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underway right now. in arkansas a tornado decimated a firsting home. in kentucky, the governor issues a state of emergency. we re seeing things we have never seen before. the damage is indescribable. it s changing the landscape of the city we know here in mayfield. president biden was briefed on the destruction, calling it an unimaginable tragedy and pledged full support for governors dealing with the disaster. allison chinchar is tracking the ongoing stores. first, to you, nadia, where we see things just flattened behind you, the destruction, tell us how people are coping. yesterday, summer-like temperatures, now it feels like december, winter-like weather. today, yesterday this building behind me up and running. overnight working on overtime. they were trying to get prepared for the christmas holiday that s just two weeks away. many more people in some 100 inside this candle factory. you really can t see anything but rubble and debris. one man described it to ....
of debris looking for survivors. president biden briefed on the situation earlier today directing resources to help in the situation. cnn s reporter is on the ground there in mayfield, hard-hit mayfield, kentucky. what is happening right now? reporter: well, fredricka, what we re seeing right now is different emergency response teams coming in from different cities and counties all throughout kentucky. coming right here to what they re calling ground zero after the tornadoes last night p you see behind me a slew of vehicles out here and different construction crews that come to use heavy equipment to lift the debris and try to find as many people as possible. we know more than 100 people were working here at this candle factory last night. they were working overtime trying to get the holiday orders out just two weeks before the christmas holiday. i spoke with one man. his name was ryan, worked at the factory. said i didn t feel like working overtime. was working a lot ....
which is having a negative impact on communities of color. - i never in a million years thought that my son, let alone any six-year-old, would be gunned down in the streets of san francisco and not get any justice. - chesa s failure has resulted in increase in crime against asian americans. - the da s office is in complete turmoil at this point. - for chesa boudin to intervene in so many cases is both bad management and dangerous for the city of san francisco. - we are for criminal justice reform. chesa s not it. recall chesa boudin now. good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news, the damage being assessed after a series of tornados tore through at least six states in the south and midwest, and right now 12 million americans are under threat from that same storm system as it moves east. at least 36 tornados are believed to have touched down across arkansas, illinois, k ....
the times adds this. it is not clear whether omicron causes more severe disease than other versions of the coronavirus. tonight the cdc director said the variant could eventually change the nature of this pandemic in our country. we have about 90,000 new cases a day here in the united states and right now 99.9% of them still are the delta variant. it may very well be that omicron is able to out-compete delta. we haven t yet seen symptoms that are unique to omicron. the symptoms that are presenting are the very similar symptoms that we have seen with delta. problem is, according to the cdc director, covid cases in all are rising. right along with hospitalizations. we will talk to an e who is witnessing this firsthand. also news concerning the capitol riot. the house committee investigating january 6th says a former trump justice department official will not give a deposition tomorrow as expected, but will appear in person on the 16th of december. the chair of the 1 ....
announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone pfizer today took a major step toward approval of its covid vaccine for childrens 5 to 11. submitting trial data to the fda for review after recently determining it is safe and well tolerated a vaccine suitable for younger children is a major missing piece in the country s effort to turn back the pandemic especially with parents and many schools navigating infection outbreaks. but also today, the biden administration saying those pfizer booster shots fo certain americans are taking off a million shot appointments on the books of pharmacies 400,000 booster shots administered this past weekend. but there remain millions of others who haven t had a single shot vaccine mandates forcing tough decisions for many my conversation with dr. fauci in a moment. but first, let s get the latest from gabe gutierrez. reporter: with millions of children back in classrooms, pfizer submitted phase three da ....