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nbc's jay gray has more now from one of the hardest hit places over the weekend, henryville, indiana. >> reporter: this morning, cleanup crews will storm the hardest hit areas of tornado alley, sifting through miles of debris, all that's left from so many communities and lives ripped apart by the storms. >> tragic, terrible. i mean, it's just like, one minute you're here and then you're gone. >> reporter: a disaster spread by at least 100 tornadoes that left deep, painful scars across at least a dozen states. >> he was the greatest love of my life. >> reporter: cheryl pickett's husba...

southern indiana where entire communities and neighborhoods were wiped off the map in a matter of seconds. we have team coverage. chuck bell in the storm center. we begin with nbc's jay gray. >> reporter: good evening. the devastation you see behind me stretches for miles. two violent attacks from mother senate in the span of three days which in communities just like this across the tornado alley, the loss is almost too much to bear. a day after, and the devastation is almost impossible to believe. >> tragic, terrible. it's one minute you're here and then you're gone. >> reporter: co...

lawmakers in washington to take action on behalf of the nation's middle class calling the country's rising economic inequality "the defining issue of our time." nbc's brian mooar has the details. >> reporter: in tiny osawatomie, kansas, president obama delivered a message aimed at both middle class americans and politicians back in washington. >> i believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot. when everyone does their fair share. when everybody plays by the same rules. >> reporter: the president argues he's defending the working class while republicans are standi...

with the northeast. >> it's already snowing in tennessee. and by tomorrow, states all the way up to maine will feel the freeze from this big system. >> abc's tahman bradley shows us where it's been and where it's going. >> reporter: the east coast is bracing for a blast of winter. snow and rain that pushed through western and central states, now threatens to strike several major east coast cities. across the southwest, residents are digging out, after snow shut down interstates and closed schools. in roswell, new mexico, it looks like christmas arrived early. >> i love the snow. >> n...

snow. in texas, cities are covered in white. >> i just had to go for a walk, it's so beautiful out here. >> reporter: it may be beautiful, but the weather is causing problems. icy roadways continue to wreak havoc for commuters. in el paso, divers dodged black ice. in springfield, missouri, emergency workers responded to at least a half-dozen crashes. in washington state, a group of four-wheel drive jeep owners rescued stuck drivers. >> these guys came up with the jeep, which is a blessing, and pulled us out. >> reporter: winter storm warnings are up and down the east coast, with rain...