VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE THIS
MORNING ON "MEET THE PRESS."
>>> TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
IN THE SOUTH ARE WAKING UP THIS
MORNING UNDER THREAT OF STORMS,
FLOODING AND EXTREME HEAT.
THE SEVERE WEATHER HAMPERING
CLEANUP EFFORTS FOR RESIDENTS IN
PERRYTON, TEXAS, DAYS AFTER A
DEADLY TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH
THAT TOWN.
NBC’S PRISCILLA THOMPSON IS
THERE THIS MORNING.
PRISCILLA, WHAT DOES IT LOOK
LIKE ON THE GROUND?
>> Reporter: WILLIE, GOOD
MORNING.
RESIDENTS HERE HAVE BEEN WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK TO CLEAN UP
THIS DAMAGE.
BUT LATE YESTERDAY THAT WORK HAD
TO STOP AS STORMS AND TORNADO
THREATS ROLLED THROUGH.
THIS MORNING THOSE RESIDENTS ARE
WAKING UP TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
MORE DAMAGE.
OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS DEALING
ANOTHER DEVASTATING BLOW TO
TORNADO RAVAGED PERRYTON.
>> OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE
GOING TO STAY HERE WITH THIS
COMMUNITY.
WE’RE NOT LEAVING.
>> Reporter: THE DELUGE COMING
AS RESIDENTS ARE STILL CLEANING
UP AFTER A TORNADO NOW ESTIMATED
AS AN EF-3 TORE THROUGH THE TINY
TEXAS TOWN THURSDAY KILLING
THREE PEOPLE.
NEW SATELLITE IMAGES REVEALING
THE SCOPE OF DESTRUCTION THAT
OFFICIALS SAY INCLUDED MORE THAN
100 HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
>> SEEING A HOUSE LIKE THIS IS
REALLY DEVASTATING.
>> Reporter: DO YOU ALL HAVE
INSURANCE?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT ON THE GROUND SATURDAY
SIGNING A DISASTER DECLARATION
AND VOWING HELP TO REBUILD.
>> ENCOURAGING, MAYBE EVEN
INSPIRING, TO SEE THE WAY THAT
THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE SOUTH
COMMUNITIES ARE BEING BATTERED
BY EXTREME WEATHER.
TODAY 12 MILLION PEOPLE FROM
ARKANSAS TO FLORIDA ARE AT RISK
FOR SEVERE STORMS, HIGH WINDS
AND TORNADOES.
PARTS OF TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
COULD SEE RECORD-BREAKING TRIPLE
DIGIT TEMPERATURES WITH 33
MILLION PEOPLE UNDER HEAT ALERTS
AND WARNINGS.
MEANWHILE BACK IN PERRYTON, SOME
REPRIEVE AS CLEANUP BEGINS
AGAIN.
AND, WILLIE, THE PRIORITY RIGHT
NOW IS RESTORING POWER.
AS IT STANDS AROUND A QUARTER OF
RESIDENTS IN THIS COUNTY ARE
WITHOUT POWER, THAT’S 1,000 MORE
PEOPLE THAN YESTERDAY BEFORE
THESE STORMS ROLLED IN AND
ALREADY THIS MORNING WE HAVE
SEEN CREWS OUT WORKING TO
RESTORE THAT POWER.
WILLIE?
>> JUST STAGGERING PICTURES
THERE.
LET’S HOPE THEY GET THE HELP