And then they came on just a few seconds later and said that it was on 7th and Range Line - which is, you know, maybe eight blocks from where I was. So I turned on the radio, and they said it was on 7th and Schifferdecker, which I was - at the time I was on 7th street but I was Schifferdecker's maybe 30, 40 blocks away from where I was. And I headed down the road, and the tornado sirens went off. So I got my diploma and I, you know, I say goodbye to my friends and my family. And I was getting my diploma, and some administrators came in and said that there was a tornado on the ground in Kansas, but it was moving really slowly, and they just wanted to give us a heads up. HOUNSCHELL: Well, I was - after the ceremony, we go into a separate room to get our diplomas. MARTIN: So Sunday was going along - what, as usual?
MARTIN: And Corey, let me just say congratulations to you. And they're with us from Joplin, Missouri, and I thank you both so much for joining us. He is a senior at Joplin High School,and he just graduated on Sunday. So we decided to check in with Kerry Sachetta, principal of Joplin High School. We don't want to forget that this is a special time of year for students and families - some of whom had just enjoyed graduation, and were looking forward to summer and all that goes with it. Well, obviously, much of the attention of the authorities is directed toward those missing and the many people who were most badly injured. Another several hundred people have been injured. Search and rescue missions are continuing today. On Sunday, a tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri, and killed more than 120 people so far. That's in just a few minutes but first, we're following the aftermath of yet another of this season's deadly storms. We'll talk with a journalist covering the case, and a prison-reform advocate, about what happens next. The court ruled that the overcrowding is so intense in some institutions that inmates are being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, which violates the Constitution. Coming up, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered California to reduce its prison population by more than 30,000 inmates over the next two years, even if that means freeing some of them. MICHEL MARTIN, host: I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News.
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