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good evening. it s a very difficult night and dangerous night here in joplin, missouri. the death toll, as you know, is 116 but that number, frankly, is likely to rise. the number of missing at this hour is simply not known. it s impossible at this point to know. we re going to try to talk to the mayor of joplin in a few moments to get the latest information we can. there s a lot to tell you about. now, the affected areas have been declared a disaster area by president obama. there are crews out even now still looking for people who may be alive, still trapped in the rubble. and the rubble is all around us. it goes for miles. as far as the eye can see. the location i m at, it is just completely destroyed neighborhoods, block after block. all you see on the horizon are broken and bent and destroyed trees. there is lightning in the air. a heavy downpour of rain, which has been going on and off throughout the day, which has been making the search and rescue operations al ....
i notice as i listen to the audio, there are two different reactions. we ll talk about them later on in the program. see if you can hear the two different kind of reactions. listen. jesus. jesus. i love everyone. i love everyone, man. mud bydies, guys. we ll be okay. i love you. jesus, jesus, jesus. henly father. thank you jesus. glenn: okay. it s amazing audio. this is the deadliest tornado in 60 years. 75% of the town is gone. 116 people confirmed dead and the count expected to rise. the devastation goes on for miles and miles. everything from homes to hospitals crushed. shortly after the storm, theber channel was on the vene. watch this the weather channel was on the scene. watch this. you take a look at the neighborhood. all i can say is it looks reminiscent from what we saw last month in excuse me. in tuscaloosa. [ voice breaking ] glenn: the devastation is truly amazing. yet, the devastation is not the story. it s what is happening after the de ....
be alive, still trapped in the rubb rubble. and the rubble is all around us. it goes for miles. as far as the eye can see. the location i m at, it is just completely destroyed neighborhoods, block after block. all you see on the horizon are broken and bent and destroyed trees. there is lightning in the air. a heavy downpour of rain, which has been going on and off throughout the day, which has been making the search and rescue operations all the more difficult. and now night has fallen. again, there very well may be people alive under the rubble some 28 hours after this tornado struck. this disaster is still very much ongoing. this isn t something that happened 28 hours ago, a single event. you still have driving rain, bad weather and people who still may be alive out there. at least seven people have been found alive in the rubble so far. the searchers will continue. more bad weather is expected tomorrow. again, it is not going to get any easier in the hours ahead. we ....
Know, people just wanted to get away from there because of the gasoline and everything. there s been fires around town because there s so many broken gas lines. we just wanted to get away, you know. isaac duncan, you are one lucky young man or very smart young man with your friend to go running into that fridge, that cooler at the convenient store, convenient store gone, cooler still standing and all of you are alive. it s going to be a tough day for you, my friend, but best of luck to you, okay. thanks for telling us your are story. joining us very smart. i mean, that s the first thing they tell you to get into some protective area. right. you would be surprised. a cooler like that is pretty sturdy but you would be surprised just getting into your bathroom, getting into the bathtub with some blankets, a mattress, pillows, what have you, how that can be life saving. you can have your entire house crumble around you and the tub is still there, the tiles still there. you ma ....
[ wind blowing ] is everyone okay? i m okay. can you imagine? can you imagine if you were in that room with those people, the person who recorded that is isaac duncan. and earlier on cnn s morn morning, american morning, he describes how it unfolded. he said he and a friend were driving around when they heard a tornado was about to hit. we just pulled into the quickest thing that we could see, which was that fast trip. and when we went in, the electricity was out. there were 20 people in the back huddled down. and everyone was deciding what to do, and all of a sudden the glass in the front of the building got sucked out, was completely blew out. so my buddy had the idea to run as fast as we can and get in the ....