the damage. it spans a good number of miles. so it's a lot of ground to cover. but i did do an aerial survey yesterday, and i could tell you that the track is continuous from south of casey in fulton county all the way to at least beaver dam when we finally turned around. so the damage that we have surveyed so far indicates that the rating is at least an ef3. however, we have experts who are on the surveys right now, and also experts within the national weather service that are looking at the data and will be looking at possibly upgrading that rating as well. on behalf of the national weather service, our hearts go out to each and every person that has been affected by this tornado. and that affects us locally and across the entire weather service where we've had numerous people come to us and say how deeply sorry for everything that's happened here. but as we get more information, we will definitely release that to you. we have lots of surveys to continue to do over the next couple of days. >> is that an ef3 for mayfield? which part of the county? >> that's the highest rating that we found along the entire track in our area. our area serves parts -- and there are locations along the path, casey, dawson springs, earlyington, bremen that are definitely harder-hit areas. >> how long is that path? >> we have not figured out that because the survey's not been completed. as you go south into tennessee, that's another weather service office that is covering that. muhlenberg county. so, again, there are surveys ongoing for the last couple of days and we still have to figure out exactly how long the path is. >> we'll just take one more, and we'd say that i think it's at least a 3. and, look around, i'm not a meteorologist, but i expect we'll find it's much more severe. >> this is historic for kentucky, but are you concerned that this kind of extreme weather could be the new normal? >> right now i can't process whether this is a new normal or not. we're just trying to identify the dead, locate the living, reunite families, try to give people a place to stay and something to eat, get them their medicine, meet their needs, all the rest of it over time we can talk about. and what i'd say is please just focus on our people and the help that they need and they deserve. as we get more information, as we get concrete numbers, we will be transparent about them. we will get them to you as soon as we can. please understand we're 40 hours in, in the midst of rubble. but we're tough people. we got a ton of help. thank you to the federal government. we could not ask for a stronger response. thank you to our federal delegation. we're going to get through it and we're going to get through it together. >> what was the -- >> you've been listening to a briefing by the governor of kentucky andy beshear along with the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and the fema administrator deanne criswell. the federal government is now helping kentucky still desperately search for survivors in the rubble. i want to take you through a couple of the top lines here that we heard from the governor, saying at one point there is no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage. you've seen it on your screen for the last 36, 38 hours. you can't quantify what's actually happening on the ground has been the word that we've heard. the governor making clear they are fully engaged in search and rescue efforts, both federal and state teams searching door to door, or in the governor's words, rubble to rubble in some cases. more than 300 national guard members are involved in those efforts. they are still hoping to find some survivors in the words of the governor, there are some miracles. there haven't been any survivors coming out of that candle factory since 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning. housing, electricity, water, these are all critical issues that the state is trying to address right now both on the federal and state level. the governor saying seven state parks are now open trying to guarantee at least two weeks of temporary housing for those who need it, and there are thousands according to the governor that will more than a thousand homes most certainly destroyed, the governor said. but making clear that the federal government and the state are doing everything in their power to help at this point in time. i want to bring in my colleague boris sanchez. he's on the ground in mayfield, kentucky. and, boris, it was what the governor said. and we talked about this before we went on air, you and i were talking back and forth about what you were seeing. there's no lens that can show the sheer extent of what you are seeing on the ground there, what the governor has seen over the course of the last couple days. when it came to the damage it didn't just take a roof off, it exploded entire homes. what was your takeaway from listening to what was a very raw, emotional, i think at times candid press conference by the governor? >> reporter: yeah. the governor becoming emotional at times. the pandemic and now this, apparently unprecedented tornado, he believes it is the longest in recorded history, more than 200 miles in the united states. the portion of the press conference that really touched