heartbreak goes so much deeper. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead in mississippi. another person was killed in alabama for perspective in all of this, consider this fact more people have been killed by tornadoes and the past 24 hours than in all of last year in the united states last hour, i spoke with mississippi democratic congressman bennie thompson, whose district includes some of the worst damage from the storm. here s what he had to say. it was devastation beyond imagination. uh first of all, we had no lights in the entire community. uh people were absolutely stunned at what had just occurred. and so as the night wore on, it was clear. that this was something, uh, that people have never seen before. congressman thompson also told us that tomorrow the head of homeland security alejandro mayorkas, will visit the area along with the fema administrator. cnn s nick valencia, is in rolling fork mississippi. nick ah, good to see you back on the air. i know that devasta
eldrick walker. um, when i went down to the civic center earlier , congress is being a thompson was there. um mayor flags from vicksburg. vicksburg was there people are coming in from all over to help out can tell us what your constituents are telling you, because we have heard some just really heartbreaking stories, people finding their loved ones under the rubble, others who survived without a scratch, even though their neighbors perished. and you know one lady. it was so funny one of my constituents she called me and she was like um, i heard your house was totally destroyed. i said yes, ma am, and she was like, but you out here giving water to us and giving us hot food and i was like, well, that s what we have to do. you know, even though we lost everything this stuff can be replaced material. things can be replaced, but to lose a loved one. it was just heart reaching at least 25 people that death toll likely to go up, and i actually talked to one of the