hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and right around the world. i'm isa soares in "cnn newsroom." >> the very first thing we have to do is grieve together and we are going to do that before we rebuild. >> this is going to be our new normal. >> this is the deadliest tornado event we have ever had. >> how the storms nearly wipe out entire towns across the center of the united states.

we'll have incred i believe survival stories as people begin to rebuild. rising covid cases and party scandals leaves boris johnson feeling the heat. and natali bennett visits the united arab emirates. we're live for the historic visit. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, december 13th. we begin with the aftermath of the deadliest december tornado outbreak in u.s. history. dozens of people were killed when powerful tornadoes swept right across the midwest and south. now at this hour crews are still searching for survivors but officials feel the death toll will only rise. we now know at least 50 tornadoes were reported across eight states over the weekend.

you can see on your map. on sunday the national weather service confirmed they were ef-3 strength. that means wind speeds up to 165 miles per hour or 266 kilometers per hour. kentucky was the hardest hit by the disaster. governor beshear said at least 50 people died in the state alone but he fears the final toll could be much higher. and the damage left behind is really quite staggering. entire communities nearly wiped off the map. beshear grew emotional sunday as he described the devastation and how communities are coming together to recover. have a listen. >> i wish i understood why we've gotten hit with the pandemic, the historic ice storm, flooding and now the worst tornado in our history all in a span of 19 months. what i do know is that in

kentucky we're good people and we care about one another. that's why people were out in this storm helping their neighbors or people they don't know. that's why other counties, you can look on people's shirts are here and were here immediately trying to help. it's why we opened 13 shelters and only have 6 open anymore because we take each other into our homes. we're going to grieve together. we're going to dig out and clean up together and we will rebuild and move forward together. we're going to get through this. we're going to get through this together because that is what we do. >> the governor of kentucky. have a look at this before and after. it really gives you a sense of just how devastating these storms were. a candle factory flattened by a tornado. it had been operating 24/7 to meet the demands for christmas. dozens inside may have died.

a company official said most have made it out. eight confirmed dead and eight unaccounted for. for the loved ones the wait for answers has been truly agonizing. >> i would be digging right now if i could, fingers and all i would be digging, no gloves. even if i had i would be down there digging if they could let me. can't do nothing but sit and wait. i pray everybody down there is okay. >> the company's crews are still looking for signs of life. still, the devastation is palpable. on sunday the ceo described his own heart break. >> the concrete walls, the steel frame and the structure, you would have thought it could have been one of the safest places but ironically as you can see with this devastation, there wasn't anything safe about this storm. our hearts are broken for these

families. our hearts are broken to this community. i won't lie to you. it's hard not to get emotional every minute of every day of every second that you're here. you know -- but we also need strength at this time so i do fight back the emotions as hard as i can. and we are -- it's -- it's personal. >> cnn's brynn gingras is on the ground in mayfield where she's hearing from other residents and hearing about the impact of this disaster. >> reporter: we are seeing electric crews, police departments descending on mayfield willing to help everybody here get through this, and there is so much work to be done. i just want you to see what's behind me, what i believe is a preschool. this is just some of the damage that is really all across this town of 10,000 people. this particular school is actually blocking part of the street in downtown mayfield and

it was moved off its foundation. you can still see inside the school, some of the stuff there is still intact. it's quite an eerie scene. i've got to tell you, talking to so many people in this town, the people who call mayfield home, they're stunned, in disbelief. they're trying to figure out what the next day is going to bring them. some of them thanking god they are alive. we talked to one couple who hunkered down in a crawl space with their 6-year-old daughter. >> me and our daughter were sitting on that pallet. this door here is what kept us alive basically. i was holding it with a laniard. >> just a laniard. >> it felt like there was ten grown men on the other side of this door trying to pull it off its hinges. >> he's holding the door shut. you're holding your 6-year-old daughter?

