that and this might be seen by some people as deep denial. others as just the confidence that rob ford has always exuded but he told me one day he hopes to hold the highest office in the land and become prime minister. you can t make this stuff up. jon: that would be something, wouldn t it? keep an eye on his career for us. on roberts. jenna: quite a story there. maria was just in the studio telling us what we saw over the last 24 hours may be one for the record books because of the amount of tornados that hit the midwest yesterday. one of the hardest areas hit is washington, illinois and we re going to go back to the ground there. it s where we find illinois congressman and washington, illinois mayor gary mayner and it s great to have you both with us. i know it s been quite a 24-hour period. congressman, this is an area you ve grown up in and you spent your childhood in. tell us a little bit about the last 24 hours. describe for us what you ve seen
on the ground. washington is one of the great communities i have the honor of representing and literally 24 hours before the storm hit saturday night, right in the middle of this devastation was where washington community celebrated its playoff wins for the high school football tournament, state tournament. their state competition is this next weekend now but saturday night this town was victorious in that football win and literally the next morning, much of the community was ripped to shreds by multiple touchdowns of a tornado. gary, you can t ask for a more stand upguy and he s really stepping up to lead. this town has been devastated but thankfully only one loss of life so far. if you walked through the neighborhoods, you d be shaking your head. literally nothing more than pavement of the street left. the homes, nearly 400 homes are
report. get all of the day s political news each and every weeknight. jenna: today dozens of torn add tornados in the last 24 hours, especially in the chicago area. that s where we find garrett who is live in manhattan, illinois with the latest from the ground there. gary? the death toll from these midwest storms yesterday just reached eight people as officials in match michigan announce two deaths here. this is in illinois. you can see behind me, this was a 10,000 square foot warehouse. it was standing here yesterday housing all of this equipment, cars, trailers, until an ef 2 tornado with 120 to 130 mile-per-hour wind just plowed right through there. you can see the track here of the debris that goes for miles during the fields.