and destruction and a long, hard road to recovery for the residents of joplin, missouri. congressman billy long of missouri represents that district. he is here, at least part of that district. congressman, first of all, our deepest condolences to your constituents who lost family member he is in joplin. have you ever seen anything like this before in missouri? >> no, not for this devastation at all to this extent. the deputy director of feel mass in town today from d.c. and i asked him and he said maybe some of tuscaloosa could rival with it. other than that he hadn't seen anything like this either. just total devastation it reminds me of a movie set of a nuclear disaster. that is exactly. maybe your news crews are used to this but we sure haven't seen anything like this in missouri and i was born here. >> trust me, congressman, we are not used to it by any means. the pictures that we have been showing our viewers are heartbreaking, they are