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exempt status. she is expected to plead the fifth. once she begins her testimony, we ll bring you back to the hill. first, to moore, oklahoma, because we found out new information actually, our nick valencia found out new information from the mayor of moore. nick, what did he tell you? reporter: carol, the mayor of moore, glenn lewis, spoke exclusively to cnn in an off-camera interview, he told us as soon as the cleanup process is complete, his plan is to try to pass a city ordinance that would require all new city housing developments in the city of moore to have a safe room or shelter. glenn lewis was also the mayor of moore in 1999 when that ef-5 tornado devastated the community. he put new codes into place in 1999. those homes, they weathered the storm this time around. but the community that was ravaged on monday. it was too old. it had already been built.
you think miraculous this person was fine as it happened. late today we learned the storm was stronger than we thought and at briarwood, they measured that this was the most powerful a tornado can be. the national weather service says that the peak wind estimated between 200 and 210 miles per hour, which is the fastest possible wind speed measured for a tornado. we have everything covered tonight as oklahoma tries to begin the recovery process. john king on the ground in moore. brian todd with the firsthand look at the destruction with the tour of the mayor and quan law with the story of a family reunited after the storm. i want to start, though, with john king tonight. what s the latest on the ground now? i have seen you all day. when s the latest that you have seen? reporter: remarkable, erin. we had the driving rain.
tonight we reunite the mom and the teacher. it is an amazing story of courage and strength. we ll also meet another teacher whose quick thinking enabled her to keep her students safe. she grabbed several students, rushed them into a closet at plaza towers elementary. we ll also speak with her husband who raced to the school realizing the school was in danger to try to help in the search and rescue efforts. we ve heard a lot about storm shelters and how they save lives. gary tuchman will take us inside one of them to see how they re built. he ll tell us why more people don t have them in this area. of course, all the latest on the ongoing search here. there is so much to cover. it begins at the top of the hour. really looking forward to seeing you in a few minutes. you know, when the tornado touched down in moore on monday, it caught a lot of people off guard. you know, a big part of the reason for that is there actually had been a rather big lull in severe storms and tornadoes so f
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