Tuesday 9 August 2022 01:52 AM Jill Biden helps Joe put his jacket on as they step off Marine One in Kentucky trends now

Jill Biden helped President Joe Biden put on his navy blue blazer as they prepared to depart Kentucky for Washington D.C. after spending Monday touring flood damage.

The first lady helped her husband find his sleeve as he struggled to get the coat back on after he stepped off Marine One. The two had wrapped up a tour of Lost Creeek, Kentucky, and were leaving its 90-something degree heat for the air-conditioned coolness of Air Force One.

The president also dropped his signature aviator sunglasses on the tarmac but paused to pick them up. They appeared in one piece. Biden also had sweat stains on his dress shirt from being outside all day. 

He wrapped up his day surveying the flood damage by going off-script at his last event, telling the people of Kentucky that he would be back to see their recovery from the damage that destroyed homes and killed at least 37 people.

'The bad news for you is I'm coming back because I want to see it,'  he said to laughter and applause after his tour of damage from the storms.

Biden forewent his formal remarks to speak off the cuff after he spent Monday afternoon visiting with families affected by the floods and receiving a briefing on volunteer efforts. 

He praised the spirits of the people of Kentucky and vowed the government would be there for them. 

'I promise you. We're staying the federal government along with the state and county and the city. We're staying until everybody's back to where they were - not a joke,' he said as he walked before the crowd, microphone in hand.

He said the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act would take 'care of everything from health care to god knows what else.'

The Democrats signature legislation, which deals with healthcare and climate issues, passed the Senate on Sunday without a single Republican vote. It goes to the House for a vote this week. 

Biden also seemed to fumble over his words a bit as he said the weather was 'out of our control for now' but not 'beyond our control.

'Everybody has an obligation to help. We have the capacity to do this. It's not like it's beyond our control. The weather may be out of our control for now. But it's not beyond our control,' he said.

Biden spoke on a hot day in Kentucky where more storms were expected later in the week. His shirt was covered in sweat stains and he wore his signature aviator sun glasses. He had disguarded his blue sports jacket and rolled up his sleeves. Jill Biden passed out bottles of water. 

He and first lady Jill Biden examined shelled-out buildings and debris-filled yards in Lost Creek, Kentucky.

The president high-fived a toddler and introduced himself to a young boy during a stop in a neighborhood where many homes had been flattened and caked in mud.  

The first couple saw damaged homes, destroyed buildings and piles of debris left in the wake of flooding and mudslides that led to 13 counties being declared federal disaster areas.  

'Those are pieces of everybody's houses. That's all that's left,' Democratic Governor Andy Beshear told the president as they stood in front of school bus.

'It took out power... just incredible,' Beshear said. 

The president's motorcade drove along Lost Creek, whose banks are strewn with flood detritus

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