officers have to be very careful because they still have two guns unaccounted forfor. eric: james shaw, he took the rifle when there was a pause, flthrew it over the counter at e waffle house. a great american to have the presence of mind in the middle of a shooting to do that, ted. eric, james shaw is my hero. james shaw said when he first heard the first crack of the sound of what later became gun fire, he thaight was dishing that had been dropped. and then he heard several continuous rounds. he ran behind a door. he shoot through this door. james shaw wu injured but it was a swivel door. james shaw then pushed this gunman down. grabbed the weapon, threw it behind the counter, wrestled with this guy, reinking. reinking then in fact got away. they believe he ran to an
quick update before i talk to chad about the weather. quick update from joplin, missouri, and officials there, and remember, they got hit by the ef-5 tornado a week ago sunday and the number of folks unaccounted forfor, it s dwindl down to 29 persons unaccounted for in joplin, missouri. and now to chad myers who is obviously watching the skies and watching people traveling. it is is hot, friend. it is hot. i remember standing here about three days ago saying, what is up with that 1500 missing number and then finally they got it all together. and then it went down to 32 and now to 29. so there s not 1400 people they found a lot of them. and then they went somewhere else. i hope they didn t go to laredo, texas, because it s 107. hello.
joe johns, have a great rest of the weekend and safe travels. you, too. on this memorial day, i want to begin on cordova, alabama. it hit on the morning of april 27th by a powerful ef-3 tornado, and then the very same day ef-4 tornado hits that same town that night. cordova, alabama, is not the town that you see here in some of the video, some of the aerial pictures here and satellite images. a lot of folks have certainly lost their homes, but as we told you on friday, the cordova mayor jack scott is invoking a ordinance that rejects any trailer which is being offered by the federal government to folks whose homes have been destroyed. and jack scott is saying emergency or not, the law is the law. and as we showed you on friday, none of the folks in cordova are none too thrilled about the 50-year-old ordinance. we will talk to some folks live in a moment, but first, listen to this. what i suggested is putting the fema trailers in my backyard, because of the mayor, we wan