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the devastation. it s just we re looking at the video. now. it s incredible. it is striking jim to see this devastation of close and in person, you know, it s not really an exaggeration to say that there is very little of this town that has remained untouched from the tornado that ripped through here on. uh, the buildings that we re seeing here throughout the area have been reduced to rubble. there are individuals that we smoke into that don t understand how they got out alive, considering so many around them perished. as you mentioned at least 25 people have been killed as a result of the storms that we re continuing the machinery being brought through these areas clear out the records, and it was earlier that i spoke to one of the tornado survivors. ernest hall, who says that he was asleep when the initial storm came through. woken up by a phone call of a family member asking for help to erased across town to a trailer park where we re standing in front of that is amo ....
Lifetime 65 year old said. that he got out with just a scratch on his finger, while other neighbors he knows died as a result of this storm. there is a lot of cleanup to happen here and the great miracles among this community gym, 2000 people , very impoverished, community majority black community, all of those residents, even the ones that have been impacted by the storm are shifting into health to try to clean up because there is a lot of mess. in this in this community. yes i m sure the community is pulling together and trying to get through this the best they can in valencia. thanks so much. joining me now? mississippi democratic congressman bennie thompson, whose district includes most of the worst damage. he s on the phone with us right now, congressman. we really appreciate you joining us on such a sad day. we understand that you toured the decimated community. of rolling fork last night. what did you see? obviously jim, it was devastation beyond imagination. ....