a lot of people in a lot of need. i m glad there are people, volunteers from around this country coming in, descending on joplin to try to help. bill white, yours is an extraordinary tale. good luck with the memorial. we appreciate the hope. i hope people keep sending it months from now because we re still going to be needing it. you can watch president obama s full remarks. it will air at 3:00 p.m. eastern. we ll have it live for you at nbc. it is going to be a very emotional tribute. let s all tune in at 3:00 p.m. eastern. this morning the soggy northern plains braces for a second round of rain. fema officials have extended flood warnings to wyoming and the dakotas. they fear rain and more melting snow will swell the missouri
tornado. we profiled his grieving widow, stephanie, and part of the problem that she and so many others have been having here in joplin is trying to get the remains of their loved ones out of the morgue. the identification process has taken a very, very long time. she was frustrated as many here are. we got word from the county coroner that his body has been positively identified and she should be able to get her husband s remains either later today or perhaps tomorrow and be able to schedule a funeral and that s something that a lot of families here are really hoping that they can get done as quickly as possible. candy? not good news but comforting news i m sure for his widow. casey wian in a very wounded joplin, missouri, thank you, casey. there is growing frustration of families trying to get information about loved ones. i ll find out what is holding up the process. former president george b. wush s effort to help fight aids
coroners and fury of that tornado will make the job extremely difficult. our brian todd is in joplin. brian? reporter: the process of finding those miss iing is pickg up there s serious kinks and the family are dealing with them as best as they can. they file into the church to pay tribute to a man who is not there. the family and friends of radonald miller iii also known as trip are determined to memorialize him regardless of what authorities do with his body. trip seen here is one of several people killed in the tornado whose bodies couldn t be immediately released to their families. we couldn t get an answer on why his body was held. even though the family know he is deceased. officials here are trying to streamline the process of locating those missing and i.d.
rubble. the first business is just beginning. we re going to bring in casey wian. reporter: candy, that s right. you can see the wreckage behind me that is percent vase sif but we came across one sign of hope that there s a good chance that joplin will recover. this is america and we re going to rebuild it. reporter: four days after an historic tornado demolished much of joplin, missouri, contractor darren collins started construction on the first new building to remerge from the rubble. at some point we re going to have to stop scratching our head and staring at the rubble and roll-up our sleeves and get things back to normalcy. he s rebuilding his wife s beauty salon which he built once before 17 years ago. on tuesday, he discussed the idea with city officials and on wednesday they gave him the idea to start and thursday construction began.
final moments of an air france flight which went down in the atlantic. president obama orders a machine be used to sign the patriot act extension for him. is that constitutional? breaking news, head lines and jeanne moos straight ahead. wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crolly and you are in the situation room. have you seen the terror filled moments when the tornado struck joplin month, mont joplin month, mon joplin, missouri. watch this. look at this. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. it went right through here. i don t know where we are.