very good monday morning to you. i'm jim sciutto. >> more than 100 people are feared dead, many more remain missing after a string of devastating tornadoes ripped across eight states friday night into saturday. officials say at least 50 tornadoes are responsible for destroying homes, buildings, towns, leaving scenes like the ones you see before you in their wake. one single tornado tracked for over 200 miles and it could end up being the longest tracked tornado in history. in kentucky, emergency management officials describe the devastation and you understand it as you look at those pictures as something akin to a war zone, a war zone. governor andy beshear says rescuers cannot even go door to door because "there are no doors." the stories from the survivors this morning, harrowing and heartbreaking. >> i just told her to close her eyes and she started counting, so she's like, hide and seek, mom? we just counted until we didn't feel any more pressure, any more wind. >> that's when we really saw the, that edge of it. it was, it looked very violent from the split second we saw, the suction, could you feel it in your ears, in your joints. >> we're thankful for fema and the red cross and the state and all of the first responders that came out. unfortunately, you know, they have not found anybody else, but it is still a rescue mission. >> you know, we've grown up here, so to see our community broken like this has been overwhelming. >> we're going to grieve together. we're going to dig out and clean up together and we will rebuild and move forward together. >> federal aid right now is headed to kentucky over the weekend. president biden signing a federal emergency disaster declaration for the state. the president will soon be briefed by homeland security and fema officials on that federal response. we are covering the story from every angle as only cnn can. our reporters, correspondents and guests standing by from kentucky to indiana to bring you the latest. pamela brown is on the ground in mayfield, kentucky, one of the worst-hit areas. pam, of course your home state. tell us what you've witnessed on the ground there over these last few days? >> reporter: i've witnessed so much. there is so much heartache on the ground, also so much resiliency, but the need is tremendous. words can't even express the need. as you pointed out, this looks like a war zone. people lost their homes. i've been walking up to people and they desperately ask me if i'm fema. that is how much need is here, just a sense of desperation. as you noted, resources, federal resources, state resources, they are pouring in here and this morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern time, dhs secretary mayorkas and fema administrator criswell will brief president biden on the latest. they were here on the ground yesterday surveying the damage, trying to assess what the needs are. they held a press conference and i was there and spoke to the fema administrator and talked to her about just the power of this tornado and what it means moving forward and she said that this is the new normal which of course is just terrifying given what this tornado has done to this community, where i am alone. it's decimated it. so many people have lost their homes, but at the same time, there have been incredible stories of survival. i spoke to one man yesterday, charles sherrill, just going through the mountain of rubble which was his home and i walked up to him and he pointed to a bathtub, he said "that is where i rode out the storm. i was praying in the bathtub during this tornado." here's a little bit more about what he told me. >> i was on my knees praying. >> reporter: in the bathtub? >> in the bathtub, full of water. >> reporter: now you're seeing your belongings. all your personal -- >> car, it's the driveway, the car was there. it took the house off the foundation and the car is over there, they took the house off the foundation and landed on top of the car, it slid with the house, but this wall stayed attached to it. >> reporter: he said that wall actually he believes saved his life, because it shielded him from the debris flying in, but so many people we've spoken to here on the ground in mayfield rode out this storm just in their bathroom, in their bathtub. that is how they rode it out. i want to go to cnn national correspondent brynn gingras, also speaking to survivors here in mayfield. so brynn, share some of the stories that you've been hearing. >> reporter: yes, pam, i think it's something important to underscore is that the people who live in these towns say that tornadoes don't happen in december, and on top of that, tornadoes during the spring happen all the time, so when they heard the warnings, it wasn't really resonating with them because there's always warnings. one couple i talked to said they heard the sirens, they listened to them but it didn't really hit them until on the news they said "take cover." that's when the couple made the decision to get outside their house and into a crawl space with their 6-year-old daughter and listen to what happened next. >> it felt like there was ten grown men on the outside of the door trying to pull it off the hi hinges. if i would have let go in the slightest, we would not be here right now. so tight my fingers went numb. yeah. >> reporter: you must have been terrified. >> i was shaking the whole time and i was just, i heard them crying and she was telling me to hold the door, and i was just trying to keep them calm, but my whole body