everything in their path. >> reporter: promising help for a hard hit state. >> i in continued to do whatever it takes as long as it takes, as long as it takes to support your state, your local leaders and you recover and rebuild. >> reporter: the state's governor grateful for the help. >> we've gone from looking for our dead to starting ho haul away the death and destruction around us. and the steps to start rebuilding have already begun. i hope the people of kentucky know that i care deeply about them, and the president does, too. >> reporter: in mayfield, biden sees the destruction of a town the state emergency director says, quote, doesn't exist. downtown, residents of a ruined apartment building pick through the remains and worry for friends and neighbors who lost everything. >> i don't know where we're going. i'm sorry, but i've known these