wheelchair by a police officer. luckily adapt says that none of their protesters were seriously injured by police. some people were carried out of the building and put onto the ground, then loaded onto police vans. today the senate came back from recess. protesters were ready for them at the capitol, having given them such a hard time at home. at senator dean heller s office, parents brought their kids with disabilities to show how the republican plan would affect the services they need to keep their families alive and together. protesters packed into corley gardner s office chanting let me live. protesters were zip tied and perp walked out of the building by capitol police. at ted cruz s 15 activists, a lot of them nurses were kicked out of his lobby, so they laid down on the hallway floor right outside and kept chanting. police tried to carry one of these guys out by his arms and
families alive and together. a handful of protesters packed into senator cory gardner s office chanting let me live. protesters were zip tied and perp walked out of the building by capitol police. same thing at ted cruz s office, 15 activists, a lot of them nurses were kicked out of his lobby so they laid down on the hallway floor right outside and kept chanting. police tried to carry one of these guys out by his arms and his ankles at the wrong angle. senator jeff flake s constituents camped outside his office on the floor. they made a human chain to avoid being dragged off. protesters also door-stopped speaker paul ryan. they eventually wrangled themselves into his office despite the closed door. they chanted their concerns about the bill. the staffer said he would pass along their message to the speaker. all said and undid, at least 80 people were arrested on capitol hill today.
and battered. what was it that went in here? that was a two by four there. reporter: it went right through the house? right through the house. reporter: in one of the hardest hit areas, steven brown is the only one i find trying to rebuild. his house, the only one on the street still standing. but shredded inside and out by debris. that was a piece of panels come through and wedged inside, inside of that right there. just wedged inside of that wall there. reporter: if someone had been hiding in this closet, that wouldn t have been safe either? no, no. went straight through. reporter: oh, look, it came all the way through. uh-huh. reporter: his family survived huddled and praying on the hallway floor. three next door neighbors survived. a google street view of brown street shows a wooded neighborhood full of life. this is a it looks like now. after everything that s happened, what made you decide
there. reporter: if someone had been hiding in this closet, that wouldn t have been safe either? no, no. went straight through. reporter: oh, look, it came all the way through. uh-huh. reporter: his family survived huddled and praying on the hallway floor. three next door neighbors survived. a google street view of brown street shows a wooded neighborhood full of life. this is a it looks like now. after everything that s happened, what made you decide to come back? this is home. reporter: and like so many hit by this tornado, brown is getting help from volunteers, offering food, sweat and comfort. brown tells me he s learned something and wants to tell the people of joplin, don t turn down help and don t give up. if you can t go anywhere, you can always go home. reporter: would have have been easier for you just to pack it in, say, i m not going back, start over somewhere? yeah, it would have been a whole lot easier. it definitely would have been a whole lot easier,
that is a monster tornado. 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