it s time to come to an end. it comes to an end when we take the steps to be more aggressive with law enforcement. more aggressive with the changes in our policies and less tolerant of all of the [bleep] that has destroyed our city. martha: very interesting. in moments, former los angeles police chief and new york city and boston police commissioner over the course of his career, bill brat on the that led the broken windows policing in that city. crime in california is becoming a way of life. first to claude yo cowan live in california just knot of san francisco. hi, claudia. hi, martha. a change of heart for mayor breed and now looking to refund them and give them more tools for smash and grab robberies. nancy pelosi also weighing in today saying the lawlessness in her home district cannot continue. it s not like somebody stealing something because they don t have money. it s about stealing for profit. they have to prove where it came from. it s outrageous. i agree wit
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
history. the governor now speaking. let s listen in. to the worst tornado event in the history of our commonwealth. our state was hit by at least four tornadoes. one stayed on the ground in kentucky for at least 200 miles devastating anything in its path. thousands of homes are damaged if not entirely destroyed. and it may be weeks before we have final counts on both deaths and levels of destruction. we lost lives in at least eight counties and at least 18 counties suffered damage. as of this morning, our best count for confirmed deaths, the most accurate count we have as of this morning, 64 kentuckians. remember this is fluid and the numbers will change and sometimes they have thank god gone down, other times they have gone up. it breaks down as follows. 20 in grace, 13 in hopkins, 11 in mulenburg, i think that was reported at 12, but we believe 11. 12 in warren. four in caldwell. one in marshall. one in taylor. one in fulton. and one in lyon. undoubtedly there will be m
be addressing reporters later this hour as well as fema giving up an update where things stand and the emergency aid that the president has promised for all, half dozen states, affected by this. they include kentucky, arkansas, tennessee, illinois, missouri. we heard of damage in ohio and mississippi and indiana as well. let s go right now to governor beshear of kentucky with the very latest. wrecked, destroyed. so many of our communities. the newest estimates of deaths from coming from emergency management that may differ from the coroner, there s one of these that we re checking on, we re now up to 74 kentuckians that we have lost. one additional one in graves. four additional in hopkins, this is one we re checking right now. i have 14. emergency management came back with 17. 14 i hope. three in warren county and one here in franklin county where an individual actually coming to work at this very complex that we re broadcasting from was pushed off of the road in the storm