mike: president biden approving mississippi disaster declaration earlier today after tornadoes tour through the state friday killing more than two dozen people carving path of destruction more than 100 miles long. play for these teams so a tough pill to swallow. we heard from the superintendent from schools who says that the schools will be closed for at least a few days now because there s some damage to some of the schools down here and there s a lack of water and power but, mike, i can tell you that we have seen utility crews out here all morning long, in fact, some here behind us working on utility pole and they are beginning the process. we spoke to one of the city workers this morning who tells us that half of the town is at least with power now, so plenty of progress going on here, mike. mike: charles, have they given you context of how bad this is compared to previous storms? charles: yeah, i ve spoken to a lot of people who live in this particular town and a lot o
funds. i too am impressed with the spirit of can do, there s no victimhood in this community today and we are there with you, we will be back again and we are with you for the long haul. senator mike: that s mississippi senator, you have been listening to state and federal officials following devastating tornadoes in mississippi this week. alejandro mayorkas on the ground with the fema administrator sending message that washington will be there through the very difficult process. let s bring in today s political panel, with me south carolina republican congressman nancy mace, member of the arms services oversight and veterans affairs committees and florida democratic congressman. welcome to both of you. thanks for having me. thank you for having us.