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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benjamin butterworth, late editor & senior reporter at the i paper, and harriet line, chief political correspondent for the daily mail. thank you both bear trying to look so festive while working. it s really appreciated. thank you for that. let me bring you up to date at home at the front pages of the newspaper so far. i hope you are festively attired as he watch this tonight. the financial times leads on new data from the health security agency, which estimates that people with the new omicron variant of coronavirus are between 50 to 70% less likely to be admitted to hospital than people with other strains. the new findings mean that new year s eve restrictions are increasingly unlikely, government sources have told the telegraph. although doctors are still warning people to keep their christmases small, as a large wave of infections may still overwhelm the nhs, accord ....
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 chie ....
president biden at a briefing announcing he will be traveling to kentucky wednesday. this administration has made it clear to every governor whatever they need when they need it, when they need it, make it known to me and we ll get it to them as rapidly, as rapidly as we can. we just learned osha is launching an investigation after a tornado destroyed an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois, killing six people there. i m hallie jackson with you this afternoon in washington along with our nbc news team on the ground covering the aftermath of these storms. wendy wilfolk is in mayfield, kentucky, and wendy, let me start with you. you re in what seems to be the epicenter of these storms, and i know you ve talked with people who are devastated. they lost their homes, they lost people they love. reporter: indeed, hallie, good afternoon to you. i am struck by the people s resilience as they go through what they ve lost, which is their lives and their livelihoods. i ....
after a photo emerges of him taking part in a quiz. he can t deliver the leadership that this country needs and we have got a very important votes coming up next week and he can t even discharge the basic functions of government. he is the worst possible leader of the worst possible time. they can now make their mind up when they see this picture on a virtual screen, on a zoom call, thanking his team that were in the building because they have to respond to a national emergency. emergency teams search for survivors in 6 us states, after more than 80 people die in the largest outbreaks of tornadoes in us history. and coming up in half an hour, the media show takes a look at the christmas party scoops and asks how did the journalists involved get hold of them? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the last half hour, red bull s max verstappen has won his first formula one world championship after beating rival lewis hamilton in a dramatic abu dhabi grand prix. versta ....
we begin with the staggering damage wrought by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in the u.s. in decades. search and rescue efforts are set to wrap up in the coming hours after dozens of tornados ripped through six u.s. states. at least 84 people are feared dead. kentucky bore the bankrupt of the devastation and the small town of mayfield was nearly leveled by the storm. homes and businesses all reduced to piles of rubble in mere moments. the storm also flattened this candle factory in mayfield. more than 100 people were working inside when the storm hit, and dozens are still unaccounted for. and this video, it gives you a sense of the scale of those tornados. this was taken friday night in southeastern missouri. while it s unclear if this is the same tornado that hit mayfield, it appears to have touch down along the very same path. the mayor of mayfield says that her town now looks like matchsticks, and the human toll is not yet known. cnn s brynn gingras is there. ....