joined them later tonight. more direct intervention and we ll examine that coming up, but the aftermath homes and businesses destroyed, at least five people dead. alabama seeing some of the worst destruction, and abc s phillip mena starts us off in flat rock. good morning, reporter: good morning. the only way that you can tell that this was a day-care center is by the few toys that remain. this is where a family of seven rushed over from their mobile home looking for a safe place to ride out the storm but sadly they ran right into harm s way. just one day after at least 16 tornadoes devastated much of the south, families in alabama beginning to pick up the pieces. this door frame the only thing remaining for one family. we were all holding on to each other. crouched down on the floor just dear god, please let me live through this. reporter: all that s left of this day care, a small room. we have been fortunate reporter: in rosalie, many parts of town leveled. deb
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we will are going to take a pause and when we come back i will talk about standing up on business and poplar culture because you got a lot to say and i think a lot of people would like to hear it. john, one of the chapters in your book, stand up for something, is about america business. and this is another area where you are not easy to peg because certainly you are a republican orientation, free market business, and yet one of things that you see in this book is something who had a grandfather was a coal minor in west virginia who i think you said died not feeling he was protected well or treated well by his company. my question is how does that personal experience, how does that personal experience shape your views as you look and deal with these very complicated business, globalization issues we are dealing with right now? gene, you know, first of all, you can never move far away from you were raised. i was raised in a community where if the wind blew the wrong way peopl