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and alabama. at least 26 people were killed in friday s storm. the ef-4 tornado had winds of over 166 miles per hour. as you can see, it flattened buildings, crushed vehicles, widespread devastation. president biden yesterday declared a federal emergency, freeing up funds to help with recovery and relief efforts. joining us now, nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa. good morning. detail us, if you will, please, what more the white house and the federal government is going to be able to do in terms of its response to the recovery efforts in alabama and particularly in storm-ravaged mississippi. yeah, jonathan. good morning. we saw over the weekend president biden issued this statement, calling the images coming out of mississippi absolutely heartbreaking. he said he and first lady jill biden are praying for these affected communities, especially as these communities face new storm threats today. we know that dhs secretary
remain high today after iran-backed mill livians hit american assets on friday, launching rockets and drones on coalition bases. that became in response to retaliatory air strikes by the u.s. following an attack on thursday that killed a united states contractor and injured several service members. friday s strike by the militia has left another servicemember hurt. president biden appeared to try to tamp down the tensions during a press conference on friday while he was in canada, but the president also warned that the u.s. will protect its u.s. citizens. make no mistake. be prepared for us to strikeforcely to protect our people. that s exactly what happened last night. we re going to continue to keep up our efforts to counterterrorist threats in the region. also overseas, russian