eric horng, mississippi. >> and eric has been working all morning long traveling throughout the region. >>> and now to the latest efforts to fix wall street. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say a deal is very close. t.j. winick joins us this morning from washington with the latest. good morning, t.j. >>> good morning, president obama will actually be getting out of town traveling to the midwest, bringing his message of reform and jobs to main street. >> reporter: negotiation over the weekend so far failed to produce a breakthrough on bipartisan financial reform. >> here we are, after 17 months, after someone broke into our house, in effect, robbed us and we still haven't changed the locks on the door. >> reporter: democrats are determined to pass reform now, but currently one vote shy. the republicans remain hopeful they can strike a deal. >> it's my expectation that we will not go forward with this partisan bill. it's not ready yet. >> reporter: following health care reform and agreements to reduce the number of nuclear weapons president obama is hoping to extend his winning stre

eric horng reports from yazoo city. >> reporter: in this community of shattered homes, survivors claw through rubble searching for any sign of the familiar. >> i don't know what to do. i'm just totally lost. i have nothing. nothing. there's nothing. i don't know where to begin it, i don't know where to end it. >> reporter: the destruction in yazoo city is measured not in buildings but blocks. from the air you can see the full scope of the catastrophe. on the ground you can feel it. >> the hardest part of moving forward is just to see the community like this, you know. it's so painful. >> reporter: the twister was one of several that carved a path of destruction almost 200 miles long across mississippi, killing at least ten people, including a baby and two other children. morgan hayden and jaziah moto survived by huddling in their bathroom. >> we came in the hallway and we could feel the wind just coming through the hallway, like picking us up. we went straight here to the bathroom and just got down. >> reporter: in this deeply religious community, many spent this sunday praying in chu

eric horng, abc news chicago. >> glad he's going home.an harris will be here tomorrow night certainly hope you will be too. good night.

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