these, in tornado alley, we need to have something there so there is a place to go, a public place. and i think people are looking at that already. but we learned from our mistake and that saved lives in yesterday s tornado. martha: we wait to learn even more in this case. senator inhofe, thanks so much. we re all thinking about everybody in your community and we thank you for being with us. i know that too. thank you very much. martha: all the best. bill: we re at the early stages of the story as you can imagine. the numbers will likely change. the images however, will not. first-responders, national guard, volunteers, hoping to find survivors in that rubble. back live to moore, oklahoma, in a moment. also the threat still out there again today for 10 of thousands if not millions of americans. who is the target now? we ll take you there. that forecast as we continue. why let constipation weigh you down?
tell me what you re thinking. well, it is just amazing when you stop and realize the things we can t explain. in 1999 i was there, the same town, moore, oklahoma, the same size, about the same devastation, perhaps a little bit worse this time, and, followed the same track coming through there. then on sunday night, keep in mind now, we ve been talking about the tornado in moore, oklahoma, we had one in shawnee, oklahoma. that is, my family, my wife, and son-in-law were looking to the west to watch this coming so we could get ready to take cover. when my son looked up in the sky and saw a piece of paper coming down, it was a picture, this is the picture right here of a little boy, about a four by six-inch picture. it came all the way, 80 miles away from shawnee to, tulsa, oklahoma. things that happen that we can t really answer. i have to say that we re getting full cooperation of everyone in terms of the,
right through the town, just unbelievable. as you said we were about a half a mile away from the tornado as it was coming right at us there on 19th street in moore and you could just see all the huge debris getting picked up. we are talking pauses of homes, buildings flying hundreds of feet in the air. the roar was so deafening with this tornado. it was massive and the biggest tornado i ve ever seen. martha: what was your reaction? i mean, we can hear you folks in the car there. how concerned were you for your own situation? you know, we were concerned, we knew where the tornado was going, where it was headed and we wanted to keep that safe distance from it, and my driver, joe day he was ready on the pedal to blast east to make sure we didn t get caught up in it. it was so massive with a huge debris field two miles wide. how much warning we heard they had about 16 minutes
through rubble of homes. that recovery effort continues even as more storms threaten the area. parts of arkansas and texas, they re under the gun today and some of the communities hit hard yesterday will once again see severe weather this afternoon. martha: casey stegall has been on the ground watching this unfold since the hours of its coming yesterday afternoon and he joins us now for more. hey again, good morning, casey. reporter: martha, good morning to you. hope, today is about hope here in moore, oklahoma, because there is still a very real possibility that survivors are still under some of the rubble in neighborhoods like we re in now that have opinion literally erased off of the map. and we talk about the hope. this is what i m talking about. see this m here? this means, missing. i talked to many so one from the fbi a short time ago in this neighborhood. basically as the first-responders came through here and they started making their sweeps, if the people in the homes are un
every corner of this country will be right there with them opening our homes, our hearts, to those in need because we re a nation that stands with our fellow citizens as long as it takes. we ve seen that spirit in joplin in tuscaloosa, we saw that spirit in boston and breezy point, and that s what the people of oklahoma are going to need from us right now. for those of you who want to help you can go online right now to the american red cross, which is already on the ground in moore. already we ve seen the university of oklahoma announce that it will provide housing for displaced families. we ve seen local churches and companies open their doors and their wallets. and last night the people of joplin dispatched a team to help the people of moore. so, for all those who have been affected, we recognize you face a long road ahead. in some cases, there will be