have to move slower than others would like. absolutely. there are raw emotions. asking people to get back, he was tearing up as he was confronted by a father who was upset that they were not doing more. it s traumatic for everybody. they are doing everything in their power to get these kids and faculty members out of this debris. lance, we hate to deal with numbers but parents who are watching need to hear these numbers. the numbers tell the story. when we talked to you about an hour ago, 30 minutes ago, you said that 75 students were believed to be in the school at the time the twister hit. is that still the case? reporter: that is the last count that we have. in this particular part of the school, and the only area of the school that they are searching in right now, the south portion of the school, i was told that there were 75 kids who took refuge in that hallway which has
where students have taken refuge in the hallways. they were able to confirm that the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students were taken to a local church. the biggest concern is for the k through 3. sobbing parents have been seen coming to the site of the school searching for their loved ones. the reporter on the scene said that a teacher, a sixth grade teacher had taken some students into the bathroom and jumped over top of them as the storm went across. all those students are okay. right now the south portion of the school, where they believe some of the students had taken refuge from the storm, is where the main concentration of the storm goes on, to look for those students and safely return those students. this could be the worst tornado in history, certainly for the state of oklahoma. joining me by phone is a red
he s going on an energy tour to calm national nerves about gas prices, also through a growth strategy. laying out his plan to expedite building on the southern leg, that s just the one portion t south portion of the keystone pipeline. a new executive order will speed up vital infrastructure projects. he s also reminding americans he s focused on today s fuel concerns. you have my word that we will keep drilling everywhere we can and we ll do it while protecting the health and safety of the american people over the last 36 years, there s been no connection between the amount of oil that we drill in this country and the price of gasoline. there s no connection. and the reason is, that we have got a worldwide oil market. nbc s correspondent mike v k
this morning. they re warning of deadly consequences in retaliation for what they re calling psychological warfare. the north has journalists touring the south portion of the buffer zone. between the two countries are preparing a smear campaign. this comes as divers are set to search the wreck of the south korean military ship that sank saturday near north korea after an unexplained explosion. 46 crew men may still be on board. four u.s. navy ships are helping out. meanwhile, passover begins tonight at sundown as new clashes over settlements in east jerusalem leave two israeli soldiers and two palestinian militants dead. it is the most violent clash on the israeli-gaza border since israelened an offensesive there a little over a year ago. this as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells his cabinet that israel and the united states can still work out their differences over the continued construction of settlements. the female star of tv s law & order criminal intent has to
okeechobee. you can see here, this red indicating intense showers, possibly hail associated with this. as we make our way into the overnight hours, the threat is going to shift now. this is going to be eventually coming to an end as we get later into the night. this will be moving offshore. now we re watching this. this is the next round which will be moving throughout parts of the south. we ll watch this threat develop overnight and into friday. so for the rest of this afternoon and this evening, we ll be watching the south portion of florida. then the severe threat will be happening overnight throughout parts of louisiana, into mississippi and alabama during the day on friday. so we re going to keep a close eye on this one as severe weather season is definitely with us, david. chris warren, thanks for the update. coming up, our get to work america series continues today. starting your own business. we will talk with russell simmons about what it took for him to build his empire.