we ve all got to put together because here but for the grace of god go i, all right? thank you very much, everybody. president obama is in joplin, missouri, getting a look at the devastation one week after the ef-5 swept through. devastating that community for at least a six-mile stretch, taking the lives of more than 100 people. at the bottom of your screen, you re also seeing a little box there, a live picture of the joplin community memorial service that will be taking place. that starts at the top of the hour. the president of the united states after touring, after talking to survivors of that tornado will be making his way to that community service and he will have remarks. cnn will be carrying all of that live beginning at 3:00 eastern time at the top of the hour. we ll have much more from the newsroom after this. magnificent, isn t it? with progressive, it s easy to cover all of your favorite rides.
the communication is still spotty in the area. this area, even though it was hit by this incredible ef-5, they had been through a terrible ride before. yeah. back in the late 80s apparently the church was hit by the tornado. quite a bit of damage on the front of the church but the metal crosses with still standing. it s been standing since the 1940s. how incredible. how resilient, as are so many of the survivors. of course, you know, this afternoon a memorial service taking place in joplin. the joplin community memorial service right here in the next hour. we ll cover it for you live. the president of the united states on the grounds of joplin, missouri. he ll offer his words of comfort for that community devastated by the tornado one week ago today. building up our wireless network all across america. we re adding new cell sites. increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars
in all these things we are human conquers in things that love us. i am confident that neither death, life, angels, rulers, or anything that comes to powers or anything else in all of creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of god in christ jesus our lord and now with the hymn of promise, the chancellor choir of the first united methodist church under the direction of larry sandler. you re watching live the joplin community memorial service taking place in joplin, missouri. 143 people died in the tornado that devastated the community one week ago. now a special service to honor the dead and the survivors. what s this option? that s new.
destroyed almost everything in its path including st. john s hospital. you can see the final outcome in casey s full report about a half hour away, 25 minutes from now. you can watch the joplin community memorial service in the next hour. it s coming here live in a special report at 3:00 eastern time. turning now to memorial day events around the country. in san bruno, california, thousands of girl scouts and boy scouts gathered at the golden state cemetery to honk fallen war heroes. they placed flags on more than 100,000 grave sites there. their flag draped coffins arrived at dover air force base this memorial day weekend. organizers of a memorial day event in washington hope to
back now at the joplin community memorial service. right now the first united methodist chancellor choir is singing right now. the president of the united states is also there sitting in the first row. he ll be speaking momentarily. he s already looked at the devastation throughout joplin, missouri, one week after that tornado, ef-5 tornado swept through the area. he ll be having remarks. let s listen in. [ applause ]