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the next crisis which mean that s we address climate change and the infrastructure needs that we ve ignored for way too long. charles booker, let us use this moment to ask you to convey to folks there that we ll continue to cover this story and we re thinking about them. and we wish you and them the best of luck. thank you so much. kentucky, i love you. if you would like to help the tornado victims, there are a lot of ways to do. we have a list of vetted organizations on the ground right now, go to cnn.com/impact. there are lots of opportunities there and they really do need the help. also following very closely developments with the january 6th committee likely voting today to recommend holding mark meadows in contempt of congress. so then what is the next step for terrorism s former white house chief staff? that is still ahead. and a bit later, why the head of fema says powerful storms like what we saw over the
linking this particular storm directly to climate change, the president said he has no doubt that recent severe weather events are related to the climate crisis. what is certain, it is one of the worst tornado disasters we ve had in the country and the second thing is certain is that it is unusual. it is unusual how it happened, how many places it touched down and the length of the path. reporter: the president did overnight sign a disaster declaration for kentucky. he ll be doing so for illinois as well and he ll be traveling to fort campbell, kentucky, for a briefing on wednesday followed by getting a firsthand look in mayfield and dawson springs in the western part of the commonwealth. certainly this is the latest time that president biden going to visit a disaster area. so much need there. and his administration certainly will be tested by this. but as of now, they are getting high marks in the early days. jeff zeleny at the white house, thank you. for ways that you can hel
granted so easily, right, when you think about all the people here in mayfield and beyond, what they re going through, now losing their homes in the middle of winter, just weeks before christmas. thank you for coming on and sharing your story with us and for sharing your drone footage with us as well to help us better understand what happened. we talked a lot about how you can help. for more information about that, how you can help these tornado victims, go to cnn.com/impact. one storm chaser followed the tornados all the way from missouri to tennessee to right here in mayfield, kentucky. he ll join me live up next. what can i du with less asthma? with dupixent, i can du more..beginners yoga.
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