health and human services, and you can see it and hear it in the approach of team administrator craig fugatewho talks about those who have structuresuffered disasters nots victims, but as survivors. who can help the community respond and recover. craig has initiated a whole of community planning effort that recognizes communities are inherently strong and resilient, even in the face of disasters. this approach relies on understanding and meeting the true needs of the entire affected community engaging all aspects of that community of private, nonprofit, public sectors. in both defining those needs and devising ways to meet them, and strengthening the assets, institutions, and social processes that work well in communities on a daily basis to improve resilience and emergency management outcomes. you can also see it in craig's rotation program that brings private sector representatives into the fema operations center. so that the government can learn from and to leverage the private sector expertise, avoid trying to re-create functions that the private sector does well every day, and learn how

they include janet napolitano, craig fugate, tom vilsack, sean donovan, and caramels, but mr. for the u.s. small business association. they are traveling on sunday to alabama and mississippi. they will meet with families affected by the storms and will also meet with state and local officials while viewing damage and assessing the initial recovery efforts that are under way. the president was traveling yesterday to alabama to see for himself firsthand. the headline of "the washington post" -- they spoke with residents trying to sell their belongings in the aftermath -- the aftermath of the twister. this is video of the motorcade tour in the damage in tuscaloosa, alabama. this is much of what the president saw yesterday. he also had a chance to make comments. here is a little bit of what he had to say. >> 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 in here. i am very pleased that we've got a fema direct your in craig fugate who is as responsible as anyone to respond to a disaster of

health and human services and you can see it and hear it in the approach of fema administrator craig fugate. he talks about those who have suffered disasters not as big dems, but as survivors, who can help their community respond and recover. craig has initiated a whole of community planning effort that recognize these communities are inherently strong and resilient even in the face of disasters. this approach relies on understanding and meeting the true needs of the entire affected community, engaging all aspects of that community, the private, the nonprofit, the public there's. and both defining those needs and devising ways to meet them. and strengthening the assets, institutions and social processes that work well and communities on a daily basis to improve resilience and emergency management outcomes. you can also see it in craig's rotation program that brings private sector representatives into the fema operations center so that the government can learn from and leverage the private sector's expertise, a boy trying to re-create functions that the private sector does well every day and

i've dispatched federal emergency management agency administrator craig fugate to alabama to work with state and local officials, and i'll travel christ to alabama -- travel myself to alabama to work with the families who are reeling from this disaster. i want to commend all the men and women working around the clock for the last few days to save the lives of their friends and neighbors and to begin the long work of rebuilding these communities. these police officers, firefighters, emts and other emergency responders are heros, and they have the thanks of a grateful nation, and we pray for their success, and we stand with every american affected by this disaster in the days and weeks to come. now, as we meet our obligations to these americans, we're mindful of our obligation to the safety of all americans, and that's why we're here today. as commander in chief, i have no greater responsibility than the security of the american people and the well being of our courageous men and women in uniform and their families. over the past two years, my administration has done whatever it takes to

you can see it and hear it in the approach of the fema administrator, craig fugate, who talk about those who suffer disasters not as victims, but the survivors who can help their community respond and recover. craig has initiated a whole community planning effort that recognizes communities are inherently strong and resilient, even in the face of disasters. this approach relies on the understanding and using the true needs of the entire affected community, engaging all aspects of that community, the private, nonprofit, the public sectors. in defining those needs and advising ways to use them, and strengthening the assets, and institutions and social processes that were well in committee on a daily basis to improve resilience and emergency management outcomes. you can also see it in craig's rotation program that brings private representatives into the food operations center, so that the government can learn from and leverage the private sector's expertise, avoid trying to recreate functions that the private sector does well every and learn how and where our best efforts best apply during

i've dispatched federal emergency management agency administrator craig fugate to alabama to work withate and local officials, and i'll travel christ to alabama -- travel myself to alabama to work with the families who are reeling from this disaster. i want to commend all the men and women working around the clock for the last few days to save the lives of their friends and neighbors and to begin the long work of rebuilding these communities. these police officers, firefighters, emts and other emergency responders are heros, and they have the thanks of a grateful nation, and we pray for their success, and we stand with every american affected by this disaster in the days and weeks to come. now, as we meet our obligations to these americans, we're mindful of our obligation to the safety of all americans, and that's why we're here today. as commander in chief, i have no greater responsibility than the security of the american people and the well being of our courageous men and women in uniform and their families. over the past two years, my administration has done whatever it takes to me

i'm very pleased that we've got a fema director in craig fugitive eat who is -- fugate who is as experienced as anybody in responding to disasters even of this magnitude and we've already provided the disaster designations. we've already provided the disaster designations that are rider -- required to make sure that the maximum federal help comes here as quickly as possible. 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 i want to just make a community to the -- commitment to the communities here that we are going to do everything we can to help these communities rebuild. we can't bring those who have been lost back. you know, they're alongside god at this point. we can help maybe a little bit with the families dealing with the grief of having a loved one lost. but the property damage which is obviously extensive, that's something that we can do something about. and so we're going to do everything we can to partner it -- with you, mr. mayor, with you, governor -- the governor is pointing out