to contact nearby relatives and trying online services. i still have a lot of friends and family in joplin and it is just the not knowing, you know. i know a lot of people are missing loved ones. reporter: earlier i met neighbor aaron cole who knows almost everyone on the block. yeah, she is alive. she got stuck in her basement door entryway, she s all right, too. and i know ms. friedman did make it. she s in the hospital somewhere. okay, that will make it easier to find her. we called friedman hospital in joplin to see if she was there, she wasn t. in the confusion immediately following the tornado the records show that she was transferred to three different hospitals. we were ready to try them all. yes, i m looking for a possible patient. ellen freeman. i do. thank you very much.
that they had seen an elderly woman digging through the rubble but they don t know where she went. i can t look at her anywhere. this woman has been trying for days to locate her 63-year-old grandmother. she lived here on pitcher street where the homes are so demolished, they have to be identified with spray paint on the sidewalk. that s the bathroom. they always say the safest place to be is in the bathroom. and, look, it s just even if she would have been in there, she wouldn t have made it because it s collapsed on itself. reporter: tabthat drove to joplin. i still have a lot of friends and family and everybody here in jopl joplin. i mean, i know a lot of people are missing loved ones. reporter: earlier i met neighbor aaron cole who says he knows almost everyone on the block. yeah, she is alive.
rooftops. people were marched to demand the release of political prisoners and the bullets rained down. and sarah palin thundering into d.c. today, but is she ready to roll into the presidential race? the best political team on television is weighing in. i m drew griffin. the news starts now. in the headlines tonight president obama went to joplin, missouri, today. it was his first chance to see the unimaginable damage caused by last sunday s ef-5 tornado. he spoke at a memorial service for the 142 known victims. a live look at the president s visit just ahead. and sarah palin drew attention riding on the back of a motorcycle in rolling thunder. despite all the symbolism of the moment, the former alaska governor insists she is just riding, not running, at least not yet. i m an american. i have no title, i have no office, and to be an american citizen with the freedom to come out here and assemble and thank our veterans, i can t tell you how honored i am. lockheed mart
great is our faithfulness great is thy faithfulness great is thy faithfulness great is thy faithfulness to mercies i see. all i have given, great is thy faithfulne faithfulness, oh, mercy me. peace that endures through cheer and through god, father of love and life, we thank you for this time of prayer, inspiration, and renewal. allow us to continue to be open to your healing powers in our efforts to be a people who reach out to all and meet their needs. bless this community and all those who have come to us to be our strength. as we move forward we pledge our love and support to one another in response to the words of your son, love one another as i have loved you. we say yes and ask you to continue to bless us and to dream new dreams as we move forward at this time. amen. let us go in peace and love. you re watching the final moments there of the joplin community memorial service. the president of the united states there offering wo
and that wait can be the worst part. i was told that there was no body found in the rubble and that they had seen an elderly woman digging through the rubble. but they don t know where she went, you know. i can t locate her anywhere. reporter: tabitha freeman has been trying for days to locate her 67-year-old grandmother, ellen. she lived here on pitcher street where the homes are so demolished they have to be identified with spray paint on the sidewalk. that s the bathroom and it s they always say the safest place to be is in the bathroom and look, it s just even if she would have been in there, she wouldn t have made it because it s collapsed in on itself. reporter: tabitha drove to joplin from oklahoma, hoping to get answers after not being able to contact nearby relatives and trying online services. i have a lot of friends and family here in joplin and it s just the not knowing, you know. i mean i know a lot of people are missing loved ones. reporter: earlier i met