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Joplin, i bet, right, john? they are going to rebuild here. and they put out a news about that about everything that s going to be taking place. and rick morgan, who will never shop anywhere again. thanks again. i well, actually, i called nicole, who had talked to me the first time about the first interview i had and i left her a phone message on wednesday. i said, well, i just spent about an hour in my storm shelter for the first time in many years. all right. and the tornado didn t come but i m going to keep spending it there when the sirens go off. i ve officially repented. rick and john, thank you so much. speaking of that if it s possible, could i give a real quick shout out. real quick. i d like to thank all my family and friends back home for all their prayers and support, and i d love to thank all the dillons employees and everybody for all the support and prayers ....
reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of nature s power. oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees. the trees are debarked! reporter: residents running for cover anywhere they could. in a crowded convenience store some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] go! oh, dear heaven. god! reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then everything goes flying. the massive tornado mowing down everything in its path. people s lives churned up and spewed out. here s the gas station that we were at. reporter: this is the convenience store now. this would have been where we walked in. reporter: all across the city, thousands and thousands of people in shock, taking the first steps on the long road to recovery. make no mistake, joplin, missouri, will rebuild, but it will never be the same. he ....
what s happening. that s ahead. we will have the latest on this developing story in a few minutes from now. president obama is back at the white house of a spending several hours in joplin, missouri. it was exactly a week ago that an f-5 tornado ripped through the city killing people in minutes. 5:41 central time there was a moment of silence marked by the precise instant that tornado hit. our dan traveled with the president to joplin and dan, a tough job for the president to try to lift spirits of a being amongest the people but seeing this disaster first-hand. this is a president who has had to do this quite a bit lately. other natural disasters as well. the president as you know last week was overseas among other things building relationships with european partners. throughout that time, white house aid said the president was getting updates on the situation here in joplin. today the president got to see the devastation up close. before touching down, air force ....
i well, actually, i called nicole, who had talked to me the first time about the first interview i had and i left her a phone message on wednesday. i said, well, i just spent about an hour in my storm shelter for the first time in many years. all right. and the tornado didn t come but i m going to keep spending it there when the sirens go off. i ve officially repented. rick and john, thank you so much. speaking of that if it s possible, could i give a real quick shout out. real quick. i d like to thank all my family and friends back home for all their prayers and support, and i d love to thank all the dillons employees and everybody for all the support and prayers that they ve done for us. so, god bless you all. i can give a quick shout out to the workers. i was out of our house was not hit but i was i had power back in three days. and i m so thankful for the men and women who have come here and just are working so hard to help ....