me was hearing from kathy o'nan, the mayor here in mayfield, which has been described as ground zero for this set of storms. you noted, phil, what the governor said, damage in all directions as far as the eye can see. and kathy o'nan, she is from mayfield. she's been living here since 1976. she's a teacher -- was a teacher. so many of her students have been affected by this storm. she actually shared with me earlier this morning that she knows of several former students that passed away not only in that candle factory but also across town. and she stood up and described emerging from this storm finding an american flag in the debris and delicately picking it up and handing it to emergency worker who's then folded it. she took it home, and she said we may disagree, we may squabble, but we build together as americans. she said, this is what we do. a message of resilience from local and federal leaders, and also one of compassion because they don't have exact numbers for how many people still are unaccounted for. and that rings true in dawson springs, kentucky. this is what's left of that far town in western kentucky, population about 2,700. governor andy beshear telling cnn this morning that the list of people still missing is roughly eight pages long, single-spaced. we want to take you now to dawson springs. that's where we find cnn's ed lavandera. describe to us what you're seeing and what you're experiencing there. >> reporter: hey, boris. well, the search and rescue operations have continued throughout the day. the sun is close to setting once again on this small community of nearly 3,000 people. and the buzz is starting to taper off. but throughout the day we have seen search and rescue k-9 teams going through. and they have made more depressing discoveries here. the death toll in this county in hopkins county where dawson springs is was ten. we are told now by the medical examiner the death toll is now 12. this is the devastation that so many people are seeing. you might see down there at the bottom of the hill that there's a gentleman walking around. this is his home. he has lived here for 62 years. it kind of sits on a hilltop overlooking the city. a very expansive view. but that view is of all the destruction now. he told us that he is not going to rebuild, that he's simply too old for that. and throughout this neighborhood, the stories of survival are simply stunning, talking to a number of people throughout the day who described the horrific experience of getting into their basements if they had one to survive this storm. listen to one account from a gentleman we met earlier today. >> we were right down in here. so, i couldn't necessarily see the house move, but you could feel the wind coming in on top of you. >> wow. >> and when you walked out of there -- >> we didn't walk out. we had to climb out. it's totally dark, there's no power. i couldn't see anything. and the whole basement's trashed. >> so thousait's like this stor lifted up your entire foundation? >> and pushed it over there. i was thinking why is the wind blowing so hard down here? >> reporter: and, boris, we spoke with the emergency management director earlier today. he told us that at some point there were 200 people here in this community who had to be treated for different injuries. you saw that gentleman, he had a broken shoulder, debris that had collapsed on top of him. and seeing people with their arms in slings today very common as they walked through here. volunteers helping each other out. one woman we met who was trying to find medication that her son desperately needed. there was a team of volunteers going through the wreckage that you see here. but right now it's really people just processing the loss. in fact, if you look across the street here from mr. morgan's home, this home right now that is no longer there, two elderly sisters that lived together, those were two of the victims in this storm. they lived there. that is where they perished. boris, back to you. >> ed, it is just staggering, as you show us around where you are in dawson springs as we look at the background and realize, i could not see a single structure that wasn't affected by this storm. it is just a field of debris and not much else. ed lavandera, thank you for that report from dawson springs, kentucky. i now want to bring in a person who's captured so much of the stunning footage that we've been showing of the destruction here in mayfield, kentucky. it's storm chaser michael gordon. michael's actually in missouri right now. i spoke to you yesterday morning. you arrived at that candle factory here in mayfield soon after it collapsed. and you watched as rescue workers were pulling survivors out and often finding that a lot of people didn't make it out of that candle factory alive. i'm wondering what you're seeing now where you are and how you've processed everything that you've seen over the last 36, 37 hours. >> yeah. we've actually -- we're doing another full survey all the way back starting in arkansas. we've been going through, and we are starting to see devastating damage. i'm here right off of i-155 where tornado crossed i-55 and then went to 155. the damage i'm seeing is devastating. we're sad to see these communities are just -- it's heartbreaking. the power crews are out there working their tails off. and i'm seeing multiple power companies putting in new lines. they're working day and night to get power back up to these four states. like i say every time, this instance is very -- it's unexplainable. it's been an experience, a very hard learning experience for me as well to see what everybody is going through. but i see in these four states that i've been into the support from the community, volunteers, and now everything's coming together, and i think these communities will pull through. >> it will take time, michael, no question. but the foundation of rebuilding is hope and seeing so many people come out at every level, whether it's neighbor helping neighbor or organizations from local to the federal government, seeing folks lend a helping hand where it's needed, provides that glimmer to keep going to take it day by day and to rebuild stronger than before. michael gordon from missouri, thank you so much. we're going to continue covering the latest headlines from across a devastated region. stay with cnn. we're going to be right back after a quick break. 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>> general from nature. >> what do you think of the covid vaccine? >> i don't think it's a vaccine. i think it's snapping the dna in half. >> where did you hear this, a siamese cat? do you recommend people meditating, people working out in groups, eating healthy? >> definitely. >> covid vaccine? >> no. >> coffee enema? >> possibly. >> maybe on the coffee enema, definite hard no on the covid vaccine. >> no. >> joining me now is the one and only jordan klepper, contributor for "the daily show," which airs 11:00 p.m. on tcomedy central. i'm interested, what was at experience for you trying to expose the antivax movement kind of on the left in southern california? >> well, it's always good to figure out a reason to get out to los angeles and look for new work. so i appreciate that challenge. but we had actually myself and a producer, we had been out to los angeles a few weeks prior, and sort of the unsaid comments wherever we went were about this antivaccine movement within the wellness community. so for us this is a story we don't hear much about. so often you hear this reticent to indulge in a vaccine is only on the right. so we said it's about time for us to get in a plane, go to sunny, sunny california, pack the spf 700 and talk to folks and see if the wellness community has anything in common with the maga crowd. >> you spoke to a journalist who's been studying the antivaccine movement in california and how it's been driven by these people in the wellness, and i put under quotes there, wellness industry. and here's what he told you. >> you have meditations that are sold that are supposed to ward off covid. you also have different breathing techniques. some practitioners including here in los angeles teach breathing workshops because covid is a respiratory illness. so their belief is if you're breathing properly it won't affect you. >> that's a class you can pay for here? >> that is absolutely a class you can pay for. >> how many smoothies does one have to ingest to get to the point where they can completely disregard the health of the community they live in? >> in los angeles, one because they're usually $25. >> so was that the theme here, do a bunch of yoga when it comes to the pandemic that's killed 750,000 people? >> i think yoga and bone broth smoothie enemas and you've got yourself a package that's going to keep you pretty healthy for a while. what i started to see is this wellness community, and there are folks who are focused on health and helping one another, but just like any kind of community, there are people looking to take advantage of it and make money off people who need help and want to change their lives. much like what i've seen on the other side, you have folks who have ego and they think they know more than scientists. they have cultish figures and a social media bubble. >> it seems like a very similar situation, to some degree. and that extends to something we've covered a lot here, which is republican members of congress. you're thinking marjorie taylor greene or lauren boebert who have compared covid mandates to nazi germany. you also ran into that on your trip. >> i think what's interesting especially coming from germany, i think history's repeating itself right now. >> what are you saying? 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>> their last names were not alito or thomas. look, it seems a little too cute. i understand what he's doing and he's trying to make a point. but that law in texas and mississippi, these are lawed that have passed through the legislature's lane by the governor. i don't know that governor gavin newsom can do this unilaterally. but he's trying to make a point. and he's using these preposterous vigilante laws, enforcement mechanisms to make a point that there's a double standard here. so i understand what he's doing, but it seems a little cute. >> at the very least it may force some justices to think about the underlying principle and precedent rather than just the ideological law they want to see pass in one state. >> a lot to come on this