down for a one-on-one just ahead. plus sources telling nbc news that senate democrats are preparing to miss next week s deadline to pass the president s sweeping social spending bill. in fact, a vote could slide all the way into march. so a lot going on. good afternoon, i m chris jansing at msnbc world headquarters in new york. we begin with mike memoli traveling with the president in dawson springs, kentucky. allison barber is there where she s been in touch with survivors. and nbc s gabe guiterrez in mayfield, kentucky. let s start with allison. as we await president biden s arrival there in dawson springs, you ve been on the ground, you ve looked for yourself, seen the destruction, seen the scale of the need, what is the president going to see and experience when he gets there? reporter: he s going to see homes like this one. this belonged to a woman named shauna. you could see a lot of her
one of the most impactful statements was when governor bashear the number of missing on sunday when he was talking to chuck ran eight pages single spaces. gabe, over in mayfield, where the president made a stop this afternoon, i wonder what you re hearing from the community about what they thought about the visit and also federal action overall? reporter: hi there, chris. well certainly they re glad for the attention. but they want to see the follow up. i ve noticed today, even more so than yesterday, you see all of this activity here. and down here, if you could look, this power pole is one of many that were splintered and so many people here with without power. just a few minutes ago, actually right over there behind me there was a utility crew putting up new power poles and continues that work just down the street and the recovery effort here is really moving at a quick pace. of course, can t come quick enough for some of these