lady on the ground in rolling fork, mississippi, a town ravaged by deadly tornadoes. 300 homes, businesses in rolling fork completely destroyed as well as the nearby town of silver city, as you ve been seeing mark meredith on the ground there reporting, heaps, mounds of wreckage, lumber, bricks, twisted metal, still a mess, and those tornadoes left a path of destruction. the president and first lady on the ground meeting with some of those who have lost their homes, the president and the first lady there. this is obviously, john, a moment where the presidency shows obvious sympathy for those going through all of this as we all try to chip in and help what is going to be a huge, huge recovery effort for those communities. john: having been based in our atlanta bureau five years, i had more than my fair share of opportunities to go cover these tornadoes, including one that
people and injured dozens of others. you can see the images here of the aftermath. it s a passenger train. it was carrying about 350 people at least. it collided head on with a freight train. multiple cars derailed and several caught fire north of athens where this happened. it it left carriages and heaps of debris in the wake. both were traveling on the same track for several miles before the collision happened. first responders have been racing to find survivors in the twisted, melted wreckage you see here. i know that the prime minister was there on the ground. what are you learning about the recovery efforts underway? reporter: yeah, and the recovery efforts are still underway. and you have about 150 firefighters and first responders on the ground just outside where the two trains collided. you mentioned the fire.