Biden is set to visit Kentucky following deadly tornadoes and storms

President Joe Biden is set to visit Kentucky today in the wake of deadly tornadoes and severe storms that devastated the area.

The White House said earlier this week that the President's travel will include a stop in Fort Campbell for a storm briefing, and stops in Mayfield and Dawson Springs to survey storm damage.At least 88 people were killed in the storms that hit parts of the Midwest and the South over the weekend, including at least 74 in Kentucky, according to the commonwealth's governor, Andy Beshear. More than 100 individuals in Kentucky are still missing.

" "I can tell you from traveling on some of these trips with the President in the past, often what happens is he will ask leaders directly, 'What do you need? What are you not getting and how can we make it faster for you?' and then he will get back in the car and he will give an assignment to a staffer and say, 'Get this done,'"she said."Even me -- I don't always know, but I figure it out.

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