something not only of this magnitude, but at this time of year? it is remarkably rare to see a strong tornado strike as far north as illinois and kentucky in this time of early winter, very rare. yet we know that december was remarkably a mild winter about most of the united states, and we also know that warm, moist surface air was a factor in friday fueling and making these tornadoes more powerful. it s not the only factor, but it was one of the factors. parts of the country have been seeing unseasonably warm, maybe even record setting temperatures. it feels more like spring or fall rather than mid december. talk to me about how this weather could have fueled these horrific storms in the heartland. one thing we have noticed, the studies are looking since 1979 over the past four decades
james wants to depose trump in the civil investigation and the potential fraud with the trump organization. what kind of questions will be on the table and how do you dpoer see his legal team trying to avoid them. this is a real legal challenge for drum and his team. one of the things i expect tish james and her lawyers will do in a deposition is they will line up all of donald trump s public statements about how he ran his own organization, the trump organization. he sat atop that organization, it is his name sake. he bragged and boasted about how closely controlled every aspect of his company was. there was nothing that went on in his company that he didn t know about. we ve also heard him say he knew more about the tax code, for example, that literally anybody else. so what you do is you play those statements for him and then pose the question. mr. trump, let s talk about what
just be hourssh away from seein the contempt report for mark meadows. what we could look from the commercial committee owes vote tomorrow. good morning. it is sunday, december 12th. i m lindsey reiser. in the central u.s. recovery efforts from the devastating tornadoes continue today. in kentucky alone, officials say more than 70 people are dead with the death poll expected to exceed 100. one tornado touched down and may have stayed down for 227 miles, the longest tornado path in u.s. history according the kentucky governor andy beshear. one of the hardest hit areas in the state, may field, where this candle factory took a direct hit. at least 110 were inside at the ten, 40 have been rescued. the governor saying last night it would be a miracle if anyone else was found alive. at thisou hour, at least 14 peoe have died across four other states.
the dominant strain, though. and we are seeing roughly about 100,000 covid cases overall in the united states. now, the ceo of pfizer recently speaking out about some studies that they ve been doing with the pfizer covid vaccine. and they say, he says that vaccines, of course, are still the best way to combat covid and that this latest study shows some pretty promising results that a booster can help fight off the omicron variant. lain. there is tremendous value compared to if you have only one or you don t have any. tremendous value. it might not be enough on itself, but we are waiting to see, so you may need to go to get the third booster faster. and that s something that the health authorities should consider very carefully and make their accommodations. but clearly, having two doses compared to nothing is protects you way better than having nothing.
likely going down in some record books, that from this storm. these images you re seeing right here are from may field. this is before the and after in this tomorrow from few different areas. we have before and after from arkansas where the beginning of this tornado was before it started to get going before it took the entire path. you get the idea, before-and-after images, peoples lives in about 30 seconds fully changed forever. a town like this. you know, i ve been doing this for a long time. there are some towns that go down in record books like greensburg, kansas, was wiped off the map. moore, oklahoma. this will be one of those, mayfield, kentucky, for known when you google this. images quite scary. sun coming up, guys. well have much more to show you.