>> yes. >> can you just describe being a mom? >> we were just -- i just told her to close her eyes and she started counting. i was like, hide and seek, mom? >> reporter: of course, as we know there is so much loss of life. still people are being -- there is work to try to rescue them, recover their bodies particularly at that candle factory where so many people are still missing. we talked too one family who lost a member of their family, a 47-year-old who was working at that candle factory at night. family now remembering him as just a happy person and missing him this holiday season coming up. so much despair in mayfield but, again, so much resilience to move forward from all of this devastation. back to you. >> thanks very much, brynn

gingras there. the devastation wasn't limited to kentucky. an amazon warehouse in illinois. a warning siren rang out 11 minutes before the thing concrete walls collapsed inward and the roof then caved in. cnn's paulo sandoval is at the scene for you. >> reporter: here in southwest illinois you are getting a clear picture right now of the devastation left behind by the series of storms on friday night. a look from above. you can see how a tornado cut through an amazon shipping center here causing multiple injuries and the deaths of at least six people. authorities confirming their identities, they range from 26 to 62 years old. all employees at this location here and now operations basically shifting to cleanup. from our vantage point you can see crews removing portions of the building that were structure

wise. they no longer have any outstanding reports of any missing individuals. amazon also on scene here not just working with authorities here in the cleanup process but also answering some of those important questions we've been asking all weekend long about the policies and procedures in place to keep their employees safe in the event of severe weather. here's how one spokesperson described what it was like. >> the tornado warning, siren actually went off and we had 11 minutes from that time to the time the tornado hit the ground in order to get our employees and our partners into a safe place. our managers were on the loud speakers telling everyone to get to the shelter in place area. they were also being guided by other managers and other employees who were trying to get everybody to the safe location. we had people in two different sheltering areas. >> reporter: a separate

spoke spokesperson, not just the employees but the families. paulo sandoval, cnn, edwardsville, illinois. these tornadoes are just the latest extreme weather disaster we've seen this year. the head of fema said the climate crisis is making storms more frequent and perhaps much stronger. have a listen. >> this is going to be our new normal. the effects that we're seeing from climate change are the crisis of our generation. we're taking a lot of efforts at fema to work with communities to help reduce the impacts that we're seeing from these severe weather events and help to develop system wide projects that can help protect communities. >> joining me now is meteorologist pedram javaheri. it's not just the frequency in which this is happening but also the intensity here? >> the intensity as well, absolutely. we've seen it with tropical

systems. certainly we've seen the frequency of droughts and the extreme nature of droughts. the data is not as robust when it comes to tornadoes. it's so short lived, short-term scale, short-term system. when you see storms last a couple of hours, hard to make that connection, but you take a look climate tow logically, this is supposed to be the quietest time of year far and wide. 23 tornadoes seen in the month of december. you know how things have played out. upwards of 50 plus tornado reports essentially doubling what typically takes place in a month in a few hours. tornadoes are not in the data we have present. tornado alli which has been

historically across the central plains seen a shift here a little farther to the east in the past four decades. an area known as dixie alley, hoosier alli being more populated and also carolina alli, a smaller scale one across the state of north and south carolina. the past 40 years we've seen this gradual shift east of the mississippi river. this area happens to be more populated than areas back to the west of it. the destruction. the impacts of the lives lost and all of this goes to increase as part of this. we also know there's a la nina. data is there to support this as well. we are currently in a la nina season.

evening tornadoes are more dangerous than daytime tornadoes. we want to talk about the pattern change. we've seen excessive warmth. climate change and warmth is correlated. you notice the warmth in place across portions of the eastern u.s., we ar're talking about temperatures 40 degrees above average. as many as 70 records could be set across the u.s. temperatures in chicago up to the close middle 60s when 30s are the normal. incredible warmth. pedram before you leave us, just very briefly. do we know why it's shifted other the last 40 years to the east? >> we do not. that's the issue with tornadoes in particular. the data is coming in that we're seeing activity shift a little farther to the east, but it is

hard to tell at this point. >> pedram javaheri, thank you very much. if you would like to help those impacted by the deadly storms. cnn impact your world site has verified information. our teams will update with the latest details. still to come right here on the show, president biden says the government will provide whatever is needed to recover from the deadly tornadoes. we'll have more on his response next. problems keep piling up for british prime minister boris johnson. he's facing new controversy over a 2020 party as omicron cases continue to drive up in the u.k. >> there is a tiny wave of omicron coming. enses your movemd automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. so, you can really promise better sleep?

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here on our top story this hour. the tornadoes that ripped through as many as eight states for the weekend are being blamed for dozens of deaths. u.s. president joe biden has declared a major disaster and ordered federal aid to

supplement areas affected by the area. cnn's arlitt saenz has more. >> reporter: president biden plans to travel to kentucky to see firsthand the devastation brought by the tornado over the weekend. the president told reporters he plans to see kentucky governor andy beshear who he has spoken to multiple times since those tornadoes struck. the white house has not outlined a time line but biden says he does not want to travel to the region until it reaches the moment where a presidential visit would not strain resources that are going towards rescue and recovery missions underway. on sunday top white house officials did travel to the region including mayorkas and fema administrator chriswell. take a listen to what mayorkas had to say in kentucky.

