with hope and help from some good samaritans. i ve been a lot of places. this place is devastated. there s a lot of need out here. anything can help. also this morning, this is mayfield, kentucky, candle factory before and after the storm. eight people died, according to the factory. employees who spoke to nbc news say folks inside heard warning signs, but at least five workers tell nbc that supervisors warned employees they would be fired if they left their shifts early. a company spokesman has called the allegations absolutely untrue. we ll have more on that story in just a moment. plus, a pandemic progress report. the cdc director says omicron is gaining a stronger foothold in the u.s., although delta does remin dominant. pfizer says its anti-covid pill is 80% effective at preventing people from being hospitalized and dying. and a recommendation from the january 6th committee, a full vote is expected on contempt of congress charges for former white house chief of s
name was not yet been released. the age range has gotten even harder. it ranges now from 2 months to 98 years of the kentuckians that we have lost. some didn t get an opportunity to experience this life. twelve of the 74 are children. and there unquestionably more people unaccounted for, but multiple local and federal search i couldn t see continue. utility companies are continuing to repair the outages. three water systems have limited operation work is being done to remove debris and replace the traffic signals. i tell you what, it feels pretty good to not just be pushing this stuff out of the way but to be loading it up and taking it out of town. there s something therapeutic about taking chaos and destruction and death and getting it out of some of those areas. blood donations are still needed. in response to requests from community for blood donation information, the red cross has provided more than 40 blood products to hospitals in kentucky. red cross remains in touch w
Good day. this is andrea mitch reports. kentucky governor andy beshear updating us on the tornado recovery. let s listen. 21 in grace county. eight from that candle factory, 13 had other locations, 17 in hopkins county, 15 in warren, 11 in mulemberg, four in caldwell, two in marshall. there is a question about 73 versus 74. the emergency management director there reports two in marshall. and one in franklin, fulton, lyon, and taylor counties. eight are unidentified or their
Stays on the shelf too long, it s going to go bad and that s also tragic. there s all different tragedies in the world but that would be one of them. we re actually in a fortunate position from a quality perspective because this beer we re talking about is a big imperial stout, then we added a lot of brownies to it which is kind of a crazy beer, which is kind of what we built our thing on, we re really responsive to what the beer drinkers are looking for out there. so this beer is going to be good. zack, thank you, keep us posted, okay? we will, thank you for your time. stick around for andrea mitch reports, she will be having a conversation with leon panetta about the trump administration s statements on terrorists on the southern border. ments on terrorists on the southern border there goes our first big order. 44, 45, 46. how many of these did they order? ooh, that s hot. you know, we could sell these. nah.
Pretty fun. that wraps up this hour for me on the angry birds note. i ll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. out west. and up next and dr andrea mitch reports. have you played angry birds? indeed i have. another day, another round of finger pointing in washington. the showdown to raise the debt ceiling. we ll go behind the scenes with top white house economic advisor and kent conrad. mitt romney hits the ground in ohio, what about yooi yoo and new hampshire? andrea mitchell reports up next here on msnbc. i m bill karins with your business travel forecast. hot weather today many the middle of the country. some thunderstorms up around chicago and minneapolis. temperatures in the east are warm, but humidity levels are down a little bit. should be an enjoyable day. as far as the west goes, we re still warm in phoenix as you d