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We have breaking news from kentucky at this hour. nbc news has exclusive reporting about the mayfield, kentucky candle factory that was destroyed by a tornado friday night killing eight people inside the factory. nbc news reports "as a catastrophic tornado approached this city friday, employees of a candle factory -- which would later be destroyed -- heard the warning sirens and wanted to leave the building but at least five workers said supervisors warned employees they would be fired if they left their shifts early. elijah johnson, 20, was working in the back of the building when several emp...

Them they'd be fired if they left their shift even as warning sirens were being heard. how is the candle factory responding? >> reporter: 110 employees were inside the factory when the tornado hit and several employees are telling nbc news that despite the warnings that a tornado was headed that way, they were told to keep working. this was a very busy time, because they're trying to meet the christmas demand. so they were working the night shift at the time and some of those employees were saying they wanted to be with their family members when they got the warnings. however, their supervisor...

Donations to one location to get those out to folks in the community so we are working with those organizations so the donations can be sent to the red cross and americorps. arthel: thank you for that. usually humans are humbled by the force of nature so is there a message or sentiment you want to share as you grapple with this tragedy? >> last night when we surveyed the damage, it didn't hit us until this morning when the sun came up and we recognize the amount of damage so storms can do. they deserve a lot of respect and public safety officials like myself beg and plead with the public to ad...

>> the economic numbers that came out are so bad, they were the warning sirens sounding for the economy. the numbers that economists expected, we only got to half of that type of growth and at the same time we have the flames of inflation running wild. >> not everyone believes the disappointing third-quarter gdp reading is cause for alarm. >> it all comes down to earnings, it comes down to a strong consumer who has tons of cash on the sideline and the holiday spending season where we as these consumers with money in our pockets are going to payoff and satisfy that consumption need. >> on wall ...

Kent County Emergency Management and Grand Rapids Emergency Management will be testing the outdoor warning sirens at 12 p.m. today.