>> i want to make it perfectly clear that we are here physically today but we will be here tomorrow and the days, weeks, months ahead until the recovery is complete. in a time like this, it is a time to come together and that is, indeed, what we have done, federal, state, and local personnel of all walks in response of the needs of the people. >> reporter: president biden on monday will receive a briefing on federal response efforts from mayorkas and his homeland security adviser liz sherwood randall. the president and top officials have tried to make it clear that they will act swiftly in deploying federal resources to the states that have been impacted. of course, a presidential response to any natural disaster is always a key test for this white house. biden insists the federal government will be there throughout the recovery efforts. arlitt saenz, cnn, the white

house. democrats manchin and kyrsten sinema hold key votes in the senate and could derail the $2 trillion spending plan. he wants to finish this before the christmas recess. right now that time line seems unlikely. the january 6th committee is recommending mark meadows be held in contempt of congress. they just released their new report of his stock not cooperating. meadows said the national guard would be, quote, ready to protect pro trump people and many more would be available on stand by. meadows is suing nancy pelosi and some are saying they don't have the lawful authority to subpoena him for his phone

records. now some sobering numbers for the u.s. in the covid crisis. the u.s. is now approaching 50 million cases and taking closer to 800,000 deaths. health officials expect the numbers to climb during the colder months and the omicron variant. the variant has been found in 29 states and the district of columbia. vaccinations and booster doses are still the best protection against the variant. >> preliminary data shows you when you get a shot then, it does well against the omicron which is, again, another reason to encourage people who are not vaccinated to get vaccinated, but particularly those who are vaccinated to get boostered because that diminution in

protection seems to go way back up again. that's the importance of getting that best and optimal protection you can. >> just under 27% of that group has received a booster. symptoms are mild for the south african president. he has given his duties to the deputy. his infection serves as a warning to south africans to get vaccinated and stay vigilant about exposure. here in the u.k. boris johnson sounded the alarms on sunday. the area is raising the covid level from 3 to 4. job son is asking everyone to

get boostered. >> there is a tiny wave of omicron coming and i am afraid that it is not clear that two doses of vaccine are simply not enough to give the level of protection we all need, but the good news is that our scientists are confident that with a third dose, a booster dose we can all bring our level of protection back up. >> starting today everyone in england who works from home is asked to do so. face coverings are now compulsory. parliament meets to consider a mandatory covid-19 jab. mr. johnson has problems already on his plate. the mirror published a 2020 photo that shows him at a christmas chris party at 10 downing street. it's part of a wider scandal hurting both the prime minister

as well as his party. selma, i want to show our viewers this cartoon is from "the times." it paints a picture of what a week the prime minister had. pretty testing week last week and potentially a tumultuous one this week. the cartoon says, question one, how did we end up here? what can we expect this week, the pressure from within his own party. >> last week was the question of scandals. we saw the evidence mounting and growing. multiple parties, parties plural taking place at downing street. now the prime minister has to pay the piper. it's all going to start tomorrow in parliament. they're all in parliament and it passes in a few big measures. they are going to rebel against these coronavirus measures.

know are likely to pass because of the labor party but you can hear the rebellion. >> the rebellion, is it against the measures or is it against all the crisis that we've seen, the parties, the quizzes, the things that weren't supposed to be happening when we were all under lockdown? >> it's hard to separate the two. yes, these mps, these conservative mps are angry. they feel the economic impact is too high and they want to see the government normalize covid-19 in our lives. this is about the prime minister's party. can you still do that when there are questions about his activity? >> that's the question. on thursday there's a conservative area that would be a show-in for lawmakers. simple seat. not the case. that's when you start to see the numbers. we saw a very small poll that showed up to 54 perfection

percent of people want the prime minister to resign. here's the bottom line. we don't have an election for 15 years. if they start to feel right about their sheet? >> can they get their voices heard. australia is opening a travel bottle to the country. we'll be able to go to australia. the travel bubble is because of a shared covid experience and high vaccinations. coming up on the show, homes destroyed and lives cut short. the series of powerful as well as deadly storms tearing through parts of the united states leaving communities shaken as they try to pick up the pieces. >> glass broken. all the furniture's torn, broken. it's just sad.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm isa soares. dozens of people are deds after a series of devastating tornadoes ripped through the central u.s. 50 tornadoes touched down across eight 125states. the state's governor andy beshear said 80 people have died and that number is expected to rise. you are looking at the damage in mayfield, kentucky. the tornadoes nearly decimated

