good wednesday morning. in 9 minutes after the devastating tornadoes that hit the state of kentucky, the first lady of the state is working to bring back christmas joy. britney bashir will join us with her efforts to make sure kids have toys to unwrap on christmas morning. and as big cities impose vaccine mandates a new poll finds americans don t want companies to reject the unvaccinated. doctor mark siegel will make a studio call with reaction. charlie kirk will tell us about turning point usaf latest event that celebrates american douglas murray and clay travis will join us live as well. a busy 3 hours kicks off eight minutes from now on the channel you trust for your morning news. todd and carly, back in a couple, you re watching fox and friends first on the fox news channel.
leaving because our supervisor was out for the whole week. production is the priority and getting the product is the priority. sometimes the product, the emergency. reporter: a difficult situation for them. them saying they were not allowed to leave to take shelter. some saying they had taken shelter within the building and released them to go back to work before the tornado came over the factory. the destruction goes on and on within this town. you see the school bus behind me at a bus depot a few blocks from here and this gives you an idea the power of this. within these towns a lot of people in places where there was no power or there was roof damage a lot of people taking
shoulder read community areas where they opened up public shelters, people grateful for that. listen to what people are saying. you walk outside and your town doesn t even look like a town anymore. on my side. people, every person has a story from this storm and we are hearing more of them and certainly heartbreaking. in mayfield, back to you. touring the damage and giving words of encouragement to the residents of mayfield. speaking of congress, doctor marty markkerry asking for new data on natural immunity is more states reaffirming mandates. he joins me live. some congressional testimony
injured to the hospital. probably this was out further in the county, took me an hour or so to get there but by the time i got there the red cross was already there and they were talking to the people who had lost their homes. they were providing shelter for them. they were assisting the first responders and we need to thank the red cross for the effort they made. carley: where your county is, 3 and a half hours northwest of mayfield, kentucky, hardest hit area, how massive this weather event was. going through a tornado is a terrifying thing. you talked about the pioneer spirit but i m sure there are people that were really scared. when you talk to people in your community how are they doing? they are tough people and they are hanging in and already like i said working hard to help each other and government is doing everything it can to help them. the governor was here sunday.
todd: the images do not get easier to look at. carley: first responders and relief organizations like the red cross are working around the clock and states hit hard by this tornado. todd: joining us live from missouri, what is the next step in your efforts? reporter: as you know, we have had tragic deaths here, many people lose their home but we have been very fortunate compared to people in kentucky and our hearts go out to them. it is interesting the areas that was affected in st. charles county has a historical connection to kentucky. it was settled by people from kentucky including daniel boone and his family. our tornado here touched down about two miles from nathan