martha: we'll get morethon on that when we speak to arkansas congressman tim griffin. he's in the district where may flower is. bill: right around here is mississippi and over here roughly is arkansas. you see that cloud come together? that's where that storm match the last 48 hours sunday, monday into early tuesday, the storm collides and blows up like a giant popcorn on the screen from space. but on the ground you see all the devastation left behind and the deaths the last 48 hours. they knew the storm was coming. they knew the conditions were right to form and be deadly. there is concern now on tuesday, the area of con southern shifts down to the southeastern edge of alabama and the pnl of georgia and into the state of georgia. this is the danger zone today so we'll be watching that. but really a remarkable thing. late friday, conditions are ripe for epic storms. >> we'll keep going over the course of all these days. we'll took you a congressman from that area coming up as i said. this could be a judgment day for donald sterling. the l.a. clippers owner allegedly we

this sea justin mcdaniel and congressman tim griffin are at the scene. they were about to be briefed by the bha -- mayor. i asked if they had any knowledge about the extent of damage. >> that's our reporter on the ground there if the livonia air gnaw. we are praying for hot people, certainly the twist of ark la-- condolences to those who lost their loves ones. i am kelly write whether the weather afert, we are going to continue with our programming. boy's death. d~ cf is calling for more social workers to handle the overload of cases. we'll be right back with greg gutfold. >> if you would like to respond. go to mikehuckabee.com you can connect on facebook and sign up to follow my how did we do it last time? i don't know... i forget. feeding your lawn need not be so difficult neighbors. get a load of this bad boy. whoa. this snap spreader system from scotts is snap-crackin' simple -- just snap, lock, and go. [ scott ] feed your lawn. feed it! just snap, lock, and go. there's no dip in that bowl. they're new pringles tortillas. so good, they don't need dip

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host: congressman tim griffin. he says the debate over repealing it is over.yan's budget would repeal it, but does not replace it. guest: lots to talk about there. let me roll through some of these. first of all, he said that people are mad, they are angry him of they are against people having access to health care reform. that is completely ridiculous. i would go so far as to say the president of the united states is just unserious with a comment like that. that is best placed between the ferns on saturday night live. he wants to posit a false choice. obamacare were nothing. -- or nothing. if you are not for obamacare, in his mind then you are for nothing. that is a false choice. there are many, many different options. we have several bills and the house, one by chairman tom price , who is a physician. the republican study committee has a bill. there were over 200 health care related bills. he said something in that quote which he needs to be called out on. the president has said that he will meet with anybody, do anything at any time to improve the law, to i

tim griffin, mayflower is in his district and he is with me now.morning to you. >> good morning. bill: have you had a chance to see mayflower? >> yes. right shortly after the tornadoes passed by last night, i went up, first toured another town in my district, and we met with the mayor, he told us about a neighborhood that no longer existed. i thought it was about 50 homes at the time, maybe 40 homes. went up there and looked at the neighborhood, some brick homes probably built in the last three years or so, the entire development completely gone. what was shocking, some of the homes were completely gone down to the concrete foundation. no sign of furniture, no sign, it is just incredible. awful. the first priority is life, trying to make sure that everybody who can be taken out of the rubble or what have you is found, and the first responders obviously were there. we were there around 10:00 or so, maybe 9:00 something. the whole town was shut down. bill: 16 dead in arkansas in your state. how possible is it that number goes higher? >> daylight will

. >> on the next "washington guests include representative tim griffin from arkansas.udget proposal. we will focus on ukraine with senator ben cardin. the foreigner of relations committee. and abigail jones, a senior writer for "newsweek" who will join us to discuss her article on alzheimer's disease and predictions that 60 million americans will have the disease by 2050. is live on journal" c-span every day at 7 a.m. eastern and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> up next, a preview of this weekend's presidential elections in afghanistan. the alliance in support of the afghan people posted a panel that included former officials from the obama and george w. bush administrations. this is one hour. rexam happy to be here to discuss this election in afghanistan. e-day inoing to be afghanistan. enthusiasm ining the population across the board, not just in one area or another. even in the south and eastern part of the country, much more enthusiasm than fear or trepidation. something that a few weeks ago people were mostly concerned about. e taliban hav

could join us, representatives greg harper and alan nunnelee from mississippi and representative tim griffin from arkansas are back home today coordinating with the federal, state and local officials who are organizing disaster assistant efforts. tomorrow representative griffin will be touring the devastation in arkansas' second district with secretary johnson from the department of homeland security. all these delegations have spent hours keeping close contact with one another and with officials in arkansas, in particular regarding tornado that ripped through mayflower, el paso and others, leading a path of destruction in central arkansas and the same is true for the other affected states. the destruction is heartbreaking and our prayers go out to all those affected by these devastating storms, especially knows who lost loved ones. our delegation would like to thank the first responders, volunteers and neighboring communities for all their assistance, donations, prayers and tireless efforts during this difficult time. their hard work and dedication has saved lives. we also urge those who ca