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Obama, Barack - President
Well, Michelle and I want to express, first of all, our deepest condolences to not just the city of Tuscaloosa but the state of Alabama and all the... |
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Obama, Barack - President
What you’re seeing here is the consequence of just a few minutes of this extraordinarily powerful storm sweeping through this community. And as the... |
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Obama, Barack - President
In addition to keeping all the families who’ve been affected in our thoughts and prayers, obviously our biggest priority now is to help this community... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Fortunately the governor has done an extraordinary job with his team in making sure that the resources of the state are mobilized and have been brought... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Craig is working with the teams on the ground to make sure that we are seamlessly coordinating between the state, local and federal governments. And... |
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Obama, Barack - President
We can’t bring those who have been lost back. They’re alongside God at this point. We can help maybe a little bit with the families dealing with... |
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Obama, Barack - President
And so we’re going to do everything we can to partner with you, Mr. Mayor, with you, governor. As the governor was pointing out, this community was... |
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Obama, Barack - President
That bee likes you. (Laughter.) |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
It’s a wasp. |
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Obama, Barack - President
Okay, got it. There you go. |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
No, he got him away. You didn’t get him. |
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Maddox, Walter - Mayor, Tuscaloosa
Where’s the Secret Service when you need them? (Laughter.) |
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Obama, Barack - President
Finally, let me just say this. As you walk around, we were just talking to three young people over there -- college students here at the University... |
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Obama, Barack - President
What you’re struck by is people’s resilience and the way that the community has come together. And obviously that's testimony to the leadership... |
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Obama, Barack - President
So, Mr. Mayor -- he was pointing out that there’s a lot of national media down here now, and the mayor expressed the concern that perhaps the media... |
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Obama, Barack - President
So with that, Governor, would you like to say a few words? |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
I would. And, Mr. President, I would like to personally thank you and Mrs. Obama for coming and visiting Alabama because you know as you fly over this... |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
We asked for -- we’ve mobilized the state. We declared a state of emergency early on, even before the first tornadoes hit, and then we mobilized... |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
We have eight counties across the state that have been hit by major tornadoes. This probably is the worst one, but we have others. As you go across... |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
And so there are people that are hurting. We have now 210 confirmed deaths in Alabama. We have 1,700 injured. We have a number of people missing... |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
Thank you, Mr. President. (Laughter.) If you’ll keep him off of me -- |
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Obama, Barack - President
I’m going to keep my eye on you. We’re looking out for each other. That's -- |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. (Laughter.) |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
But I am -- let me say I am so proud of our first responders in this state. They have done an outstanding job. Our mayors, our county commissioners,... |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
And so, Mr. President, welcome to Alabama, but not under these circumstances. We want you to come back and maybe go to a football game over here at... |
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Obama, Barack - President
I will gladly come back. |
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Bentley, Robert M.D. - Governor, [R] Alabama
Thank you, sir. |
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Obama, Barack - President
Mr. Mayor, if you’d like to say a few words. |
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Maddox, Walter - Mayor, Tuscaloosa
Mr. President, Governor, Mrs. Obama, thank you for coming today. The last 36 hours have been probably the most trying time in this community’s history.... |
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Maddox, Walter - Mayor, Tuscaloosa
Since this tragedy began, I’ve been using Romans 12:12 when Paul wrote under persecution, “Rejoice in our confident hope.” Well, today, Mr. President,... |
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Maddox, Walter - Mayor, Tuscaloosa
Thank you again for coming today. |
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Obama, Barack - President
Well, thank you for your leadership. And two last points I want to make. First of all, we’ve got our congressional delegation here, and I am absolutely... |
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Obama, Barack - President
To all the local officials who are here, I know that they’ve been personally affected, but I know that they’re going to provide the leadership in... |
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Obama, Barack - President
And finally, I think the mayor said something very profound as we were driving over here. He said, what's amazing is when something like this happens,... |
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Obama, Barack - President
And so hopefully that spirit continues and grows. If nothing else comes out of this tragedy, let’s hope that that's one of the things that comes... |
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Obama, Barack - President
So thank you very much, everybody. |