about this tornado candle factory. and bring into the conversation democratic strategist ammar, the wonders of technology, folks, while we re dealing with covid. happy to have ammar. i want to read what happened last week. there were tornados, lots of tornados across the country, six people were killed at an amazon warehouse and at least eight at a candle factory in mayfield, kentucky. workers say they begged their managers to leave as news of the coming storm spread, but they were told they would lose their jobs, and instead many lost their lives. katie, this is so tragic to hear what people were going through. is there some sort of legal repercussions for employers who made people stay there in harm s way. the employer is denying this happened. it strikes some type of curiosity there would be at least six or eight employees that would say this is what
88 people have lost their lives after a series of tornados hit six states over the weekend leaving a massive trail of destruction. the largest of the storms traveled more than 200 miles in what may be one of the longest tornado paths in u.s. history. likely fueled by unseasonably warm air for december. welcome to the terrifying reality of climate change, a.k.a. climate change. president biden plans to visit kentucky tomorrow to view the damage there. the state was hit particularly hard with 74 dead and more than 100 still missing and 18,000 left without power. eight of the deaths were workers at a candle factory entirely levelled. nbc news has a stunning report those factory workers were threatened with firing if they left amid tornado warnings. for hours as word of the coming storm spread as many as 15 workers asked managers to let them take shelter at their homes to have their request denied the workers said. at least five workers said