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President obama heads to oklahoma tomorrow. he will get a firsthand look at the devastation but the political storm in washington will be waiting for him when he returns. ron brownstein is cnns senior political analyst joining us from washington. good to see you, ron. >> hi, fred. >> the president is dealing with controversies from the u.s. military, sexual assault cases to the irs and tomorrow he will be consoler in chief in oklahoma. how he handles this natural disaster could help him weather ...

Taking on that role of consoler in chief. so he will do it again this coming sunday. martin. >> a soul with a good heart. nbcs kristen welker. thank you, kristen. >> reporter: thank you. now to a story we had planned to discuss before that tornado touched down on monday. the president on sunday delivered the commencement address to graduates at the historically black morehouse college in atlanta. indeed, the presidents emphatic remarks stirred conversations, even a backlash to what some descri...

Devastating tornado. im in moore, oklahoma, right now. the latest information we have from the oklahoma city medical examiners office, 24 people have been killed, at least in this disaster, nine of those killed were children. im standing in this neighborhood right now. you can see it has been flattened by the storm here. the rain is falling steadily right now. this will hamper the recovery, the rescue effort a little bit, not make it easier on them. the people here need all of the help they can ...

Governor before she delivers a press conference later today. no word yet on whether or not president obama will head to oklahoma. but it is very likely of course this is what we see him do as consoler in chief. he did it in the wake of the boston bombings. and of course, the plant fire in west texas. alex. >> kristen welker, live from the white house, thanks for the update. coming up, the tragedy in oklahoma comes just six months after super storm sandy devastated parts of the northeast. we wi...

Joins us from the north lawn of the white house. kristen, the president once again cast into the role of consoler in chief. >> absolutely. this is becoming an all-too-familiar role for this president. you talked about the fact that he had authorized federal assistance to the five counties who have been the hardest hit. what that means, alex is that those who have lost their homes, their businesses, those who need a place to stay tonight. can ask for and get federal assistance immediately bypassi...

Declaring that a red line has actually been crossed. i was talking to one intelligence official today, though, martin, who said time is really of the essence. that this administration should look back to george h.w. bush who really got the u.n. involved in a matter of days. not weeks, not months. before making his determination when it came to kuwait and iraq back in the 1990s. so time certainly is of the essence here, but youre absolutely right. this administration aware of the evidence over wm...

>> law enforcement officials taking part in the catholic mass at the same cathedral that held the memorial service for the marathon bombing victims on thursday, the one where president obama had to be once again the nations consoler in chief. >> and on the streets of boston sunday night, cnns don lemon found sadness and determination. >> so this is the corner of boylston and berkeley. down there is actually the bombing site. this makeshift memorial was set up in the middle of the street but they...

Us strong. thats why we endure. >> reporter: alex, we have seen the president go into an all-too-familiar role which is sort of the consoler in chief. we saw him assume this role, of course, after the newtown shootings, the shootings in tucson, arizona. he took on a similar role, of course, this week. but when he came out to speak last night, he also gave some indication into what he had instructed lawmakers to do and federal officials to do moving forward which was to really answer some key que...

I also would say the white house has got to remember theyve got to have peripheral vision and see everything else thats going on in the world here. this is not -- this has consumed america as weve watched fox news and the other networks to see what was happening in boston. but a lot of other things have happened. lets not forget that an awful lot of people died in the town of west, texas, and there is -- we need to demonstrate a lot of sympathy and empathy and concern for those people in that co...

In the face of cruelty, we will choose compassion. in the face of those who would visit death upon innocence, we will choose to save and the comfort and the healing. >> at every level of presidents tact is always both necessary and impossible. consoling the inconsolable families of those who died, offering hope to the wounded. >> we will all be with you as you learn to stand and walk and, yes, run again. of that i have no doubtment y. you will run again. [ applause ] you will run again. >> preac...