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In that explosion. that underground explosion there in west virginia, april 5th. you saw also in the periphery there, the president of the united states who will be delivering a ten-minute or so eulogy there. that will take place maybe 10 or 15 minutes from now. we're going to continue to monitor this memorial service taking place in beckley, west virginia. we will, of course, allow you to see the president's address live as it happens. for now we're going to take a short break and we'll be right back.

His hometown of yazoo city as utter obliteration. the tornadoes were part of a massive band of storms that stretched from missouri all the way to the florida panhandle. we'll check in with meteorologist jacqui jeras in a few moments. she'll show us where the storm is right now. all right. let's go back now to beckley, west virginia, and we know now that momentarily president of the united states will be carrying out the eulogy there as this memorial service for the 29 victims of that underground mine explosion. that's also where we find our senior white house correspondent, ed henry, outside...

Leaking into the gulf, say the coast guard officials there. as much as 1,000 barrels of oil is escaping from the well head on the ocean floor. british petroleum is investigating how to stop that leak. 11 of the 126 workers on that rig are still missing from the blast and they are presumed dead. this afternoon president obama will attend a memorial service and deliver the eulogy for the 29 west virginia miners killed earlier this month. nbc's athena jones is at the white house for us this sunday morning. good morning, athena. >> reporter: good morning, alex. the president arrived in beckley, ...

>> all right. senior white house correspondent ed henry, thanks so much. in beckley, west virginia, where maybe in about 35 minutes or so the president of the united states will be delivering what could be a ten minute eulogy has ed was describing. they're a little behind schedule because the president is spending some important one on one time with the family members of those 29 miners killed in that underground explosion. perhaps his eulogy might have to slide a little bit. we'll carry that live when it does happen, nonetheless. much more straight ahead from beckley, west virginia, and elsew...