hello again everyone. thank you for joining me this saturday. i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin with breaking news pap string of violent tornado covering a path of destruction across six states. 79 people confirmed killed so far making the "the" deadliest december day for tornadoes on record. the national weather service says one of those storms tore a track of damage nearly 200 miles long. a kentucky man captured glimpses of one of the massive tornadoes. see it right there. extraordinary at lightning illuminates the sky. lightning, colossal. the full scope across the widespread area still being assessed. in illinois an amazon warehouse collapsed killing at least two people. rescue efforts continue to be under way. and in arkansas, a tornado decimated a nursing home. at least one person killed there. and then in kentucky, the governor issue as state of emergency. the death toll is expected to exceed 79 people. in that state alone, possibly many more. officials calling it one of the darkest days in the commonwealth's history. >> well, i'm standing outside of what used to be that factory now, and it is a level of devastation that none of us have ever seen before. we have dozens of people that are out here searching. hoping. we haven't, unfortunately, had a, a successful rescue since about 3:00 a.m. there's just a huge amount of loss here, and across the commonwealth. >> president biden has been briefed on the destruction and has directed federal support. in a tweet calls the disaster an unimaginable tragedy. cnn meteorologist chad myers is live in the cnn weather center joining me now. chad, extraordinary to hear any tornado, any path stretching more than 200 miles? >> especially in december. >> yeah. >> i mean, people are texting me. how does this happen in december? well, it was 80 degrees in memphis yesterday. not really december. is it? where is this going now? really, the yellow area is the area of most concern pap slight risk of severe weather there and marginal storms could be in the green. good news for today. even if in this yellow that all of the ingredients did not combine today like they combined yesterday. causing all of that devastation. yes, a line of weather, yes, could be winds. isolated tornado is not out of the question. really, this is a thinner line that will make gusting winds moving towards atlanta right now also down toward montgomery a few storms, rolling through birmingham in the past couple of hours but we had 30 reports of tornadoes. many of these reports may be the same tornado on the ground just reported in different towns. we'll have to know that and figure that out when the national weather service get to out there and discuss assessment of their survey. over 100 tornado warnings were posted yesterday. big -- i know focused on this mayfield storm, such a devastating storm, but bowling green, kentucky got hit. so did the corvette plant. many areas with damage as the storms roll here south of central city, through central city and there's the one that hit mayfield last night. we know the one that hit bowling green, at least for now, and ef-3 tornado. no word on the one that hit mayfield. from wra i'm looking a 4 for sure. deadliest tornado days. don't see december anywhere in there because it doesn't usually happen. ef-3 bowling green, ball ppark 150 miles an hour. could be a 5. doesn't matter 4 or 5 with that many people losing lives. there goes the storms moving offshore and doing much better today. all be over in a matter of a few hours for most people here in the u.s. >> just looking at that property damage. i mean, toothpicks. buildings you saw, what appeared to be historic brick buildings and only the facade remains. homes and businesses simply plowed down. a horrible situation on so many levels. chad myers, thank you. check in again. appreciate it. now take a look at this video complete devastation in mayfield, kentucky. look at that. i mean, trucks toppled over. i mean, debris field of seemingly toothpicks and looks like toy cars everywhere. brandon clement is a storm chaser and actually captured a lot of video for us and is back with us now. we talked to him a couple hours ago and so now brandon, probably gotten now a little bit more of these images, still extraordinary. give me an idea how you're assessing things? i mean, he you are a storm chaser, have seen devastation in the past of tornado, but this is just so different. >> yeah. it doesn't -- it's a scene i haven't seen in at least a decade. and in alabama, killed 27 two years ago, comes close. high-end ef-4. another one in mississippi. easter weekend. came close, but not quite to this one. those were both high in force. i feel very comfortable at least a high-end ef-4 and probably the first 5 in quite some time. the path is undescribable. all of the video you're seeing today coming out of mayfield, just, that's 2% of the path. this path could extend well over 200 miles. it started back in arkansas, i know on the ground from central arkansas almost all the way to -- the mississippi river. there are questions whether or not it picked up right over the river and then back on the ground, i know, all the way to mayfield and well beyond there. then questions whether or not it skipped. final totals could put it up around the longest track ever