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See you, so thank you for making time. malcolm is sticking with me. still to come, an online hoax that forced schools to close across the country. later, the ongoing calls for justice for families that were separated by the trump administration. we'll talk about that ahead on "american voices." but first, to richard lui with a look at the other big stories we're tracking this hour on msnbc. richard? >> alicia, good evening to you. "saturday night live" announced it will not have a live audience for tonight's broadcast. that is not the plan at the moment. it cited new york city's rise in ...

>> we are now one week exactly from the worst tornado disaster -- worst tornado event, most destructive in our history. right now missing persons based on this tornado event are at zero. our hope is that means we won't say many, maybe any more death, but remember there are still a number of people in the hospital. of i don't a report on how significant injuries are. so it could grow. >> reporter: western kentucky, that was formed by governor beshear, has raised a staggering $19.7 million already. that money will go to help people rebuild the homes and also the funeral expenses for families who...

Looks like interior design shop or hundreds of homes in town. they are destroyed. almost everywhere you look looks something like this. and the insurance information institute says it's too early to put an exact dollar figure on the cost of this damage but they do expect it to be the costliest tornado event in u.s. history. and while so many people here in kentucky and five other states are dealing with the loss of property, some families are dealing are something much worse the loss of a loved one. 74 people killed in kentucky, i met with thomas bright yesterday. he was going through what was...

The worst one. a path of destruction stretching perhaps 200 miles through kentucky and beyond. >> the worst tornado event in the history of our commonwealth. >> reporter: more than 1,000 houses have been obliterated in kentucky alone. the state's governor expecting the death toll statewide to top 80. >> of the ones that we know, the age range is 5 months to 86 years. >> multiple deaths reported in neighboring states as well. shelters and even parks housing hundreds of victims across several states. crews work to clear debris. 28,000 homes still without power in kentucky, and with an estimated ...

Joining me is governor beshear. welcome back to "meet the press." i know it's an extraordinary difficult time for you and your state. let me start with, look, we know this is going to be the worst tornado event ever recorded in the state's history. where do things stand right now? how many missing are there still? >> well, this has been absolutely devastating. we have entire towns flattened. my count, i know weave lost over 80 lives. i think it's going to be over 100. it may be well over 100. it is so hard to describe. there's not a camera lens big enough to show the path of absolute destructi...