CBS Evening News - 2011-05-27
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[0:00] Tonight,
[0:02] the funerals begin for victims of the
[0:04] Joplin tornado as relatives of the
[0:06] missing cling to hope. So, she went to
[0:09] go get pizza and she never came home.
[0:14] >> I'm Harry Smith. Also tonight, the final
[0:16] moments of flight 447.
[0:19] The flight recorders tell a horror
[0:21] story. An Air France jetliner plunging
[0:24] out of control for nearly 4 minutes
[0:26] before finally crashing in the Atlantic.
[0:29] Tell him that Mitt Romney just said hi.
[0:31] All right.
[0:31] >> And soon to be Republican candidate Mitt
[0:33] Romney hits the campaign trail in Iowa
[0:36] and says it's all about the economy.
[0:43] >> This is the CBS Evening News.
[0:49] Good evening. We end this week where we
[0:51] began in Joplain, Missouri. 5 days after
[0:54] a massive tornado leveled much of the
[0:56] city, they are still searching for the
[0:58] missing and they're saying goodbye as
[1:00] well as today we saw the first of what
[1:03] will be many funerals. The number of
[1:05] dead now stands at 132 and 157 people
[1:10] are still unaccounted for. Ben Tracy is
[1:13] in Joplin. Ben, good evening.
[1:16] >> Good evening, Harry. Much of Joplain
[1:17] tonight still looks like a war zone.
[1:19] Streets like this completely impassible.
[1:22] And then take a look at this. The second
[1:24] story of this home was sucked right into
[1:26] the street by the storm. But of course,
[1:28] the biggest toll here is still human.
[1:30] And many families who are still waiting
[1:32] for news of their loved ones are finding
[1:34] that weight unbearable.
[1:37] >> I just wanted to at least
[1:40] hand it out. You know,
[1:41] >> all the Hayward family can do now is
[1:44] wait.
[1:44] >> She was missing since a tornado.
[1:46] >> Yeah. For 5 days, R