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President obama will be on the ground in joplin, missouri. it will be his first look at what's left of that devastated city. 142 people lost their lives in last sunday's terrible tornado, another 100 are still missing. yet amid this widespread destruction cnn's casey wian found people already starting to rebuild. >> reporter: it's difficult to find signs of hope amid so much death and destruction, but one man is already starting to rebuild his wife's business. >> this is america and we're going to rebuild it. >> reporter: four days after a historic tornado demolished much of joplin, missouri -...

>> reporter: shortly afterwards, the line goes flat. nurses detach med's body from the life support equipment and cover his face. ben wedeman, cnn, misrata, libya. president obama arrived back at the white house tonight wrapping up a six-day trip to europe. he ended in poland where memories of the old soviet union are still strong. here is our white house correspondent ed henry from warsaw. >> reporter: on this final stop in poland, the u.s. president has really hit two big themes, the first trying to reassure the polish people that america will be there to defend it. there's a lot of mistru...

Yet amid this widespread destruction cnn's casey wian found people already starting to rebuild. >> reporter: it's difficult to find signs of hope amid so much death and destruction, but one man is already starting to rebuild his wife's business. >> this is america and we're going to rebuild it. >> reporter: four days after a historic tornado demolished much of joplin, missouri -- >> why don't you cut them and put them underneath. >> reporter: contractor darren collins started construction on the first new building to emerge from the rubble. >> at some point we're going to have to start scratch...

Room for us to continue our tradition of providing leadership when it comes to freedom, democracy, human rights. >> reporter: after returning to the white house saturday night, it's right back to work for the president. on sunday he's heading to missouri to attend a memorial service and try to comfort some of the people devastated by those tornadoes in joplin. ed henry, cnn, warsaw. there was some emotional testimony in the casey anthony murder trial. sunny hostin will tell us about it. that's next. building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasin...