government as these states start their rescue and recovery missions right now. he noted that just a few hours ago, he approved kentucky's request for an emergency declaration. he said he would be ready to approve similar requests if other states that were impacted by these tornados requested a similar request as well. the president said that he and the first lady were praying for these families. he has directed fema to provide housing assistance to those that have been displaced by this storm. he also said that he would be willing to go and visit some of the areas that were impacted, but that he did not want his presence there to be a burden to these communities as they still try and find more missing people, yasmin. >> all right, wendy, let's bring you into the conversation. you're on the ground in mayfield. you've been seeing that devastation firsthand. i believe you're still in front of the candle factory, we heard the governor talking about the people, the lives that have been