coming in this afternoon but it may not be as severe but we still it s going to impede the process of prying to rescue search and rescue and clean up this area, but at the same time it s god s business, it s god s work and we have to work and work around with god. mike: amen. george flaggs, mayor, thank you so much for your time. thank you. mike: we are expecting a news conference from federal and state officials from mississippi. we plan to bring you there at the appropriate time. that s a live look at the scene where we expect federal and state authorities to step up in a matter of moments to give us an update on what they are seeing and what the response is to the hardest-hit areas. serious foreign ministry is now condemning u.s. strikes on its territory after the u.s. launched a series of retaliatory
this is not about banning books and not about harming the lgbtq community, let s look at the impact of similar republican legislation that has already passed on the state level. look at these books that have already been banned since republican measures. the life of rosa parks, this apparently is too woke by the republican party. the life of rosa parks? i mean, look, this bill, as we know, has little chance of passing in the democratic senate. it s an issue that republicans are going to, very likely, in 2024. as a former principal, does this legislation help parents or the process of becoming educated at all? or is this a culture war tactic? it s another distraction, it is a culture war tactic, it s a message to racist parents and parents who seek to discriminate, in terms of targeting lgbtq
mike: charles, have they given you context of how bad this is compared to previous storms? charles: yeah, i ve spoken to a lot of people who live in this particular town and a lot of them say they ve never seen anything quite like this because wind tornadoes hit in this specific region of mississippi, they say it normally skips over the town of amory and maybe goes to smithville or other areas, so folks here were pretty startled by all of the damage and that a tornado hit here in the first place. it s been nice to see folks out here in good spirits and just trying to help each other. a lot helpful away with lives. do you see federal help to help folks pick up?
state director of fema, the governor, speaker, everybody has been on the site. mike: you folks there in mississippi are used to severe weather this time of year, is that why communities are coming together because you all know it could have been your community if it wasn t theirs? we collaborate when it s necessary and when it s emergency, we collaborate with one another. the mayor of rolling fork is my best friend and i ve been knowing him for the longest and we have come together and the night he called me, we started mobilizing police unit, ambulance and everything else we had to give to that night. but i m going to say that i m on the ground, i m right here in the middle of it. it s like a war zone. and my i think there s help on the way for those that are watching because of the fact i
thompson, congressman come up here and senator come up here. i want to stand to gather. because i want you to know that this delegation is a shoulder to shoulder for mississippi in this regard we got a letter together. both of our senators. all four members of the house of representatives yesterday afternoon. got it up to the president of the united states. i want to thank the president for calling each of us individually. i want to thank you for sending a member of his cabinet here. we don t always get cabinet members but we thank you, mister secretary and madam administrator. we are also reaching for the long haul. we appreciate the law enforcement that have come in and we realize this is going to be a long process. let me say this before i turn