were unaccounted for have all been found. we have all the details. deadly warehouse collapse, the amazon distribution center in illinois. it peeled the warehouse like. a can. o donnell: and the breaking news about an osha investigation. and american strong, how our country s flag symbolizes strength of a town that lost everything but its faith. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from mayfield, kentucky. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin tonight from one of the hardest-hit parts of the entire state, this tiny close-knit community where every home for as far as the eye can see lacks just like this one. the destruction is indescribable and the loss unfathomable. tens of thousands are without heat, water or electricity. and it is cold here and is only going to get worse with temperatures expected to dip below freezing by the end of the week. for the many people we ve met here, losing t
the last remaining employees who were unaccounted for have all been found. we have all the details. deadly warehouse claps, the amazon distribution center in illinois. it peeled the warehouse like a can. and the breaking news about an osha investigation. and american strong, how our country s flag symbolizes strength of a town that lost everything but its faith. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin tonight from one of the hardest-hit parts to have the entire of the entire state, this tiny close-knit community where every home as far as the eye can see lacks just like this one. the destruction is indescribable and the loss unfathomable. tens of thousands are without heat, water or electricity, and it is cold here and only going to get worse with temperatures expected to dip below freezing by the end of the week. for the many people we ve met here, losing their homes is nothing compared to losing their loved ones. today, the saddes
at least six people there killed during a shift change. a nursing home ripped apart in arkansas. families describing terrifying moments, hunkered down in their basements. on the ground here, we see it firsthand. neighborhood after neighborhood destroyed. the grandmother huddled over her grandchildren, one just 14 months old, saving them. one of the only things still standing her christmas tree. late today, kentucky governor andy beshear calling it the deadliest tornado event in state history. tonight, the national guard has now been deployed here, helping in the search for survivors. tens of thousands in the cold and in the dark without power and the temperature dropping. meantime, hospitals here in western kentucky already overwhelmed with covid patients, now treating a rush of victims pulled from flattened homes and buildings. a doctor describing the chaos inside the e.r. victims being brought in on pickup trucks. everyone jumping in to help, pounding on the hospital door
covid. thank you. thank you. i ll take this one question. reporter: are you going to share anything more about the message to senator manchin about why you would like him to [ indiscernible ] . no, look i, i told you when i speak to senators or house members or governors or any other elected official, to try to convince them that what i m proposing makes sense and it s not inconsistent with what they believe, i do that and then i ll discuss it after. okay? thanks for your time. thank you. all right. welcome to meet the press daily . i m garrett haake. we ve been watching president biden answer questions after he was briefed by his emergency response team on the state of the federal response to those tornado disasters that just hammered kentucky and several neighboring states. as you heard him there, the president said he will be visiting kentucky on wednesday. and that the federal government would provide whatever assistance was needed in the region. we ll be spe
help keep pouring in from all over the country. thank you. to everyone. we feel your love here in kentucky. i ll speak with kentucky s lieutenant governor about the monumental and delicate search and rescue operation under way. dozens of tornadoes friday night into saturday also killed at least 16 people across illinois, tennessee, missouri, and arkansas. president biden will travel to kentucky to survey the damage on wednesday. in mayfield, kentucky, one of the hardest-hit areas, at least eight people working at a candle factory were killed and eight more missing. one woman and her children were feet apart inside that factory when the tornado to her right through them. she glanced away for a moment and when she looked back, he was gone. she s somehow found the strength to share their story. i ll speak to her in just a moment. joining me now, though, from mayfield, kentucky, is nbc news correspondent kathy park. kathy, every time i look at the screen and see the devastation