was shaking the whole time. >> i kept begging him, don't let go, don't let go. >> i wasn't going to let go. i would have broke every finger in my hand holding that door, seriously. >> reporter: when that man talks about a door, i saw that door, it was a piece of plywood about this thick. it is incredible these survivor stories that we have been hearing about over the last few days, because i mean look around us. you can see where i am now, look at this school bus. just shows you a mangled mess, how forceful this storm really was. one thing i really wanted to point out before i let you go is that in the distance, it may be hard to see because of the sun, but that is a water tower. think about these midwestern to towns, the icon irmarker. the water tower is steel on the ground. it was incredible some of the survival stories over the last few days. of course not everyone was so lucky. there is so much loss and so much devastation to lives, to businesses, people still trying to make sense of it all. pam? >> reporter: yes, they absolutely are. i talked to governor beshear yesterday at the press conference and asked him about rebuilding, will they look to rebuild with more safety shelters and he said look, this tornado was so powerful that there's not much that could withstand the sheer force, the power of it. brynn gingras, thank you so much. at least eight people were killed when a tornado hit a candle factory in mayfield and right now search and rescue operations are under way as officials say at least eight others are missing. last night, cnn spoke with a man who said his father is among them. >> i know when he told me the day i seen him, the same day -- >> i would be digging right now until daybreak, i would be digging right now if i could, fingers and all, i would be digging, no gloves. >> reporter: cnn correspondent brian todd is at a checkpoint near that factory and brian, yesterday there was hope that the feared death toll would be lower. what is the reality there today? >> reporter: well, pamela, the reality right now as far as the numbers we can give you is that eight people are confirmed dead from inside the factory, eight people still unaccounted for, so the rescue operation is continuing. we are at a military checkpoint near the factory. our photojournalist rafael rodriguez can pan into that area there. this is not the factory itself. this is one of the buildings near the factory. you can see the shovel there digging through the rubble. this is one of the real logistical issues. they have to clear away huge piles of rubble like that just to try to get to some of the people who may be trapped in some of these buildings. i can show you the checkpoint here, this is as far as we're allowed to go at the moment. we're trying to get closer. as far as we're allowed to go at the moment to try to get into the area where the factory is. this is a military police checkpoint. we've been seeing trucks like this all morning going in, rescue crews, communications teams. you've got other assets just being streaming into the complex here, where the factory is. governor andy beshear talked about just how daunting this rescue operation has been. >> it will be a miracle if we pull anybody else out of that. it's now 15 feet deep of steel, cars on top of where the roof was. just tough, but our rescuers out there are incredible. >> right. all that to go through plus corrosive material and corrosive chemicals inside the factory the governor talked b another impediment to the rescue effort. eight people confirmed dead in the candle factory, eight remain missing but the good news is officials said 90 people, at least 09 people got out alive, pamela. least 90 people got out alive. >> brian todd, thank you. jim and erica, back to you. >> we'll take it here, pamela, thank you. joining us kentucky state senator jason howell, serves the first senate district some of the hardest-hit areas we've been talking about including mayfield. good to have you with us this morning, senator. if we could, let's just do a reset here, 48 hours later, the pictures are devastating to put it mildly. what are the biggest needs this morning there on the ground? >> the needs are widespread. one of the greatest things we have to do now is the local officials all the emergency management people have kind of, working through their assessment. they have to start the cleanup. there's so many things that have to happen for that to happen first and going through the houses, they've gone through to make sure they accounted for everybody now as best they can. so now the hard part starts. they're starting to mobilize cleanup now as i understand it. >> of course, kentucky sees tornadoes, but not in december, and the scale of this one, particularly the one this quad state tornado that cut such a long, huge swathe of destruction there, have you ever seen anything like this, anything close to the scale of this? >> not at all. we've discussed, we were talking yesterday, this is something that you see on cnn that happens somewhere else and then one day you wake up, and it happens in your community. it is incomprehensible the size and the magnitude and how long this thing stayed on the ground. >> it is. i have to agree with you, every time i see the pictures it really just stops you to think of the destruction, as you mentioned the needs are great this morning. housing is a major concern, especially with the weather turning colder. what has, a, this federal disaster declaration what is that opening up for you and