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Assistance assessments in by tomorrow and hopefully get a quick and affirmative answer. >> shepard: what -- >> let me just say, fema has been on the spot, fema, federal emergency people have been on the spot since the night of the storm, working well with our people. >> shepard: thats great to hear. that agency has come a long way. governor, people -- were getting emails from people saying how do i help. what is your advice? >> wait 24 hours and well have a lot better set of answers for you. the...

>> yesterday happened and it was gone in the blink of an eye. >> a storm picked the bottom of my house and laid the roof on the concrete. >> some of the worst damage in yazoo county, area known as blues and catfish and cotton, 28,000 people. a baptist church left in pieces. folks showed up for sunday services any way. chris is live there. the federal emergency management teams arrived in the area? >> yeah, they did. they arrived several hours ago and are looking at the damage here. utter obliter...

Bounce, stay down 30 seconds, rip up trees and theyre gone and thats usually what happens but not this time. >> thats right. this storm got on the ground in louisiana, crossed the river, hit eagle lake, mashed i cant yazoo city and stayed on the ground more than 100 miles to the other side of durant. it hit in clay and monroe counties, which is on the alabama line north of columbus. this is a very bad storm. lots of people hurt but by gods grace, ten killed, if you saw the destruction, shep, you...

That. >> shepard: i appreciate it. good luck to you and the folks in yazoo city and choctaw county and around the state of mississippi who have been through so much. amazing to watch that storm. you could see it coming over from louisiana, one enormous blob on the map that looked like an entire red area over mississippi. lines started going through and areas opened up and in the northern part of the state, it was beautiful on saturday. you can see exactly where the tornado went and the straight ...

Have enough damage. thats the way the system works, that could happen. >> shepard: all right. governor, i know youre from there. your familys from there. what happened at your place? >> well, the storm went south of my home. in fact marsha and i still live here. but it went south of my home by a couple of miles. it went between my two brothers. one of my nephews had significant damage but nobody was hurt. they were there in a closet. but by gods grace, all of our family are well and we are seein...

Storm hit about 10 minutes after 12:00 central time. we got there about 30 minutes later. this is gigantic. it appears to be several miles wide. it set down on the ground in madison, and crossed the river, hit eagle lake. it was on st ground about 70 miles. it looks like it was on the ground at least another 80 miles. yazoo city, it skimmed the edge of town but hit a lot of neighborhoods just outside the city. went through a shopping sent. obliterated a church. its a very bad storm. regrettably ...

Got there about 30 minutes later. but this is a gigantic storm. this tornado in places appears to be several miles wide. it set down on the ground in madison parish, louisiana and crossed the river into mississippi, hit eagle lake. by the time it got to yazoo city it had been on the ground about 70 miles and looks like it was on the ground at least another 80 miles when it hit choctaw county, mississippi. yazoo city, it skimmed the edge of town but hit a lost neighborhoods just outside the city ...

After 12 central time and we got there about 30 minutes later. but this is a gigantic storm, this tornado in places appeared to be several miles wide. it set down on the ground in madison parrish, louisiana, and crossed the river into mississippi, hit eagle lake, by t -- in yazoo city, it skimmed the edge of town, it hit a lot of neighborhoods just outside the city limits, went through a shopping center, absolutely obliterated a church. its a very, very bad storm and regrettably we have some fat...