you re waiting for the government you might have to wait a couple of days. baptist men are already here. neighbor helping neighbor from the coast to the mountains. north carolina has this attitude we want the federal government to come in and we ll need them but we re not waiting for you, we ll get the job done now. we ve seen that kind of spirit throughout the state and local level. local law enforcement, responders, sheriffs throughout the different counties are sending relief teams. swift water rescue. everybody jumped on board. serving two years on the committee on homeland security i was proud of north carolina being recognized as the number one state when it comes to emergency management and emergency preparation. we needed that this past week. we hope the president certainly acknowledges that but also for those of us on the federal side, we have to continue to do our job as well. bill: from being down there last week, a lot of folks thought the storm would come and go and by s
phone calls from family back in the states, asking if they re safe, if they re okay. of course, this is a very heavily military presence on this island. some 30% military. there s a navy base, an air force base and a coast guard station here. so many people say they do find some comfort here. and many people have also kmenltd on thaad. that s that high tech defense missile system that so far in testing has had a 100% accuracy rating for knocking down incoming missiles. how much comfort can you have knowing that missiles here could strike within 14 minutes if they were launched by the north, ali. quite coins dentalel as you were saying thaad we were in an unrelated fashion running some video of guam and we were showing what looked to be 19th century an nons. but it does speak to the question is there any obvious emergency preparation going on in guam or is it a place because it s been under threat before, specifically by north korea,
of devastation, really widespread. some of these images what used to be homes, structures. we saw one wall from the harrisburg med center just totally wiped out. as we continue to follow this story here, let s move on. okay? now we re going to go to missouri governor jay nixon spoke a little while ago about the status of his state and the aftermath. take a listen. i think put into context of a couple of things, first in the context of this particular site here, no loss of life. that s for preparation and also for the emergency responders that were here to make a real difference for folks in the middle of the night and the middle of a storm. just that training makes a serious and appropriate difference. but this is a lot of damage. the insurance issues here, the property damage issues here are going to be significant, but the bottom line is joplin is going to be a real sounding board for everybody else across our state, that you can rebuild, that you will rebuild, you ll sta
anyway. but he is. he s talking taxes. he s releasing his tax returns today. but you know what, early start has the early look. we got all those facts and details of why everybody is up in arms. what did he make and paid out? the florida debate. it was a little nasty and personal. romney is saying no more mr. nice guy. going after gingrich with gloves off. tivo or pop the popcorn now. it s the annual state of the union. even though one of his terms didn t have a state of the union. we re going to have that tonight. what is president obama going to do? a campaign speech or a blueprint for the economy? this was breaking news yesterday. the deadly tornadoes in alabama. it s the second time for those folks in less than a year. the red cross is responding. there are two people dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in that area. pictures are difficult to see. but up first here, we re going to start with the tale of the 10 o 40s. in less than four hours, the mitt romney camp will
there s not a lot of debris. we have to wait and see once we take the brunt of this storm later on today. mike, liver fus in nags head, north carolina. we ll be checking back with you. hurricane irene now projected to make landfall in north carolina in the next few hours. the storm forcing more than two million evacuations. we ll talk with an expert in emergency preparation on what people need to do to stay safe. stay with us here on msnbc. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®.