The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Today's Situation Room:

Wolf Blitzer delivers the most important news and political stories of the day. Tune to The Situation Room weekdays 5-7pm ET and Saturdays 6pm ET on CNN.
May 23rd, 2013
02:38 PM ET

Child born just before tornado

Wolf Blitzer talks with Aundrea Hogan, who's wife delivered their baby the day of the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

RELATED STORY: Storms slam tornado-ravaged area as town tries to rebuild


Filed under: Interviews • Oklahoma • Tornado
May 23rd, 2013
02:36 PM ET

Man who taped London suspect speaks out

The amateur cameraman who recorded the suspected attacker's statement tells his story to ITN's Paul Davies.

RELATED STORY: Cameron condemns brutal hacking death, says Britain stands firm


Filed under: London • Terror • United Kingdom
May 23rd, 2013
02:29 PM ET

See how tornado turns debris to missiles

CNN's Chris Lawrence stands next to a "tornado" at a research facility where they put tornado shelters to the test.

RELATED STORY: Storms slam tornado-ravaged area as town tries to rebuild


Filed under: Chris Lawrence • Oklahoma • Tornado • Weather
May 23rd, 2013
02:12 PM ET

iReport shows rescuers finding tornado survivor

CNN iReporter Juan Olivo survived the Oklahoma tornado and immediately began to help rescue those in need. While searching for survivors, he captured dramatic video of a man crying for help from the rubble.


Filed under: Interviews • iReport • Oklahoma • Tornado
May 23rd, 2013
01:52 PM ET

See the shelter that saved 12 lives

Brian Todd gives us an up-close look at a backyard storm shelter that protected 12 people from Oklahoma's tornado.

RELATED STORY: 22 people survived tornado in bank vault

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Filed under: Brian Todd • Oklahoma • Tornado
May 23rd, 2013
01:32 PM ET

Take tour of destroyed school

CNN's John King gets a tour of Plaza Towers Elementary School, a building completely destroyed by the Oklahoma tornado. (Video)

RELATED STORY: Families remember Oklahoma tornado victims


Filed under: John King • Oklahoma • Tornado
May 23rd, 2013
01:15 PM ET

Hear kids respond to terrifying twister

New audio reveals the fear two teachers experienced as they huddled their students in a bathroom in Oklahoma.

RELATED STORY: Piece of children's book reflects the loss in Oklahoma town

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Filed under: Brian Todd • Oklahoma • Tornado
May 23rd, 2013
11:59 AM ET

IRS official takes 'the fifth'

Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS unit handling tax-exempt status, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. CNN's Dana Bash reports. (Video)

RELATED STORY: IRS official in charge of targeting unit takes the 5th


Filed under: Dana Bash • IRS
May 22nd, 2013
07:01 PM ET

22 people survived tornado in bank vault

Jan Davis & Teresa Price of Tinker Federal Credit Union in Moore, Oklahoma describe how they hid in a vault along with 12 other workers and eight bank members as the building was destroyed.

"It was crowded" says Davis, "but if there were more people we would have crowded them right in." (Video)

The credit union posted the following photos to their Facebook page.

This is the vault where 14 TFCU employees and eight members rode out yesterday's tornado in Moore and emerged safely afterward. (From Tinker Federal Credit Union Facebook Page)

From Tinker Federal Credit Union Facebook page


Filed under: Interviews • Oklahoma • Situation Room • Tornado
Mother of 10 saves school children, loses home
May 22nd, 2013
04:39 PM ET

Mother of 10 saves school children, loses home

Maylene Sorrels is a single mom of 10 children, eight of whom still live with her. She is also a teacher's aide at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma. As the tornado hit, Sorrels says she covered her bodies over several children and sang as loudly as she could in their ears as debris flew all around them, including a car. She stayed with the children until their parents came to pick them up, then went to the hospital to get treated for a concussion.

Sorrels' house was destroyed and she has been staying with relatives. If you could like to help Maylene Sorrels and her children, a donation page has been set up for them at fundrazr.com.

CNN's Wolf Blitzer spoke with her in an emotional interview. (Video)

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