for any tornado. then you have one of the strongest tornadoes in december history, and one. deadliest tornadoes in modern history and deadliest in u.s. history. a historic tornadoes on many levels. >> brandon, about where were you overnight ahead of this tornado hitting mayfield? i mean what was your journey like? you're a storm chaser. you knew the forecast. you're on the road, at the ready. but where were you at the time of impact? >> i was watching the storm develop in arkansas, in my, my plan, my play, go catch it as it crossed interstate 65. i knew it would be moving very fast and that area had very conducive conditions to get violent. i thought it would really get going there, then i tried to catch it -- damage done in arkansas. knew i couldn't catch it and tried to come back to mayfield. that way i could be here at daybreak to shoot drone video and that kind of is where we were. i knew last night it was really bad. you could see, because there are no tree tops left you know you're dealing with a lot. you could tell by small indicators like a car wrapped around a tree. a telephone pole snapped and then thrown. a whole bunch of different indicators. >> hmm. things you saw in transit and it was dark. then once you got your drone up, was it at daybreak? was that your first look at just the scope of damage? >> that's when my jaw hit the floor. like, wow. i knew it would be bad. it's just a whole different level. >> goodness. then what about people? who, if anyone, were you seeing when you were getting these first images? i'll i'm looking at these drone images i'm not seeing people or any movement, but at what point did you start seeing whether it be first responders, people emerging from rubble? describe it for me. what did you see? a. combination of everything. people digging through rubble. some people just still in shock. it was first responders clearing roads. some trying to figure out what to do where to start. it's just a mix of everything you can imagine with so many different situations. >> uh-huh. while i'm looking at your images too. quite extraordinary to even see the roads. often, i've covered a lot of tornadoes, been on the ground, often roads are impassable. extraordinary looking through these images, seems like the pathway on many of these roads is clear. you see a few cars trying to get by. describe what you were seeing and how difficult it was for you to traverse? ooh. i think we may have lost our signal with brandon. all right. he was quite great. giving us a great description of all that he experienced in reference to what he has experienced before and now these new images of this historic pattern are tornadoes ripping through six states. brandon, if you can hear us, just know we thank you for this. all right. we'll continue to follow the breaking news and the path of these devastating storms today. stay with us. and that's just basic wavy guy maintenance, right? next up, carvana. oh, boy. carvana just doesn't seem to understand how the test drive works. they give their customers seven days. and if they don't like it, they give 'em their money back. wait, they take the car back? that's crazy! what if it was driven by like a zookeeper? or a mud wrestler? or a guy who's on the outs with the missus and he just needs a place to sleep for seven days? yeah. 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are you okay? >> i am doing okay. i'm actually getting ready to go to the hospital here, because my head is hurting and i'm sore and i think, you know, i did want to get checked out to make sure everything was okay. >> reporter: glad to hear that. you're at least not doing as bad as you could be. i understand that you made it out of several feet of debris and that it all happened very quickly. walk us through what you were doing in the moments that you realized that something was about to go wrong? >> i didn't even realize it. we were standing ahead of all -- you know, evacuated to the shelter, safety area. and -- we were there. they took attendance and then the next thing you know, there was, like, agents gust of wind. i'm like why is the wind blowing in the factory? we felt the wind. my ears started popping. and then it was like the building -- like, we all just rocked back and forth and then boom. everything fell on us. >> what was that like? >> it was the most terrifying thing that i have ever experienced in my life. it was almost shock. like, wait. is this really happening? you know? and i love movies. i watch movies all the time. watch movies where things like this happen. oh, my god, this is like in the movies. it was very scary. at first i was really calm and trying to keep my co-workers calm and things like that, but then after being pin downed so long and my legs were hurting and i couldn't move them, couldn't feel them and things like that, i started to panic myself. i was calling my mother. you know, prior to that i decided to go live, that's how everyone got my live video. i called 911. they said, we know. we're trying to get there. i'm like, oh, no. i don't know how big mayfield is, but if they got that much damage, if they are working everywhere else, who's going to come get us? so i decided to go live so more people would know what was going on and maybe people could come and see about us. >> you mean going live on