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>> i am glad to know you and your families are safe and so sorry for all of you, what youre dealing with. thank you for joining us this morning. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. and we are staying on this devastating story from kentucky. up to illinois where there is a new investigation into an amazon factory, that collapsed during the storm and killed six workers. plus, exactly one year -- exactly one year -- since americas first vaccine dose was given during this very show. new...

Alive since saturday. to the people of america, - there is no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage here in graves county- or in kentucky. one of the worst affected towns is mayfield. eight people were confirmed to have died at a candle factory, destroyed with more than 100 employees inside. and, at an amazon factory in neighbouring illinois, at least six employees are reported to have lost their lives. president biden has declared a major federal disaster in this state. he says h...

Here in mayfield attended. it is about 100 years old and people here tell me it only took around ten seconds for the tornado to blow through and destroy so much of it. some people actually took cover in here on the night that the storms came. nearby churches have opened up their doors to give shelter to those who survived. jerry and his father managed to escape. his mother, who is in a nursing home, is unaware of what has happened. my mother still doesnt know the house has gone and were not goin...

On productions in britain. in 2013, the amount spent on high—end tv drama in the uk was around £400 million. this year, its topped four billion. and driving this ten—fold increase are the new tv giants netflix, hbo, disney, amazon. there are now more jobs in tv drama than steel and coal. i spoke to the boss of bad wolf, jane tranter. she feels the moment that changed everything was the decision to film game of thrones in northern ireland. the amount of drama production in the uk, its explod...

Number ofjobs. i mean, just in wales, i think in the first five years, so bad wolf has been going for about six years, i think we counted the number ofjobs generated in wales alone in the first five years as something like over 2,200. and its growing and its growing and its growing. when bad wolf first started in wales, it was quite empty. you know, there was bad wolf and we were kind of, "were here, come on, everyone comejoin us." and now, you know, you cant get a spot in the car park. and the ...

Here in graves county or in kentucky. one of the worst affected towns is mayfield. eight people were confirmed to have died at a candle factory, destroyed with more than 100 employees inside. and, at an amazon factory in neighbouring illinois, at least six employees are reported to have lost their lives. president biden has declared a major federal disaster in this state. he says he will ask the environmental protection agency to look into whether climate change played a role in the storms. its ...

Here in mayfield attended. it is about 100 years old and people here tell me it only took around ten seconds for the tornado to blow through and destroy so much of it. some people actually took cover in here on the night that the storms came. nearby churches have opened up their doors to give shelter to those who survived. jerry and his father managed to escape. his mother, who is in a nursing home, is unaware of what has happened. my mother still doesnt know the house has gone and were not goin...

To the people of america, there is no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage here in graves county or in kentucky. one of the worst affected towns is mayfield. eight people were confirmed to have died at a candle factory, destroyed with more than 100 employees inside. and, at an amazon factory in neighbouring illinois, at least six employees are reported to have lost their lives. president biden has declared a major federal disaster in this state. he says he will ask the environmen...

In the state of illinois, an amazon factory is looking for its missing employees. the amazon founderjeff bezos pledged to offer support. the governor here in kentucky says this is the deadliest tornado event the state has ever had. president biden has signed a federal emergency disaster declaration to help this state and others ravaged by the storms. nomia iqbal, bbc news, kentucky. misty thomas is the executive director for the red cross, in western kentucky. shes been on the ground in mayfield...

Old and people here tell me it only took around ten seconds for the tornado to blow through and destroy so much of it. some people actually took cover in here on the night that the storms came. nearby churches have opened up their doors to give shelter to those who survived. jerry and his father managed to escape. his mother, who is in a nursing home, is unaware of what has happened. my mother still doesnt know the house has gone and were not going to tell her. why not? it would break her heart ...