The people of Joplin came together after the tornado to lift each other up and rebuild. KMBC's Lara Moritz talked to one woman who helped bring the city back.
it was the second part of a larger disaster relief package, and the measure passed, 62-36. should we point out that all 36 no votes came from republicans? republicans roy blunt, the person you just heard from. demanding that the federal government reimburse 100% of the costs for the joplin disaster. republicans say it s all about offsets. here is senator pat toomey of pennsylvania, another no vote, explaining the republican logic. at some point we need to start making choices around here. at some point we can t just have everything. that s how you get trillion deficits. that s how you end up like greece. well, toomey lobbied for hurricane sandy relief money from fema for his constituents before the storm made landfall. senator kelly ayotte and all of new hampshire, another no vote. she appealed for sandy relief
and this latest senate vote pretty much proves it, folks. yesterday the senate approved just over $50 billion in disaster aid for victims of hurricane sandy. it was the second part of a larger disaster relief package, and the measure passed, 62-36. should we point out that all 36 no votes came from republicans? republican roy blunt, the person you just heard from, demanding that the federal government reimburse 100% of the costs for the joplin disaster. republicans say it s all about offsets. here is senator pat toomey of pennsylvania, another no vote, explaining the republican logic. at some point we need to start making choices around here. at some point we can t just have everything. that s how you get trillion deficits. that s how you end up like greece. well, toomey lobbied for hurricane sandy relief money from fema for his constituents before the storm made landfall.
politics with disaster aid. and this latest senate vote pretty much proves it, folks. yesterday the senate approved just over $50 billion in disaster aid for victims of hurricane sandy. it was the second part of a larger disaster relief package, and the measure passed, 62-36. should we point out that all 36 no votes came from republicans? republican roy blunt, the person you just heard from, demanding that the federal government reimburse 100% of the costs for the joplin disaster. republicans say it s all about offsets. here is senator pat toomey of pennsylvania, another no vote, explaining the republican logic. at some point we need to start making choices around here. at some point we can t just have everything. that s how you get trillion deficits. that s how you end up like greece. well, toomey lobbied for hurricane sandy relief money from fema for his constituents
in the joplin disaster. a ali? when i checked into my hotel yesterday, by the way, the woman who checked me in when she came back here, she lives here, she couldn t find her street because there are no signs and there s a gas station on the corner and the gas station wasn t there. that s the kind of devastation. imagine how it feels to have lived through that. in a moment i m going to bring you a toddler, 21-year-old boy, and his parents, imagine what it felt like to have to protect that boy s life through this tornado. a remarkable compelling story. i ll have that as our continuing live coverage from joplin turns up on the other side of the break. stay with us. [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we re adding new cell sites. increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call