police. but obviously, another very tense situation in light of everything we ve seen over the past five months since ferguson and michael brown s killing. fierce weather ushering in holiday travel season today that is really, really turned out to be dangerous. a line of severe thunderstorms spawning deadly tornadoes on the gulf coast. one twister ripped through amite, louisiana, damaging several homes. knocking down trees and power lines. no injuries there. but the tornado system that tore through marion county, mississippi killed two people and two more in nearby jones county. another tornado tore the roof off of this day care city in summerall, mississippi. there were 35 children in there and they were moved to a nearby bank for safety. mississippi s governor has declared a an emergency.
weather day for millions. a threat of more tornadoes in the midwest, an area that s been slammed for days now. the pictures are stunning. south dakota is on edge, again, today after this twister overnight. it looks ominous. terrifying for everyone watching it. oh, my gosh. it just hit something! oh, no! the aftermath visible. this damage from wessington springs. no reports of serious injuries. all those trapped were freed. look at the dancing tornados from the same tornado system. itself on the ground.ng around - seconds later, watch this. that barn. look at that. it s almost beautiful, the movement of the storm.
let me say that it is more than this. it is not just the republicans may benefit because the democrats are hurt. they are both hurt. we saw yesterday a candidate in louisiana and yesterday a candi louisiana in a special election who was attacking the political process 60-40. i m telling you, it will be more than that. yes, the democrats may be hurt but so are the republicans. the angrier the american people are on this, the entire system should not be underestimated. john, pat, dog, always good to have you. continue the conversation with them tomorrow morning at 10:30 eastern. our coverage of the deadly tornado system that is ripping through the midwest completely wiping out several communities will continue.
ferguson, who lives in choctaw, oklahoma. he joins us on the phone where he is taking shelter from this massive tornado system. welcome to you, sir. what can you tell me? you ve got a code yellow up there because of the tornado. [ inaudible ] i think we may have lost connection. can you hear me, sir? i think we ve lost connection. we ll try and get that back. let me go down to leslie buford, spokesperson for the university of oklahoma hospital. leslie, obviously a very serious night for you. what can you tell me? right now, we are on code yellow which means that we are preparing for a massive external emergency with massive amounts of patients coming into our hospital. as betsy randolph said earlier,
you will not travel that path alone. your country will travel with you. fueled by our faith in the almighty and our faith in one another. so our prayers are with the people of oklahoma today, and we will back up those prayers with deeds for as long as it takes. new nasa video taken from space shows the massive tornado system as it spawned on monday. the national weather service now says it was the most powerful level of tornado, an ef-5. with winds more than 200 miles per hour. as the storm cut a 17-mile path through oklahoma. joining me now live from moore, oklahoma, is the weather channel s mike bettes. mike, good evening and thank you for being on. yeah, rev, good evening to you. just imagine some of the horror