how are you working with folks who have lost their homes? >> yes, one of the most frustrating parts of this, there's so many people that want to help and the help is immediate and it takes a little while for this process to work through and start going. i know the governor's opened up all of our local state parks to house people on a temporary basis. we've been working with people that are just buying hotel rooms for people and putting them in hotel rooms, kind of any shelter in a storm to take care of immediate need and finding temporary housing so permanent housing can be built. >> senator howell, people can see the devastation there and often after a few days they stop paying attention. this is a months, perhaps year's long tragedy for these communities here. how long are we talking to rebuild and is rebuilding the goal here? >> unfortunately for a lot of those affected this is a life time impact. it will faeblgt them for the rest of their lives, all of their lives their houses, businesses, some of their loved ones will be gone before. you can build back but never exactly the way it was for them in that moment. to your point, this is a long slog, immediate needs now. it will take years to get through normalcy especially the downtown area of mayfield. >> it is a life time in some cases as you pointed out. i know some of us can take time, is it your sense on the ground and from people that you've spoken with that immediate needs are being met? >> as best they can. you can't meet everything all at once but the outpouring of support for material, supplies and manpower is overwhelming in a positive sense. to have all of the outpouring of support from owl over the state and other states across the country it gives a sense of support and hope for people that really need it in this moment. >> a bright moment in the midst of so much devastation to see people, strangers coming together to help. senator jason howell, appreciate you taking the time to join us and continue to keep us updated if you would on the needs and what's happening there on the ground. thanks again. >> thanks for your time. still ahead cnn speaks to two sheriffs deputies in their patrol cars when the storm hit. their cars destroyed, as you could see there but they then managed to save a young girl who was badly injured and bleeding. heroism in the midst of the crisis. we're also hearing from the mother of one of the amazon employees who died when a warehouse in illinois collapsed. she says she spoke to him just minutes before that happened. developments on capitol hill, the january 6th committee expected to hold mark meadows in contempt, former white house chief of staff and releasing details from email exchanges one that said the national guard would "protect pro-trump people" that's next. gold. your strategic advantage. ♪"you are the reason" by calum scott♪ to all the kisses... ...that led... ...to this one. celebrate every kiss, with kay. before nexium 24hr, anna could only imagine a comfortable night's sleep without frequent heartburn waking her up. now, that dream... . ...is her reality. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts, for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? 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>> yes, it was at least on his radar and so what has become clear from this 51-page resolution is that meadows was so much at the nucleus of what was going on. he knew what was going on apparently with the national guard with the white house, with this list of both state and congressional lawmakers in these efforts to try to overturn the election. this resolution, what it really does is give us much more detail what the committee knows about mark meadows' actions. some other exchanges include text messages with a member of congress in which this member of congress is talking about a controversial way to overturn the election and mark meadows says "i love it." that's just one. a list of examples, another exchange with the media personality, really pushing for presidential statement to condemn the rioting and i should stop short. it said it was a recommendation that people remain peaceful and leave the capitol. so these communications provided by meadows himself, by the way, are adding so much visibility into what happened within the white house, most of which has been opaque at this point because so many people are bucking the committee. and it also i think the footnotes are illuminating. again, information meadows provided, now he says he can't talk about it. >> the president's chief of staff at the time, i could see if it reveals what the president knew and when did he know it. whitney wild, thanks so much. >> joining me to discuss elliott williams and white house correspondent for the "new york times." elliott, as we look at what we're learning from this 51-page resolution that whitney was just going through, these are communications that mark meadows, right, that are being referenced and mark meadows already gave, already handed over to the committee. what do you read into this information that the committee, right, is now sharing at this point, in terms of how they're looking to set up this narrative. you know, as a former prosecutor, what are you looking in that to connect dots? >> a few things. one, looking at the fact of how empty mark meadows' claim for privilege is here. look, even assuming we conversations with the. the that might have been protected, there's a world of information that he ought to have come in and testified