a number that s expected to rise. the storm touched in mississippi, arizona and illinois. in illinois, edwardsville, at least six people were killed when the amazon location were hit. the state with the most widespread damage or at least eight people were killed while working in a candle factory. the people of america there is no lens big enough to show thank you the extent of the damage here in graves county or kentucky. nothing is standing in the direct line of this tornado is still standing. joining us now from kentucky, dasha burns, what can you tell us. reporter: good morning, it s 30 degrees right now so you can imagine what it s like for the people at home right now. getting here from our crew is difficult. it s pitch black and there is so many debris. i would walk around to show you but it s not safe right now of the condition here. every corner you turn there is more devastations and destructions and harrowing stories of residents here. stories of people hiding i
citizens from south africa and seven other countries goes into effect today. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. the variant has been detected in multiple countries including canada. some experts say it could already be in the united states undetected. todd: marianne rafferty has more on this breaking news this morning. marianne. reporter: good morning, todd and carl hey. president biden holding an emergency meeting last night on the new covid omicron variant as two new cases are confirmed in canada. biden s white house health team saying they need another two weeks to gather data on the variant. a u.s. travel ban on eight african nations takes effect today after cases were confirm in south africa. nearly a dozen countries confirming cases of omicron and experts say biden s travel ban will not stop the variant from reaching the u.s. it s almost definitely here already, just looking at the number of cases
99 counties, despite visiting only 15 of them. florida governor ron desantis came in a distant second, receiving 21% of support in the hawkeye state. 30 points behind trump and just 2 points ahead of former south carolina governor nikki haley. this year s republican caucuses had the lowest turnout since the year 2000, drawing around 108,000 voters. that s about 14% of the state s registered republicans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 16th. how did the results reflect compared to the polls? i think there was a big winner, and i think there was a big loser. the big winner, of course, donald trump. he got over 50% of the vote. the big loser, of course, the republican party, who is strapped with a republican loser, a seven-time loser. the problem for republicans is they started in iowa. this is just a perennial problem for the gop. it really, willie, is a problem that the democrats fixed, but you go back and look. who won in 2008? mike huckabee.
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