what s happening. that s ahead. we will have the latest on this developing story in a few minutes from now. president obama is back at the white house of a spending several hours in joplin, missouri. it was exactly a week ago that an f-5 tornado ripped through the city killing people in minutes. 5:41 central time there was a moment of silence marked by the precise instant that tornado hit. our dan traveled with the president to joplin and dan, a tough job for the president to try to lift spirits of a being amongest the people but seeing this disaster first-hand. this is a president who has had to do this quite a bit lately. other natural disasters as well. the president as you know last week was overseas among other things building relationships with european partners. throughout that time, white house aid said the president was getting updates on the situation here in joplin. today the president got to see the devastation up close. before touching down, air force 1 fle
poland that even as a young member of nato, there s no such thing as a new member of nato, that they re all treated alike and the u.s. and ally also rush to poland s defense no matter what. the other big theme picks up on something that the president talked about in france at the g8 summit where he says he sees similarities, parallels between the arab spring playing out in the middle east and north africa and what happened here in central and eastern europe after the crumbling of the berlin wall, the fall of the soviet union, the struggle the transition to democracy. there may be some lessons learned from the past that could be pitch toll now in the middle east and north africa. along the way at this joint news conference with the polish prime minister, the president made an impassioned plea to the american people. even at a time when we have fiscal constraints, even at a time where i spend most of my day thinking about our economy, i want the american people to understand we ve go
leader muammar gaddafi sometimes lives and taking place this morning and after the g8 leaders urged gaddafi to step down. americans are remembering those who laid down their lives for our country this memorial day weekend and one new jersey based nonprofit is honoring wounded veterans as well. giving them a chance to drive nascar-like stock cars that have been tailored to fix the physical needs and this is my favorite story of the day. julie banderas, lucky enough to cover it, and nascar and wounded warriors, it s awesome. yeah, it really is. making a lot of dreams come true, jamie, they re leaving behind the hospital beds and the rehab centers and newly disabled vets are getting a shot at a normal life again. the nonprofit organization called accessible racing or ar. has designed a virtual driving simulator, and much like the video game which allows drivers to get behind the wheel and eventually put the pedal to the metal nascar
built once before 17 years ago. on tuesday collins discussed the idea with shocked city officials. wednesday they gave him the okay to start. thursday construction began. we ve had just an enormous outpouring of generosity and help to get prepared to get back to this point. the city has been great. the city of job lynn allowed us a permit in record time. reporter: there s still no electricity in this part of joplin. the substation across the street remains in ruins. a generator powers the tools passersby continuing stop to offer encouragement and support. i just had two police officers stop by and say, we want to shake your hand, the first glimmer of hope that we ve really seen towards the town rebuilding. reporter: four nearby homes that collins built in the past year are in ruins. already he has at least six projects waiting to be rebuilt. my heart and prayers go out to everyone that did lose loved ones. i hate for it to come to something like this to bring busine
transparent process, which is what we ve advocated. my president has stated yet again at the time when the managing director stepped down. do you feel like the organization has an image problem after dominique strauss-kahn? i will really commit to stay for the entire duration of the term. i know it s a frustration on the part of the staff of the imf that work is undertaken, projects have begun and the director has to go for whatever reason. my commitment would be to actually stay throughout the term. christine lagarde and the other contenders in the running to replace strauss-kahn will no doubt be a talking point at 9 latest g8 summit which kicks off today. the french prime minister or president nicolas sarkozy is hosting the two-day event in deauville in northern france. security is tight as leaders from eight of the world s most powerful and largest economies