federal funding, we are talking about tens of millions of dollars. vice president kamala harris also tweeting the second gentleman and i are praying for the families impacted by last night s tornadoes, the devastation of the communities are heartbreaking, our administration is working with state and local officials to support immediate assistance and rescue efforts in the affected areas and within the last 20, 25 minutes or so homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas will personally be visiting kentucky tomorrow with the fema administrator to meet with governor basheer and offer any assistance necessary from the administration, jon. jon: david spunt at the white house this evening, thank you. joining us nare arepublican congressman rick crawford, he represents the district where the nursing home is or maybe i should say was. congressman crawford, we have heard that there was only one fatality at the nursing home.
authority to make the request for a federal declaration. we think that s coming. that s been taken care of in kentucky and illinois, i believe, i think we will probably i don t know if we will reach the threshold immediately or not. there has to be further assessment to the damage, but whatever the case we are going to see the state of arkansas and the community around here will rally to support these folks and in the meantime we have been contacted, my office has been contacted by white house staff and so they are very much aware of what s taking place and are offering what assistance they can and what s available. jon: we will continue to watch as your community rebuilds there. arkansas congressman rick crawford, thanks for joining us. congressman: you bet, thanks. jon: i want to go back out with steve harrigan, he s live in mayfield, kentucky, steve. steve: john the flood lights have been put up. this is clearly a recovery operation at this point. they are going through tens of fe
given the devastation there, that s nothing short of a miracle? congressman: i have to agree but we are up to two. sadly that s that s unfortunate. but you re right, this could have been so much worse and and the comments were made earlier and the governor spoke to this about the strength of the community and how this community rallies around. this is i m very familiar with this community and i was over there this morning, looked at the nursing home myself, talked to the administrator there and talked to the county judge and and many of the citizens around there and, you know, it s a devastating thing but it s it could have been so much worse and this is where really the damage started to begin. this tornado tracked for about 200 plus miles to the north and east and everything in its path, i mean, through illinois and kentucky and so you ve been covering this at length and so
arkansas, this path was deep and wide. i mean, it ran a pretty long track in arkansas and i stopped at a family standing in the rubble of their home and they walked out and they said we are glad that we got our family together. we can get another house but we cannot get another family and the message was repeated throughout the day as i stopped in different towns along the way and and it just speaks to the resolve of these folks here in arkansas and the resilience of the small communities and they re all helping each other recover. jon: yeah, when you look at some of those place where is there are multiple fatalities you know there s a lot of grieving. congressman: absolutely. that s right. we certainly pour out our prayers for those folks that are suffering right now. jon: the next steps for for the state, for washington to help you recover? congressman: well, as the governor indicated, he has the