chris, for the president who is about to meet as you mentioned with the secretary of homeland security, the fema administrator as well as his homeland security adviser, this is one of those moments at a time when this country is so divided politically, and where it can often seem in washington even the basics of government functioning can take a lot of work and effort and brinksmanship. it s a moment where the president wants to highlight the ways in which government can work as it s intended to do. that s why we saw the president on saturday speak to the american people while he was in delaware for the weekend talking about the scale of the loss, the unbelievable loss of life and loss of valuables, property as well. he s been in regular contact with some of the governors of the affected states not just in kentucky but across the region where these storms hit. and his message to the country was that whatever it takes, we will do. and if that requires asking congress to fund more disa
illinois going back 64 years ago. so how can this happen in december? well, if you ve been paying attention to the weather this month, it hasn t felt like december. i mean, we ve had a lack of snow, a lack of cold. i m talking record highs each and every day. on friday before the storms hit, it hit 80 degrees in memphis. we didn t have december weather. the atmosphere could care less what time of year it is. it felt like it was october. we had an october severe weather outbreak. the only climate connections we really can relate to this is the possibility that tornado alley is moving a little bit, more towards the southeast and away from oklahoma and texas. but the research is still pretty young on this. the sample size not big enough to make that connection yet. bill karins, thank you so much. i want to go back to daniel carr now, we told you about his family owning a steakhouse that was destroyed in mayfield, kentucky. what do you do now, what do you do for yourself, your business,
storms hit, and then some now. how are the rescue efforts going? and to what extent are they being classified as recovery, when you look at the kind of devastation that s out there? of course we like to be hopeful. but as you said, it s more than 24 hours in now. so we are still calling it rescue and recovery. we re hoping for the best. but we are out here with teams at numerous locations and going door to door to certain residences that we received welfare checks at. when officers come into contact with these people, what kind of stories are you hearing? terrifying ones. they re heartbroken. we re trying to be hopeful, but that can be challenging for some. sarah burgess, i can hear the fatigue and really the
storms hit. nadia, yesterday you were speaking to people that rushed to that scene of the candle factory looking for loved ones. they were very emotional, very distraught by the destruction that they saw. have you spoken to them? have they connected with their loved ones? what are you seeing now? yeah. boris, it s so sad to have to report this, but, you know, it s been since about 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning since first responders were able to pull out a survivor from that rubble over the at the candle factory not far from where we are right now in mayfield. we interviewed a man named ivy williams, who really spoke from his heart a broken heart, speaking about his missing wife, janine williams, who was working at the candle factory trying to get some overtime, trying to get those orders out, as we are just about two weeks from the christmas holiday and her and her coworkers were in that factory when the building collapsed. it came down during that
more than 30 tornados reported from arkansas, illinois, kentucky, missouri, mississippi, and tennessee, and more than ownersh 75 people are likely dead. brandon took the drone footage you re looking at now. damage in mayfield, kentucky, and he joins us now by phone. i want to start with, i first got a sense of this this morning when somebody sent me a link to your tweet. it says this about sums it up in 19 seconds. it was almost unbelievable. couldn t even describe what you were looking at. where were you when these storms hit? i was actually in arkansas. the storm developed just south of little rock and as it moved east, right along the mississippi river on the interstate 55 corridor is where i first intercepted the tornado. it moved a few hundred yards directly in front of me across the interstate. knocked over a bunch of semis. didn t seem too, too bad at the