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This is a time where the president will be expected to fulfill the role of comforter in chief and he -- we expect a relatively short ceremony with remarks by clergy, some of whom have lost their churches as casey mentioned and then remarks by governor jay nixon of missouri followed by remarks by president obama. when the president first arrives in about a half hour we expect the motorcade to pass through the most devastated part of joplin. that will take about ten minutes and he will disembark a...

>> back here in the united states and deadly tornados affecting so many people in the south. survivors are now left grieving . many of them losing friend and relatives and neighbors and hundreds of them are losing their homes . we will talk to a survivor. justin karls house was in tuscaloosa. totaled along with both of his vehicles. justin is attending a prayer vigil. he teped away from the vigil to peek with us now by phone. justin, are you with us? >> yes, harris. >> justin, we are looking at ...

Check back with you. >> back here in the united states and deadly tornados affecting so many people in the south. survivors are now left grieving . many of them losing friend and relatives and neighbors and hundreds of them are losing their homes . we will talk to a survivor. justin karls house was in tuscaloosa. totaled along with both of his vehicles. justin is attending a prayer vigil. he teped away from the vigil to peek with us now by phone. justin, are you with us? >> yes, harris. >> justi...

Surprising. when our power cut out is when we really ducked for coffer in our downstairs bathroom, a little half bath. we were cowered in there. it just started getting louder and louder. it really does sound like a train. and then you just heard explosions, i guess of transformers or whatever blowing up. then the glass shattering of our home. and then eventually the wall, the brick wall of our town oklahoma ripped off -- town home ripped off which was the wall we were kind of up against. so it ...

Seen this kind of devastation before. he says he certainly hasnt. nbcs chris clackum is in pleasant grove outside birmingham now. whats the scenario that the people in pleasant grove are facing today, chris? >> reporter: well, pretty much, contessa, its just friend helping friend, neighbor helping neighbor, relative helping neighbor go through whats left here in the community of pleasant grove. these folks here have been back for a couple of hours. the tornado that hit here, easily an f-3, possi...

Were very, very thankful that were alive and healthy and just our community of friends has really helped out, has really help inside a lot of ways to help our immediate need. jenna: elena tell us about what happened the day when the twister came through. >> yeah. well, it was a normal day, you know, up until about 4:00. you know, we knew that storms were coming, but we really doesnt know the severity. and so around four when i got home, i turned on the local news, and they warned that it was com...

We frequent, my wife was at a dry cleaners dropping off a comforter a few hours before the tornado came through and destroyed it. she says it gives her chills thinking with that. everybody through social media, everything of everybody is letting people know, hey, im safe. fortunately no one i know was killed. people had homes destroyed or severely damaged but or friends and family, no one was killed. martha: we are glad to hear that. thank you for being with us. our hearts go out to the folks be...

London. we have breaking news in the united states on a busy day from president obama who just landed in alabama right now. hes going to be getting a firsthand look at the devastation from wednesdays tornadoes. there you see the door of air force one. we expect him to come out any moment now. of course a swath of southern united states was absolutely decimated by this severe weather system. nearly 300 people were killed and two-thirds of them were from alabama. first lady michelle obama is with ...

They know ive been in trouble with the police. the ridiculous things ive said and done. theres no more skeletons in my closet. >> katy, ive met her, lovely, feisty, funny girl. her mother, i imagine, must have had some concern about you and her hitching up. just -- the moment it happened exploded you into this celebrity stratosphere here. then slowly all the stories came out from your past. was she worried, katys mom? >> i suppose her mother and father are christians and i suppose one of the key...

Precluded from the oft. but, like, it turns out that were very comfortable under the same comforter. >> are you religious at all? >> im -- yes. >> believe in god? >> yes, i am spiritual. i believe absolutely in god, yes. >> what do you think "arthur" will do to you in terms of your hollywood career? are you tempted to do what so many comedians do, which is go a little bit more serious next time? searching for that dramatic role inside you? >> i tried it as a serious actor. i went to the same dra...