Two Dead And Utter Devastation Left Behind In El Reno, Oklahoma
CABRERA: Two dead and utter devastation left behind in El Reno, Oklahoma, after a powerful tornado tore through this small town northwest of Oklahoma city. A mobile home and a hotel are reduced to rubble. The national weather service says the tornado was on the ground for about four minutes and cut a path just over two miles long. CNN national correspondent Omar Jimenez joins us from El Reno. And Omar, it's been a long day there. Have rescue operations wrapped up yet?</s>OMAR JIMENEZ, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Ana, at this point the mayor tells me that search-and-rescue operations as far as going door to door and looking for anyone left in the rubble, that process is complete, at least as far as we know at this point. What they are doing now is trying to rebuild a lot of the infrastructure that was damaged heavily hen this tornado came through. You mentioned some of how it was characterized. We know this was an EF-3 tornado, five being the most severe, 75 yards at its widest. It traveled two miles and caused all of this destruction in just a matter of four minutes. Two of the biggest points of emphasis we have been keeping an eye on. One in a mobile home park. The tornado was powerful enough to pick up entire mobile homes and slam them back down based on accounts that we have heard. And then the other point of emphasis that we have been keeping an eye on is the hotel. There is really only one word to describe it at this point, absolute decimation when you take a look at those images there. Believe it or not, there are people who survived while being inside there as the tornado ripped its way through. We heard harrowing details of people literally crawling out from underneath rubble so that they could wait for emergency responders to arrive. We actually spoke to someone just a few moments ago who lives not too far from here. And believe it or not, as crazy as this destruction is, her house completely fine, but describes some horrifying and scary moments that they had even as this tornado was ripping through them.</s>CHELSIE MAYO, EL RENO RESIDENT: We didn't hear anything until I opened the front door and we heard sirens. And at that point in time, we just jerked the kids up out of bed and threw them in the closet and put pillows over them. We didn't know where it was. Our phones didn't go off. And the next phone call I received was from my mother who said they were running to the shelter because she lives in El Reno village, in the trailer park side of it -- sorry, in the RV park side. So everybody was running to shelters. We didn't even have time to load up and go to a shelter.</s>JIMENEZ: So how long did you stay, you and the kids stay in that closet?</s>MAYO: The kids stayed in the shelter for probably 20 minutes inside the closet. We were all actually outside just seeing if we could see or hear anything.</s>JIMENEZ: And you can imagine that scene as she was describing earlier. People literally running for safety because they believed it would save their lives. And when you see this destruction behind us and around parts of this town you can see why they were doing just that. At least two people killed in, this more than 20 people injured and the hope was that the number wouldn't rise. But let's remember, this didn't just happen in a vacuum. It comes on the tail end of what we have seen to be a week full of deadly tornadoes, high floods, even high flood rescues as well. In fact, the mayor telling us in this El Reno Area alone, they had 46 high water rescues earlier this week. And then here we are just days later on the scene of a deadly tornado -- Ana.</s>CABRERA: Wow. My heart really goes out to that community. Omar Jimenez, thank you for that reporting. The President approves sending 1500 troops to the Middle East to deal what the White House calls a rising threat from Iran. I will ask one congressman if he thinks the threat is serious enough to warrant more troops. Stay with us. Plus Christine Romans joins us with this week's "Before the Bell" - Christine.</s>CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Ana. U.S. stock markets are closed tomorrow for Memorial Day. But Wall Street is bracing for another volatile week after that. Last week's stocks posted several big days of declines. Investors growing increasingly worried that the trade war is here to stay. In fact, Morgan Stanley says the window for resolution is narrowing. The investment bank predict there's is only about a month to go before significant financial damage creeps into the global economy. At bank of America, analysts report the trade war has already hurt confidence on Main Street. Kohl's, Home Depot, Walmart have all said tariffs will lead to higher prices on some items. Now handful of retailers report earnings this week. So expect to hear more about tariff danger. GAP, Abercrombie & Fitch, Costco and Lululemon are among the companies delivering their quarterly report cards. In New York, I'm Christine Romans.