one. margaret, i have to ask you about what i thought was a very b buzzy with chris christie. he now believes, and i want to state now, believes there is no doubt he got covid from trump. he has a lot of feelings about how mark meadows handled the situation. take a listen. >> if mark meadows knew that somebody that i was sit across from for four days had a positive test, he, as the white house chief of staff, obviously the president is my friend, should've looked at me and told me that. that's obvious. but i think what's less obvious is that mark meadows saved this for his book. he saved it for a book. i went into the hospital in the intensive care unit. he didn't call and tell me. so i think that's inexcusable. >> you had always suspected that you got it from the president. is that right? >> the only reason i had suspected it was because he was the only person who i didn't know his testing regimen that i was in close contact with. all the other people we spoke about -- >> did this in fact confirm for you that you did get it from the president? >> i think that's undeniable. >> and that's new. he in the past had suspected but hadn't really confirmed it. now he has. do you have a sense of what the relationship between the former governor and the former president is, is right now? >> chris christie has a very loose definition of what a friend is. he still says donald trump is his friend after 20 years, but they haven't spoken for a year, they're not talking now. trump is really mad at him for writing chris christie's book, which is premised on the fact that trump is lying about having lost the election. so, he doesn't like chris christie at all right now because chris christie is out telling the truth is trying to debunk the conspiracy theory that donald trump won the election. so, i don't know, for chris christie, maybe that means they're friends. but, to be fair, in our discussion he said when i call him a friend it's more of a historical reference. but they're not talking and they're not close right now. >> although give it time, it always seems to come back around in the trump world to some degree. john, i want to bounce this one off you. we got news today that longtime fox anchor chris wallace is leaving the network, hears coming to cnn plus. i think it's part of a string of departures of reporters or journalists who were tied to a network where many of the voices are pr voices for the president or any number of conspiracies. what's your sense of what's happening with fox news and the direction that it's headed? >> they're purging anyone who actually acts like a journalist and tries to have fact-based arguments. it's a parallel of what's been going on in the republican party in terms of the hunting for heretics, the kicking out of the center and the elevation only of ideological absolutists for donald trump. but it's playing out in what is ostensibly a news organization but what is just a right-wing talk tv where the opinion side is unhinged from facts and anyone who has got a scintilla of courage or conscience eventually gets kicked out or heads for the exits themselves before they're pushed. >> what's your read on things, margaret? >> i don't disagree with what my husband said. but it's worth noting that within the last couple of weeks rupert murdoch made a speech really slamming trump and he saided to stop saying that he won the election. so, it's just an interesting observation in the context of what i think john characterizes correctly is there isn't a lot of space at fox news still for anybody like chris wallace. it's getting tougher, there was no place for shep smith. the serious journalists, they're feeling squeezed. so, i don't know what effort or what good rupert murdoch's speech does saying that trump is lying if the direction of the network underneath him isn't going to respond to that and take that as a direction. >> yeah. is he responsible or not? if your flagship hosts are parroting false flag conspiracy theories about january 6th, either the inmates are running the asylum or you're part of the problem or have no power in your own network. >> i don't understand the inner workings there, sometimes don't really think that i want to. but i'll congratulate you for having margaret agree with you. john avlon, margaret hoover, thanks so much, guys. >> thanks. bye. and now here's christine romans with your before the bell report. >> you're paying more for just about everything. and that's putting pressure on the principal reserve to act. november consumer prices surged 6.8% from a year ago, the biggest jump since 1982. prices for gas, shelter, food, cars, trucks, those were some of the sharpest monthly gains. it is the fed's job to fight inflation. and this week that job could get tougher. the central bank has started reducing its emergency covid support, cutting bond purchases by $15 billion a month. this week fed chief jerome powell is widely expected to accelerate that pass. powell could also hint at more aggressive interest rate hikes next year. now stocks have bounced back strongly as fears about the omicron variant fade, but investors will be listening carefully to the fed's tone this week. in new york, i'm christine romans. 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