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To you. it hits you and sometimes you're not even wearing tennis shoes, you're not prepared for this. we were reading one story a woman was just wrapping gifts in the living room, didn't think it was going to get that bad. of course, next thing they know the bathtub they were hiding in was outside and they were being rained on. i think the president was trying to talk about that on saturday, of just how overwhelmed and rattled people can be after going through something like this, which is completesly unde -- completely understandable, of course. that's the other part of a visit like this, to ...

House responding, and figuring out how to deal with all of these multiple challenges? >> well, if you just take the tornados, this is very sort of natural way, any traditional way to respond, but especially someone like president biden who is sort of so empathetic, and so sort of what we think of as a consoler in chief in these moments, so i was with him on saturday in wilmington when he made, you know, unscheduled remarks to talk about it. and it came through there, he really believes this is not about democrats or republicans. he will do absolutely anything it takes to help those communities...

In this moment, how is the white house responding, and figuring out how to deal with all of these multiple challenges? >> if you just take the tornadoes, this is very natural, the way in a traditional white house response, but especially someone like president biden who is so empathetic and so such as consoler in chief at these moments so i was with him on saturday in wilmington when they made unscheduled remarks, to talk about it. it came through there that he really believes this is not about democrats or republicans. he will do absolutely anything to get some help to these people. so that v...

Heartfelt emotional remarks about it, reflecting on the tragedies he has faced so far in office as president, as we expect him to really adopt once again this consoler in chief role as he responds to this disaster. take a listen. >> my heart aches for those people right now, including the rescuers, including the burden on them and what they worry about. that's what they talk to me about in florida. that's what they talked to me about afterwards. so, i just think that we just have to keep at it. we have to keep focussed. and this is going to be the focus of my attention until we get this finish...

We're all americans. we stand together as the united states of america. i promise you, whatever is needed, whatever is needed, the federal government is going to find a way to supply it. >> reporter: so the president really in the crisis manager moded at the moment, but he did talk about skl at some point mo into an investigative set of standards, looking at whether there was enough warning for these people, looking at whether climate change may have affected this, and then, of course, he will move into the consoler in chief mode. yesterday he said my heart aches for the people who are affecte...