fight against covid, as pfizer says its pill to treat the virus has the ability to greatly reduce the risk of hospitalization or death. we ll also talk with nba star enes kanter freedom about his outspokenness when it comes to human rights in china and throughout the world. and we ll remember legendary mexican singer vicente fernandez whose career made him a beloved figure far beyond his homeland. and we begin with the aftermath of the catastrophic tornado outbreak that left a trail of devastation across several midwestern and southern states. in kentucky, where dozens of people have been confirmed dead, the search continues for more than 100 people who are still unaccounted for. president biden will visit kentucky tomorrow, to get a firsthand look at the damage, and kentucky s governor will provide an update on the situation at noon eastern time 9:00 a.m. pacific. this as several employees at a candle factory in mayfield, kentucky, that was destroyed by a tornado tell nbc ne
will need to discuss the mark meadows con temple referral before it goes to the full house. this after the january 6th committee voted unanimously to hold meadows in contempt for revealing shocking evidence he did share with them when still cooperating. and that is where we start this morning with those two texts. liz cheney read publicly first time last night. be aware, some of them include profanity. the text proved that no matter what they said after the fact, everyone from the host at fox news to republican lawmakers to don jr. himself knew exactly what donald trump was the one who could stop the insurrection on january 6th and they were begging meadows to do something. quote, mark, the president needs to tell people in the capitol to go home. this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy, laura ingraham wrote. please, get him on tv. destroying everything you have accomplished, ryan killmy tebsed. can he make a statement? ask people to leave the capitol, sea
Thank you so much for all that you do and thank you for joining us this morning. we will be posting a link on how you can help organizations like team rubicon and others. for you at home watching, just go to our show s twitter handle, @ruhleonmsnbc. thank you so much for watching. that wraps up this very busy hour. i appreciate being back with you. i am stephanie ruhle. my friend and colleague, jose diaz-balart, picks up breaking news coverage right now. thank you, stephanie. it s 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. the search for people still unaccounted for after friday s deadly tornado outbreak continues as the long road to recovery begins in kentucky and several other states. the house is set to vote today on whether to refer former white house chief of staff mark meadows for contempt of congress. as the house committee releases texts he received during the january 6th insurrection. good news this morning in the