facebook and -- >> yes. i went live on facebook. >> i understand why you were doing that you could hear people around you shouting and folks can pleading for help. >> yes. >> when did you sense at that moment, could you make out any specific people that you knew that were nearby? >> well, my, one of my co-workers, well, several of them, were right by me. people saying names. anybody got a phone, please, call me family tell them i love them. i called her family for her. they called back and forth throughout the tile. told us people were on the way and people were there. we were so far under didn't know people were there until we started feeling pressure on us because people were walking on the building. we're like, hey, we're wonder here. hitting stuff. told us not to move much because it may make more stuff fall. >> and how did you -- >> tait was -- >> how were you able to get out? did someone move stuff around to get up on your own? did they help you, lift you out? >> they definitely lifted me out. one was pushing and one pulling, for me. we were all kind of packed up in there the corner. packed in there, and so one -- one person got out. then able to get somebody else out and then able to get somebody else out and i was the last person in that section to get out. and -- i was pinned underneath the water fountain and found out later the water fountain, behind the water fountain was an air conditioning unit. sir, please, get this off so i can move your leg. he said, ma'am, there's about five ton of debris on top of you. so i was extremely scared. >> yeah. understandably. >> and so as far as getting the debris from underneath me, since we couldn't do anything with the top, they got everything from underneath me and started breaking up -- already started breaking up drywall, moving everything and with the people being gone, the rescue person was able to get down in there, and he kind of helpeds me to shift lie bottom. able to twist by butt to get that leg free and able to come out and lift and pull my body up where my leg was -- he took my shoe off for me a problem trying to get in that space and then they started, i was able to turn and lift and he was pulling, pushing. literally underneath me pushing my butt up, and there was somebody else pulling my arms and going like that. >> i'm glad that they were there to help you, kyanna. as we heard from the governor of kentucky andy beshear, they have not had a successful rescue since about 3:00 a.m. i wonder if you knew people in that factory seeing the images we're seeing now, how you feel about the idea that a lot of folks didn't get out? >> that breaks my heart. it -- because there was one person in particular that i found out that i kind of knew her. didn't know her well, but i did know her. always sweet and really friendly. said she didn't make it, and -- that's tough. you know? because no one expects to go to work and not come home. that's not -- i tell people all the time, you know, i work so that i can live. i don't live to work. so to go to work, you know, and not go home, and, and, to have this happen, it is devastating and breaks my heart. and -- and it just -- it breaks my heart. and a t the same time, hate too say this, at the same time makes me very grateful that i was able, that are to some reason i was spared. >> kyanna, so glad you're okay. hope things go well when you visit the hospital later. i'm sorry that you had to go through this and i'm sorry you may have lost people that you know, but we're grateful to have you on and to have your voice sharing what you went through last night. thank you for the time. >> thank you. >> wow. incredibly descriptive and, of course, we hope she is okay as she continues to try to get some attention for her hurting head. all right. we'll continue to follow breaking news. at least 70 people in kentucky are likely dead following these powerful storms, but officials fear it could be much worse. the potential for more storms continues moving east. latest forecast, straight aheadu s offers investors a broader view. ♪ we see companies protecting the bottom line by putting people first. we see a bright future, still hungry for the ingenuity of those ready for the next challenge. today, we are translating decades of experience into strategies for the road ahead. we are morgan stanley. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list event. the living room slash yoga shanti slash regional office slash... and this is the basement slash panic room. maybe what your family needs is a vacation home slash vacation home. find yours on the vrbo app. ♪ well the sun is shining and the grass is green ♪ ♪ i'm way ahead of schedule with my trusty team ♪ ♪ there's heather on the hedges ♪ ♪ and kenny on the koi ♪ ♪ and your truck's been demolished by the peterson boy ♪ ♪ yes -- ♪ wait, what was that? 