Obama to Visit Missouri Sunday

The Hill reports:

President Barack Obama said Tuesday he will visit Missouri on Sunday to meet with those affected by devastating tornadoes that killed at least 116 people in Joplin over the weekend.

In remarks from London, Obama said he would visit the state "to talk with folks who’ve been affected, to talk to local officials about our response effort and hopefully to pray with folks and give them whatever assurance and comfort I can that the entire country is going to be behind them."

Obama is on a six-day, four-nation European trip. He is scheduled to return to Washington on Saturday.

The president spoke Monday with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and dispatched Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel and resources to the affected areas. FEMA Director Craig Fugate traveled to Missouri Monday to meet with state and local officials.

Obama said he told Nixon "we will give him every ounce of resources the federal government may have that we can bring to bear on this situation."