the entire town. rescuers are still digging through the rubble hoping to find signs of life. throughout the state, more than 100 people are still missing. >> in dawson springs, again, that's where my family is from, it's a town of about 2700. the list of unaccounted for was about eight pages single spaced. pretty bad. >> gov ernor beshear mentioned dawson springs, nearly flattened. 13 people killed there. residents say it could take years to rebuilt. cnn's ed lavandera has the latest from days sons spring. >> reporter: the death toll continues to rise in hopkins county, kentucky. dawson springs, a town of 3,000 people. emergency management officials say 2/3 of the city was decimated by the tornadoes that ripped through on friday night.

this is the destruction people are looking into it. the storm left a swath about a half mile wide of destruction that. it went from the western county line all the way to the eastern county line here in hopkins county. it's unlike anything the residents of this county and this community has ever seen. that really goes well with what we have heard from residents who survived the direct impact of these storms. many people jumped into their basements if they had one to save their own lives. it was that kind of desperation that so many people have described to us. they do say it was over in a flash but that it was a level of intensity not just homes toppled over by the storm but simply shredded. this is a scene where it really feels like the epicenter of a massively explosive blast.

back to you. >> thanks very much. elsewhere in kentucky many are surveying the damage. >> reporter: you're in the car and they go upstairs and the roof collapses in on them and that refrigerator that we're looking at in the corner. >> yes. >> when you got to them, what kind of shape were they in? what was their condition? >> they were screaming and crying and mother-in-law's hand was cut here and blood. >> that's a sight to see when you're a child. so when you look at this now, the sun is shining. it's such a different scene from what you experienced. you look at your house now. what do you think? >> i don't know.

like i don't feel like i lost everything. >> much more of those stories ahead here on cnn. still to come, israel's prime minister is looking to ensure ties to the uae. the first visit and the details in a live report ahead.

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welcome back. now tensions over russia's military build up along ukraine's border were on the agenda at the g7 foreign minister's meeting. the g7 nations are warning russia of massive consequences if it takes any further aggression against ukraine. they're warning a threat from russia is real. a representative was part of a bipartisan congressional

delegation and spoke exclusively with cnn. he calls for extreme sanctions against russia and said the u.s. must be prepared. listen. >> it is a very difficult situation for us to calculate what putin is going to do, but in my opinion it's always important for you to believe what someone is telling you that they are, and if they are showing you that they want to invade ukraine, they are going to intend to do it, we might as well plan for it and make sure we are helping out ukraine in terms of the capability for them to resist this invasion. >> he says the group is meeting with u.s. to assess the information. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in indonesia. he'll work to boost ties as the u.s. looks to counter china's growing influence in the region. blinken is set to meet with indonesia's president jakarta.

israel's prime minister is meeting with the uae's president. this trip comes more than a year after they've normalized their relationship. we have the story in jerusalem and sam kiley in abu dhabi. i'd like to start with sam. this is being described as an historic meeting. it does come amidst a backdrop. what is israel hoping to get out of the meeting with uae and vice versa? >> the official line is that this is intended to deepen the relationship, to broaden the relationship particularly into economic and food security. in the background whether or not it is consequenceal is real and

loomping over this relationship and looming over the united states in general. that is iran over the last week or so, the americans have signaled they would like to or are considering tightening sanctions against iran in an effort to get the iranians back to the negotiating table and to rejoin the nuclear deal. the plan for de-escalation or deconstruction, if you like, of iran's alleged nuclear program. that has run into the sand. they want to get the iranians back into it and they're threatening tension against it. that is something the emirates have ruled out. they're reserving repeatedly, they say, their right to preemptive self-defense if the iranians were to develop a nuclear weapon. from the emirate perspective that has failed and they are

pursuing engagement with tehran using emirate finance of a large solar farm in iran, a signal that the attitude in the emirates is engagement and reproachment rather than pressure. i think bennett will be trying to get some sense from the emirates with how far they are going to go with warming with the iranians. >> sam, do stay with us. put it into context around the world. how significant is this meeting for israel? how is it being covered there? >> isa, a few years ago no israeli would be able to set foot into the emirates. now fast forward to last night and the israeli prime minister received an honor guard upon arrival in abu dhabi and today met with the crown prince.