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the answer is, yes. this is where it was, but unfortunately, it's not standing any longer which is why the governor says they expect to see 50-plus, up to some 100 people dead in this candle factory. now, we're told by some workers they were working overtime. that had been the case the past couple of weeks because of holidays. trying to get candles made, ordered out and working overtime late in the night and that's when the storm roll through. we interviewed a man last night who back on-scene working and looking for his wife jeanine. been together for 30 years and he just can't find her. >> i want to find my wife. i want to find her. i hope she's somewhere safe. some safe. she won't call me. please, contact me. i'm looking for you baby, been looking for you, me, the kids, all looking for you right now. >> reporter: it is just horrible, and you can hear that pain, that devastation in his voice. he spoke to me for quite some time. came back, called me, asking have you heard of jeanine, have you seen her? unfortunately the answer is, no. that answer is what so many families are hearing as they come here trying to figure out what happened to their loved ones. there is another area for families to reunite. people are being asked not to come to this site any longer because so many emergency crews and they're working to try to find anyone who may still be alive. fred, we saw another girl who came here and she used to work in this building looking for her friend just turned 30 years old and pulled her out of the rubble but she did not survive. something we keep hearing from people that they know their loved ones were there last night and they don't believe they survived. some pulled out. some of them may still be in there right now. that's why you're seeing this emergency response. you have crews coming in from neighboring counties, neighboring cities, doing everything they can here in mayfield, kentucky. fred? >> terribly devastating. all right. we sure hope that ivy williams and his family can hold on to some good news. thank you so much, nadia romero, appreciate that. a short time ago president biden briefed on the situation and learning he spoke with the kentucky governor beshear. there you are. at the white house. the president is in delaware. what are you learning about their call? >> reporter: fred, president biden spoke earlier today with kentucky's governor andy beshear where the president expressed condolences for the lives lost and those impacted communities. also pledged federal support to the impacted areas in kentucky. the president a bit earlier today also sent out a tweet calling that those lives lost were an unimaginable tragedy. now, president biden is spending this weekend at home in wilmington, delaware. while there he received a briefing on the severe weather that's impacted so many states across the country in the past 24 hours. the president also directed fema to surge federal resources as quickly as possible to help these communities. he was briefed by the fema director as well as his homeland security adviser. so right now we are also just waiting to hear what kind of resources fema and the federal government is, are deploying to these areas. we know that kentucky's governor andy beshear requested an emergency declaration from the federal government. that often takes some time to make its way through the pipeline. we will see if we get announcement on that front in the coming hours. in addition to pledging this federal support, at some point we also will see president biden likely head into that familiar role of comforter in chief. we have seen him in the past go to disaster areas, since he has been president. traveling to hurricane ida areas, also wildfires, down in texas, impacted by that major snowstorm. right now it's likely too early to tell if and when the president would travel to some of these impacted areas but certainly with his connection and experience with loss tshs is very likely he will try to play that role of comforter in chief with all of those families who have lost loved ones while also trying to offer that federal support and resources from t federal government. >> arlette saenz at the white house. thank you. so while some states have begun damage assessments from the deadly tornadoes others remain in the path as the system still makes its way east. cnn meteorologist chad myers live in the cnn weather center. what potentially could be next? >> really the storms continue to move to the east. the air very warm. people have been asking, is this climate change related? the answer is we don't yet know, but heat waves, floods, obviously fires bottom of the list, tornadoes not well understood. most happen in the middle par the country in the middle part of the year, in the spring, but seeing more and more on the shoulder seasons obviously places in memphis, 80 degrees yesterday. that's just unheard of for a december day when you get that kind of heat you can certainly get those kinds of tornadoes. with the yellow area here you see surrounding atlanta almost up to charlotte, that's the area that still is under the gun for something. all the way even towards blacksburg we have severe thunderstorm warnings likely just for wind. not seeing rotation with it. same story here for atlanta. down to the south here. worried a few of these storms here in this very warm sector again, not along the squall line, they could make put down hail and possibly even spin up, but not like yesterday. the ingredients were all there yesterday for these big tornados. we know the one that hit bowling green is at least in ef-3. found that damage and surveys are still going on. easily i can see some of these being ef-4s without a doubt. 600,000 without power. 