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during covid how prepared is it for the next pandemic? good evening a catastrophe is how kentucky officials are describing the deadly situation unfolding there tonight after one in a thousand year floods left residents stranded on roof tops, washed roads away, and triggered mud slides after at least 9 inches of rain fell over 12 hours. by late afternoon the death toll climbing to eight with more feared all of it part of the same storm system that triggered massive flash floods in st. louis. it's the kind of heavy precipitation event experts say are becoming more common as the clima...

talk to us about this new development as it relates to the january 6th committee and this intent to respond to this doj request for transcripts. it was something the department of justice had to ask for twice to this point. >> yeah, had to ask for twice. and you saw in the letter that came yesterday, as hearings were ongoing, that the justice department said that by not having this, it could also be hampering some of the investigations that they are already ongoing with. that's something that i posed to chairman bennie thompson yesterday after the hearings were over. he said, basical...

pence faced to refuse to count lawful electoral votes. earlier on "morning joe," january 6th committee member adam schiff previewed the hearing and the seriousness of the committee's work. >> you can expect to see stuff you haven't seen before interwoven with things you have, but to tell the story in, i hope, a compelling way. our democracy today is more vulnerable than it was on january 6th because the lie that brought about that violence continues to -- to proliferate around the country. >> also on capitol hill, the gun deal framework just got a big en --ment from republican leader...

after six women of asian descent were among eight people killed in a rampage at three spas in the atlanta area. joining me now nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett in atlanta, nbc news correspondent dr. john torres and heidi presblea. tell us more about the visit to the cdc and the vice president and president's visit meeting with asian-american leaders this hour. >> the visit to the cdc officials told us that was the president and vice president's opportunity to get a briefing from their medical and health teams about this ongoing fight against the pandemic. but based on...

they're going after each other. cruise ship crisis. another american infected with the coronavirus on that quarantined ship in japan. this morning, our firsthand look at what life under quarantine is like for those on board. and the death toll skyrockets in china. while a new case is confirmed in the u.s. dangerous storms, heavy rains trigger life-threatening floods in the south. entire neighborhoods under water. roads washed away. schools closed. and now says even more are on the way. and other crash victims from the same family. champion or cheater? prosecutors reveal the fake ...