they're meeting and they're going to have lunch together. it's quite a change just from just a few months ago when no israeli could enter the country. i think that is an important part of the symbolism. that is what a lot of this trip is about. officials have been going back and forth since they signed the normalization agreements over the past 15 months. foreign ministers have been back and forth so this trip is mostly about the relationship so everybody could see publicly prime minister bennett meeting with the crown prince, shaking hands, seeing the warmth between them. beyond the symbolism there are important issues at ham. sam mentioned iran. although gnatbennett has not mentioned iran, there is no doubt that is going to come up in the meetings. the israelis say they will

militarily strike if diplomacy fails and the emirates are warming relationships. they met with the iranian president. israeli media is saying bennett is planning to show the crown prince intelligence that affect the emirates. they're trying to pull them away from this reapproachment with iran. >> hadaas and sam, thank you. now omia board has sentence imy lai to prison over a tianamen vigil.

the beaches of cancun, mexico, are some of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, but in recent weeks the idyllic area is spiked by gang violence. cnn's matt rivers has more. >> reporter: the gunfire started on the beach just outside the high at resort outside of cancun. it erupted on the beach sending tourists fleeing indoors. video from twitter user mike sinkton shows them shelter ing. >> reporter: less than two months before a shooting at this restaurant left two tourists dead. just in the past week several men pulled up to a cancun beach on jet skis and fired their guns in the air. multiple security incidents in

recent months have some questioning just how safe cancun is. a tourist magnet that draws millions of sun seekers every year. a few say they're rattled by the violence. >> translator: i don't feel safe here says this brazilian tourist. as tourists we don't feel safe. we've seen multiple recent incidents. the federal government has taken notice. 1500 national guard troops have been deployed. mexico's president says these are painful events because nationals and foreigners lose their lives and this cannot be repeated. we have to prevent that from happening so that's why we have a plan to reinforce security. all of that said, is traveling to quintana roo too dangerous? cnn is told the vast, vast majority of the millions of

visitors that come here each year do so without any violence. travelers should use increased caution, it doesn't recommend avoiding the state like it does so many other places in mexico and the number of tourists has shot up as the pandemic has eased. the government at all levels is committed to protecting each and every visitor. the former minister says crime statistics in the state have largely held steady in recent years, too. there's no doubt that recent headlines have some people spooked, and rightly so. drug gangs remain operating and so, too, does the collateral damage that comes with it. cancun succumbing to crime, those ideas seem premature. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. coming up on cnn news from a man in kentucky tells us how he survived the deadly tornado by hiding in a bathtub.

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now we are hearing incredible stories of how some residents survived those deadly tornadoes. cnn's pamela brown spoke to mayfield, kentucky's resident who rode out the storm. take a listen. >> look at this. right in there. >> right there. >> reporter: right in there. what were you thinking when -- >> just praying. praying that, you know, that god would take care of me. >> reporter: where were your kids? >> they was in another house a couple of blocks over.

it hardly did no damage there. my first cousin lives across the street. he had to get me out. >> reporter: he helped get you out of there? >> yeah. because i couldn't see. >> reporter: this protected you? >> the wall of this house pretty much protected me but the house was right here. >> reporter: it was over there? >> it shifted all the way. down there is the steps. it wasn't right here. >> reporter: you live next to the train tracks. you said it sounded like a train? >> sounded like a train. thankful to be alive. thankful that my kids and my family, thankful for the ones that did make it. sorry for the ones that didn't make it. yeah, that's where i was. >> reporter: thankful he's alive, too. here's another survival story. two sheriff's deputies were out on patrol when one of the tornadoes struck their cars.

piece of lumber crashed through a windshield. one police car was lifted off the ground and spun sideways. amazingly both officers lived to tell the tale. shortly after the tornado a scream from a little girl snapped them to action. >> when we heard the scream i ran back and grabbed my medic bag. >> by that time chief deputy francis was coming to help us. he arrived and said there was a girl inside bleeding profusely. we ran up there with our turn any cut and it appears that her leg was seriously injured. >> just muscle memory. what i knew had to be done. >> the girl did have life threatening injuries but thanks to the officers she's going to be okay. amid this multi-state tragedy a story emerged. she found this photo stuck to her window. she posted it on facebook.

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♪ good morning, everyone. it is monday, december 13th. it's 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thanks so much for getting an early start with me, i'm laura jarrett. christine is off today. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we begin this morning with this terrible weather disaster in the heartland. more than 100 people feared dead after a series of tornadoes ripped through the