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free. what role did the u.s. play in this. it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s keeping a close eye on the fast-moving developments involving covid. please, everyone, stay safe this weekend. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, december 17th. we ll start with the news. president biden says it could take weeks to approve his plan. according to a statement from the president, talks between the white house and senator joe manchin will continue next week. the statement reads in part this. we will, we must get build back better passed, even in the face of republican opposition. at the same time, we must also press forward on voting rights legislation and make progress on this as quickly as possible. democrats also lost their fight to have work permits for undocumented immigrants included in the bill. this is the third time the provision was rejected. senator dick durbin said the senate parliamentarian offered the same ....
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 ....
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 t ....
of families in the uk have seen their disposable incomes shrink in the last two years. i wish i was older so i could pay the bills with her. and the 2022 edition of the golden globes will not be broadcast on nbc as the television network dropped the show following a backlash over diversity. good afternoon. the health secretary sajid javid says the omicron variant of coronavirus now accounts for 20% of all new cases. he called it a race between virus and vaccine, saying no variant before had spread as quickly. in london, omicron is expected to become the dominant strain as early as tomorrow. the prime minister says at least one person has now died in the uk with the new omicron variant of coronavirus. meanwhile, there have been long queues at vaccination centres after the prime minister announced the ramping up of its booster programme to offer everyone over the age of 18 a jab by the end of the month in england. mrjavid said in future, people would need a boosterjab t ....
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 wil ....