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that. kate uingly stuff out there yesterday. chad, thank you. let s focus in on one area, the recovery efforts from kentucky from the outbreak of tornados there. president biden surveyed the damage and met with survivors. the president is promising that the federal government will cover the cost of part of the cleanup. joining me now for more on this is republican congressman james comber of kentucky, the most devastated areas in his congressional district. he traveled with the president yesterday. thanks for being here. we heard the president announce that the federal government is going to cover 100% of the costs of the emergency work in kentucky for the first three days. what does that mean for your district? it means a lot. this is rural america. rural america just doesn t have the tech base that a lot of other parts of more suburban and urban areas have. so that was the biggest concern among the county executives and mayors was.
the government is going to cover 100% of the cost for the first 30 days for all the emergency work. from clearing everything to every costs, the federal government is gonna take care. and tonight, we are tracking more severe weather moving through the central part of the country. there are reports of widespread outages in kansas, iowa, minnesota and tomorrow the president will sign the bill raising the debt ceiling. . he is also expected to sign a new defense bill that increases the pentagon s budget. i m gonna say this again. increases the pentagon s budget, by 24 then biden even suggested. they are keeping a watch over the omicron variant. it has not been detected in at least three dozen states. today, doctor anthony fauci had some words about existing vaccines in the protection they provide against this variant.
gets a first-hand look at the utter devastation in kentucky. he visited two towns hit hardest by the tornados and told residents we re here for anything you need. the government is going to cover 100% of the cost. 100% of the cost for the first 30 days for all the emergency work. i promise you, you re going to heal. we re going to recover, we re going to rebuild. you re going to be stronger than you were before. we re going to build back better than it was. this is the unite of america. there is not darn thing we can t do. thank you. and thank you for joining us tonight. that is the reidout. tonight on all in, they are two of the planners of the january 6th rally now he could prauting with the january 6th committee. there are people that are
belief. when you look around here, it s almost beyond belief. reporter: victims of last week s historic tornadoes. the government is going to cover 100% of the cost for the first 30 days for all the emergency work. reporter: in hard-hit mayfield, the national guard is on the ground cleaning up and buckling down for a massive recovery effort now under way, the cost of the damage here staggering. i wouldn t be surprised if we see a number upwards of $100 million if not a billion dollars. reporter: these twisters were especially remarkable. some of this debris was blown 130 miles away. people on social media reuniting owners with personal belongings. this treasured family photo from kentucky was found on a car windshield in indiana. the losses are crushing. on this street were lost three