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
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