end. the world did not end. reporter: was not such good for the leader predicting judgment day, knock, knock, who s there, someone from the international business times, looking for egg on the face of harold camping. give me a name. no one ever uses it all. this is a big deal and i ve got to think it out. reporter: if you think it s bad coming to work after the weekend, imagine coming back to work when you re the guy who led people into believing in the rapture. those dire blow the trumpet warnings on the family radio website vanished as if they had been raptured, replaced with something much more down to earth. a tired new yorker who spent $140,000 of his own money on an ad campaign warning of judgment day showed up in times square as the hour of doom passed. robert fitzpatrick said he didn t understand why nothing had happened. it looks like god is giving
teams with he has to deal with the tornado devastation back here at home. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. it s been almost 24 hours since the people of joplin, missouri hid in their homes as the tornado tore through their city. officials say 116 people were killed and many more injured. this makes this storm tied for the second deadliest twister. the toll is expected to climb as one resident puts it. everybody s going to know people who are dead. a massive rescue operations under way that has been hampered by more bad weather. many pipes are damaged. despite the obstacles of success today, the governor says that there were seven rescues. in some cases, entire families were pulled from the rubble alive. at least 2,000 buildings are damaged, including one of the city s two hospitals. brian todd is joining us from outside of that hospital. he s joining us live now. brian? reporter: wolf, as you can see, we re getting another thunderstorm. they have bee