about, starting with number one the 6,000 pages of documents. number two, the statement that whitney just referred to about "i love it" where in another statement he says "i got a team on it." he's talking about building some apparatus around support for january 6th. you would direct questions to him about the national guard, one, were you joking about pro dump people or were youserious protecting pro trump people. those are statements and you can probe those things. a world of information he should have come in to testify and now i think -- look, i went in to reading the report thinking i don't know, this could be a close call, but they've laid out a very compelling case for holding him in contempt of congress. >> in terms of what's been laid out, what is the sense in d.c., right, with this drip, drip of information being put out for a reason, right? is it causing more concern amongst some people who may have been connected or is it imboldening the emboldening the deniers? >> we have a list at this point. we've seen a number of witnesses that have really as said previously bucked the committee and really swayed towards the pressure from former president donald trump in claiming executive privilege at this time. mark meadows among them. beforehand, however, about 9,000 documents including emails that he did turn over to the committee, what it does is, it really does, yes, raise concerns amongst some members of congress but also really raises the interest by the committee to continue to learn more here, and meadows the former chief of staff, they see a win toe into the decisions made at the highest level of government, and by potentially the former president amid scrutiny of why it took roughly three hours for the national guard to get there that day. and also, it starts to raise questions as well about some of these other communications, an effort to remove some of the electors that were going to certify the election and replace them with pro dump electors as well. these different areas both when it comes to requesting additional security on the day when that pro trump mob overran the capitol but also the efforts to overturn the results of the elections, those are going to be two avenues going forward that the committee is going to continue to look at and why they want to continue to question witnesses like the former chief of staff. >> elliott, you touched on when you look at the resolution you're maybe a little bit skeptical going in but seeing everything laid out, what is your sense here? this is so different, right, what we're seeing from mark meadows, so different from steve bannon. what are the chances that the doj would act? >> so the way that the report is structured, they're very careful in the way they wrote it focusing on the areas in which mark meadows does not have a claim for executive privilege because if the congress were to go say this is everything that mark meadows had and made and sent that to the justice department, the department couldn't probably bring criminal charges because of the fact this witness might have a claim for executive privilege. the justice department can't ethically charge someone with a crime if they think they won't win before the jury. the justice department chance wouldn't win if the guy has arguments that prevent his having to make the statement, you know what i mean, protected statements to make there. look, it's still not as strong a case as some of the other witnesses, and it's not entirely unreasonable for the justice department to take a look here and say i don't know if we could win this before a jury and not charge him with a crime. so it's not bad, but it's not an open and shut case. >> quick, elliott, one of the things that stood out to a number of people in a lot of the documents that we've learned b the committee has said these were involving his personal cell phone or personal email. how does that figure in when it comes to executive privilege? >> clearly he's not talking -- once he raised a claim or made a statement to somebody else who is not the president of the united states he waived the privilege. if he's not using government property, he has a much harder argument saying these are protected communications. it's clear he was trying to get out of having the statements be protected if he's trying to conceal them from scrutiny. it doesn't look good using his gmail or yahoo! account. >> good to have you both here this morning. thank you. still to come workers at an amazon warehouse in illinois had minutes to race before a tornado ripped through the building. we'll take through and hear from a mother on the phone with her son, who was working in that warehouse, just before the storm hit. >> just heartbreaking. the opening bell on wall street moments away. stock futures mixed this morning but despite anxiety particularly about inflation and the omicron variant the stock is on track for another banner year in large part thanks to stellar gains from just a small handful of tech stocks including apple, tesla, google. on wall street investors are watching for one more measure of inflation to hit tuesday. the u.s. producer price index and the big moment this week, wednesday's federal reserve meeting, what do they do about rising inflation? 