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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: President Obama's Comments on Oklahoma Tornado [Watch (HLS stream): President Obama's Comments on Oklahoma Tornado](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/c8SQQphW.m3u8) (2:14)  _Published 2013-05-21. Highlights from President Obama's statements on the damage and response to Monday's deadly Oklahoma Tornado_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:35 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [President Obama's Statement on Keeping the Internet Open and Free](/video/61yvDpEX/) ### President Obama's Statement on Keeping the Internet Open and Free [Oklahoma Tornado Damage](/video/4uTED6ng/) ### Oklahoma Tornado Damage [President Obama's Statement on ACA](/video/EBrxnIfh/) ### President Obama's Statement on ACA --- ## Transcript Good morning everybody. As we all know by now, a series of storms swept across the plains yesterday in one of the most destructive tornadoes in history. Sliced through the towns of Newcastle and Moore, Oklahoma. In an instant, neighborhoods were destroyed. Dozens of people lost their lives. Many more were injured. And among the victims were young children trying to take shelter in the safest place they knew their school. If there is hope to hold on to, not just in Oklahoma but around the country, it's the knowledge that the good people there and in Oklahoma are better prepared for this type of storm than most. And what they can be certain of is that Americans from every corner of this country will be right there with em opening our homes our hearts to those in need because we're a nation that stands with our fellow citizens. We don't yet know the full extent of the damage from this week's storm. We don't know both the human and economic losses that may have occurred. We know that severe rumbling of weather, bad weather through much of the country still continues. And we're also preparing for a hurricane season that begins next week. Oklahoma needs to get everything that it needs, right away The FEMA administrator Craig Fugate is on his way to Oklahoma as we speak. FEMA staff was first deployed to Oklahoma's emergency operation center on Sunday, as the state already was facing down the first wave of deadly tornadoes. So our prayers are with the people of Oklahoma today. Our gratitude is with the teachers who gave their all to shield their children, with the neighbors, first responders and emergency personnel who raced to help as soon as the tornado passed. 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