100 tornadoes warnings put out. most of any december day. you see the tracks of all of those warnings going through monette into parts of arkansas then sliding to the north and to the northeast as the day goes on. deadliest days in tornado history are not in december. obviously, of course that is still going to be put up for debate on whether we're going to see more and more of these tornadoes on these shoulder seasons like we have a longer wildfire season in california. like we have tropical storms before hurricane season. these seasons these shoulder seasons getting a little bit longer. >> yes. all getting way too confusing. chad myers, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. all right. so much more on this breaking news straight ahead. nearly 80 people feared dead after a series of tornadoes ripped through six states overnight. we'll continue to bring you the latest updates. stay with us. and along the ride, you'll have many questions. challenges. and a few surprises. ♪ but wherever you are on your journey. your dell technologies advisor is here for you - with the right tech solutions. so you can stop at nothing for your customers. bye mom. my helpers abound, i'll need you today. our sleigh is now ready, let's get on our way. a mountain of toys to fulfill many wishes. must be carried across all roads and all bridges. and when everyone is smiling and having their fun i can turn my sleigh north because my job here is done. it's not magic that makes more holiday deliveries to homes in the us than anyone else, it's the hardworking people of the united states postal service. it's the most joyous time of the year. especially at t-mobile! let's go to dianne. i got the awesome new iphone 13 pro and airpods, and t-mobile is paying for them both! and this is for new and existing customers. upgrade to the iphone 13 pro and airpods both on us. only at t-mobile. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom ♪ ♪ for me and you ♪ ♪ and i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ a rich life is about more than just money. that's why at vanguard, you're more than just an investor, you're an owner so you can build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner. is now a good time for a flare-up? 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right down on and smashed right on top of it, and, really, you can see there was no time to get anything out of here with those winds just whipping through this area. you can even see part of the debris that's on the ground inside of there as well. and it's just really incredible damage to see how this wind just sheered off pieces of wood like this, you can see that it kind of snapped in the wind that kind of whipped through here overnight. we even showed you just a little while ago some of the debris that was strewn over there. this really came right down. and speaking with the owners over here, they say they've seen nothing like this. luckily, no injuries reported on this property, though you can see there's a lot of cleanup that's necessary. this is just one of three of the barns we saw. if you come around the corner, you can see the damage that they've started to clean up that's kind of strewn about on the property. and then just really look at this part of the rooftop over here. that shows you, this came all apart in the wind that was coming through here overnight and the rain overnight as well. this is what we are seeing all morning on this property that's just off of old louisville road. it's incredible damage. the owners have really been taking it well, saying they're just glad that no one was injured, and that they will recuperate from this as best as possible. >> thank you so much for that look. we're also monitoring another location in the blue grass state, our cnn affiliate wfie reports on the destruction in bremen, kentucky. take a look. >> this right here, it's just every home, every tree. every tree is snapped, every power line is down. there's cars flipped over. look at this van right here. just thrown into this ditch. look at this home right here. it's not even there anymore. that's just the foundation and a couple walls. we passed a house earlier if you could still see the childrens' clothes hanging in the closet. it's just absolutely devastating. even trooper mcpherson says he's never seen anything like this in his life. it's heartbreaking. just look at that. we saw two churches that had major damage to them, some of the walls down, roof caved in. but you can see people are out and they're assessing the damage, but i think they're still in awe, they're in shock, but trying to start some kind of cleanup. crews are trying to get power restored if they're able. here are people trying to get their roof patched up. like i said, their whole garage door blown off there, but they're actually lucky compared to their neighbors who lost their roof. or you look over here, there's not even homes standing. look at this view right here. you can just see -- i think the tornado, i'm assuming, came right down through here and across there. i mean, just seeing this is just heartbreaking. >> damage as far as the eye can see. thank you to affiliate wfie for that report. we'll get back to breaking news as we learn more about the damage and 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