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That taking place on a london street. the family made an i emotional visit today to the site where he was killed last wednesday. in san antonio, texas, two women are dead after swept away by floodwaters. ten inches of rain swamped the city over the last two days. crews are searching for a 17-year-old boy still missing after this torrential rainfall. floodwaters are receding today and the weather is clearing up. president obama landed in oklahoma 30 minutes ago. he is going to tour the damage...

First-hand look at the devastation. hes doing what only the president has the power to do, serve as consoler in chief. it take s for a moment, perhaps the spotlight off the issues in washington. john avlon writes for newsweek and the daily beast. good to see you. and margaret hoover is also one of our political analysts and is a republican consultant, joining us from new york, good to see you as well. >> thanks. >> how much does an appearance, a visit like this, help the president, john? redirec...

Islamic threat there and i fear what is coming can culture clashes spaelshz if we have more attacks like we saw this weekend. broad daylight, a british soldier hacked to death. a real outrage among that attack in particular. >> eric, thanks so much for your time. appreciate it from washington today. >> thank you. president barack obama seeing the aftermath of that deadly oklahoma tornado up close and personal today and meeting with the victims as well. but will his role as comforter in chief d...

For people who dont have transportation because their cars are gone. there will be buses to take them to this memorial service to help them heal through this tragedy. >> charles is at moore, oklahoma. well check in with you a little later as president obama is going to spend a little more time on the ground there. id like to continue this conversation now on what we just heard from president obama. thanks so much for being with us, both of you. rachel, president obama, it was about eight or nine...

Live on nbc. all of the proceeds will go to help the victims here who are trying to come back from this terrible tragedy in the center of oklahoma. melissa. >> thank you to charles hadlock for keeping us up to date. >> sure. tomorrow when president obama travels to oklahoma he will be stepping back into his well worn role as comforter in chief. it was only six months ago the president visited new york and new jersey and walked through the wreckage left behind by hurricane sandy. the joining of...

He will get a first. hand look at the devastation from mondays monster tornado that killed 24, injured close to 400. nbcs kristen welker is live at the white house. what do we know about president obamas agenda for tomorrow? >> reporter: well, craig, president obama will aassuming a familiar role, a rel of comforter in chief. hes going to head to moore, oklahoma. he will tour the tornado ravaged area e as well as meet with families of those who were impacted by the tornado. those who are still g...

The newtown shooting. this is when president obama really takes on the role of comforter in chief. we heard him really strike that tone during those comments that you just played. and hes doing that behind the scenes by reaching out to state and local officials. he called the mayor of moore. he also called the governor of oklahoma, mary fallin, last night, to offer his condolences, his prayers, but also to make it clear that the federal government plans to put its full weight behind helping in t...

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>> the president would bring pastors into the oval office to have conversation, moments of prayer, reach out for suggestions of scripture. >> did he have any favorite passages? >> spent a lot of time, book of overcoming trials. >> reporter: one trial for president obama, the shooting at sandy hook elementary school, the gut wrenching visit, being comforter in chief was the biggest test of faith. >> it is something that he doesnt talk about not seeking to get credit for. when you talk about the p...

Lose our values in the midst of human tragedy. a lot of job of the president is to be the comforter in chief which i did. i spent a lot of time in hospital rooms on september 14th. probably the most painful moment of the day was to be in a room full of sons and daughters, husbands and wives hoping that their loved one would come out of the rubble. i had just come from the rubble and pretty certain nobody would come out. yet my job then was to comfort them as best i could. so the job of a preside...