do you get a sense they have the equipment, the wherewithal they need to get the job done? we ve been driving around all day and seen a number of rescue personnel in neighborhoods. they do seem organized. we ve seen a number of dogs not cadaver dogs, i should point out, but dogs specially trained to find living human beings at this point. lots of the urban search and rescue teams, they have a three or four-day window they used to operate in that they re totally self-sufficient for. they re moving as fast as they can to make the most of this window that they have. and right now in oklahoma, as you ve been hearing us report the breaking news. moving more and more closer. as big as oklahoma city is, the greater moat roer metropolitan
relations. are the tensions of recent days any worse? any better? i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. first, breaking news this hour. a large tornado has been spotted on the ground in oklahoma and storm-ravaged missouri is being hit by severe weather and possible in the coming hours, searchers in joplin have been taking advantage of the break in the bad weather for a few hours now. 17 people have been pulled alive from the rubble as of last night. but the death toll is far greater. up to 118 right now and that makes this the deadliest single tornado on record in the united states since the weather service began keeping records 60 years ago. almost 500 people have been killed by tornadoes in this country so far this year, including one in that storm and a security camera gives another look at the power of the twisters and how much damage they can do literally in an instant. now more on the twister reported on the ground in oklahoma just minutes ago. the danger