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>> that's exactly right. i wasn't prepared for what i saw. i've seen tornado damage here in christian county where i'm from. i've been near damaged property like that when i went over there, i got to mayfield before sun-up on saturday morning and when i got the drone in the air, it just, it was an incredible, stunning amount of damage, from not just in the city center, but you know, a couple miles out of town, you're seeing substantial wind damage, property damage, homes destroyed and properties destroyed, all the way out to the airport, where planes were turned upside down and yanked from their hangars and the hangars were destroyed and then of course when you get into downtown mayfield, as you have seen, just the destruction is unbelievable and the amount of energy and the power of that tornado, which was on the ground for an incredible amount of time, just in the blue ridge, not to mention the other states. it's hard to understand all that. >> yes, the power and the scope, right. folks use that term war zone but i have to tell you, it does looks like a city that went through a war there. >> it does. >> we had a state senator on earlier this hour, and i asked him, how long to recover from this, right, and he said for some people, it will be a lifetime and i wonder as you're speaking to folks there if you agree. >> i completely agree, jason howell represents graves county, good friend of mine and my seatmate in the state senate chamber. i don't know for some folks that they'll ever recover, certainly not emotionally or psychologically. homes and buildings can be rebuilt in time, but this is the kind of thing that lasts with the community and with the family for a long time, and the amount of destruction is going to take a while. >> yes. >> this footage, which so many of us really, your footage helped to paint some of those early pictures, i know you told our colleague you were working with authorities. how important have those, these initial pictures that you were able to get, how important have they been on the ground to the efforts there? >> i think they've been important for the world at large to see what kind of damage has been done. we hear about natural disasters and things, but until you can see just the scope and the extent of damage, it's hard for people to understand why it's important to get involved, and so to the extent that people have been able to see the taj a damage and realize the need, i'm grateful the footage has helped in that regard. i would encourage folks, we still do have needs. there are all kinds of folks and partners both government and private sector that are rushing to fill the needs to provide supplies and things. we still need blood donations and still could use donations the state has set up a relief fund. it's teamwkyrelief fund.ky.gov. i'd encourage you, you have spare room this christmas, give to western kentucky. it's not just mayfield. thankfully the death toll is not as bad as we thought but there are still missing people in mayfield, enormous damage in dawson springs, damage in princeton, damage in bowling green. this system brought a lot of havoc in a lot of places. >> i'm glad you shared whitney whiserfield that website. i'm certain a lot of folks watching want to reach out and help. thanks to you for what you're doing and if you are watching at home and looking for ways to help, go to cnn.com/impact, there are a lot of sites that will take you right to the places which will get the aid to those who need it. whitney westerfield, thanks so much. >> thank you all for covering it. coming up next this hour, as the uk records the first death from the omicron variant, the prime minister faces a domestic crisis concerning covid-19 protocols, the photo now causing a political uproar there, that's coming up. ♪"you are the reason" by calum scott♪ to all the kisses... ...that led... ...to this one. celebrate every kiss, with kay. at intra-cellular therapies, we're inspired by our circle. a circle that includes our researchers, driven by our award-winning science, who uncover new medicines to treat mental illness. it includes the compassionate healthcare professionals, the dedicated social workers, and the supportive peer counselors we work with to help improve - and even change - people's lives. moving from mental illness to mental wellness starts in our circle. this is intra-cellular therapies. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research shows people who take h-i-v treatment every day and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmit h-i-v through sex. serious side effects can occur, including kidney problems and kidney failure. rare, life-threatening side effects include a buildup of lactic acid and liver problems. do not take biktarvy if you take dofetilide or rifampin. tell your doctor about all the medicines and supplements you take, if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis. if you have hepatitis b, do not stop taking biktarvy without talking to your doctor. common side effects were diarrhea, nausea, and headache. if you're living with hiv, keep loving who you are. and ask your doctor if biktarvy is right for you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list event. hey, it's ryan reynolds, owner of mint mobile with a holiday offer i think that you're going to like. when you switch to mint now, you'll get three months of premium wireless free on any plan, even unlimited. yeah. even unlimited. that's right. while the big wireless companies spend billions on holiday ads luring you into expensive contracts, we spent $79 on this stock video so we can afford to give you stuff for free. you gotta be into that, right? 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