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this is fox news live, i am eric shawn. arthel: i am arthel neville. severe weather coming causing path of devastation through the middle of our country affecting millions of people. can arkansas, possible tornado collapse the roof of an amazon warehouse and illinois but kentucky may have gotten the worst of it. governor andy bashir says twister was on the ground for more than 200 miles in western kentucky killing at least 70 people and as many as ten counties. >> the level of devastation is unlike anything i've ever seen. this will be i believe the deadliest tornadoes system to ever run through kentucky. >> we have fox team coverage now, fox whether amy freeze is tracking where the storms are heading. first, charles watson. he has lived in atlanta with more on this tragedy.

reporter: the outbreak of severe weather and tornadoes resulted in the death of dozens of people across at least five states. president biden in its weeks as he's been briefed on the devastating tornadoes across the central u.s. goes on to say to lose a loved one in a storm like this is unimaginable, and unimaginable tragedy. we are working with governors to ensure they have what they need as the search for survivors and damage assessment continues at this hour, more than three 30,000 people are without power from texas to indiana as storms have it that the path of destruction to the south and midwest including kentucky where the death toll is as high as 100. suspected tornado just about leveled the city of mayfield. the drone video you can see vehicles thrown about and buildings on the ground. dozens are feared dead after the roof of the factory collapsed on top of more than 100 workers inside at the time. first responders seen

frantically in the night in the dark trying to get dozens of people out. >> our building, with got a shop over here completely destroyed. all the cars are destroyed. it didn't hit at the house, that makes you feel good. it's really bad because it's destroyed everything with got over here. reporter: crews continue sifting through the debris at this amazon warehouse, east of st. louis. officials say one person killed and at least two others injured, severe weather sheared off the roof and walls the length of a football field. devastating pictures and arkansas from suspected tornado destroying a nursing home killing at least one person, trapping 20 others inside. eighty-six bed facility collapsed. the death toll continues to rise. we know three people are now confirmed dead in tennessee as crews continue rescue and recovery efforts.

arthel: so sad. we will stand by my welcome back to you for an update later in the newscast. charles watson, thank you. eric: where the deadly storms hitting next? amy freeze is with us. what is the latest right now? >> it's been a historic tornado outbreak. the latest storm is right over in roanoke, it's discrete decrease in intensity. there's lightning and this is the storm system that's brought devastation. one and 400 severe weather reports closing in on 150 tornado warnings, over 200 severe thunderstorm reports. this is the magnitude of the area of coverage but a couple of cells, one in particular, a super so started in missouri and made its way across five states think on and off the ground for 500 miles. this storm here with widest paths could end up being maybe a

half mile or more wide in one particular storm in illinois state on the ground for 2.3 miles, national weather service confirmed that. this is where the mayfield current destruction is him perhaps the most deadly of the storms today. 107 miles is the one we were able to capture but most damage is not even reported until after the storm because the teams have to survey the damage done an estimate wins. thirty-seven tornado reports right now, emergencies up to eight, this happens very rarely, it doesn't happen for 20 years. we've had as many as 824 hours. fatalities over 75. mccormick to atlanta, heads up. approaching the east coast, this is likely area just east of that, areas in yellow is under a

2% chance of a tornado warning. that means this mind could still produce severe weather is it moves across georgia. also here in the northeast, you're not out of it. north end of the storm system, this will take us to 6:00 p.m. d.c., philadelphia and new york, straight line went possibility here, across 40 to 60 miles an hour. serious weather until 10:00 p.m. it won't completely clear the coastline for boston up to parts of maine until late tonight. number one thing here to remember is if you have a warning pop up on your phone and you hear a siren and watching product, take cover. the storms have been deadly and dangerous and we've not seen the last of the storms. eric: all right, thanks so much. fox whether meteorologist, amy freeze. the qt scan on your screen right now, you can download to get the updated forecast on your mobile device. scan the code and you can get fox whether, the fox weather app

to stay on top of this and the latest department. they are on and we are on it here at fox news. arthel: right now we are going to get back to arkansas where are tornado hit a nursing home. it killed at least one person an initial report that two people died but the governor revised the number this morning. fox whether correspondent is live with the latest on the destruction there. what can you tell us? >> advising the number confirming one person did die here in the nursing home. there was a second death but it was in a different county. that was where the confusion was coming from. so far, to death confirmed in the area. one is in this nursing home. i want to walk you through the damage we are seeing so you can get a really good picture of what people in the nursing home went through last night. the governor confirming there

were 60 residents when the storm came through. they hunkered down inside this location at two different nursing stations. we talked to a woman named barbara earlier who's a nurse here. she says they gathered the residents, they took them out of their beds out of the rooms, brought them to the nursing stations, through pillows and blankets, mattresses, anything they could on top of the residence. she said the wind was so strong it was ripping pillows out of their hands as the residents were holding onto them. she said all they could do was throw their own bodies on top of the residence because a lot of the people in the nursing home were in wheelchairs and weren't able-bodied in some cases. the best thing to do was just throw themselves on top to give you a look at what's happening as they were doing that, this is actually the inside of the nursing home where you would

walk in. you can see artwork still on the walls and couches still in place. you can even see a shelf unit still standing up, mirrors hanging on the wall. the devastation really just very apparent here as the sun has come up, the clouds have cleared out. the rain has finally stopped we been able to get a good look at what things are looking like today. also, christmas decorations mangled in all of this, just a reminder that people were preparing for the holidays. they weren't preparing for an unseasoned, unseasonable storm like this one here. a wreath still hanging on this brick wall, reminding us mother nature does what she wants. she pops up when she wants, rips things apart when she wants and there is no rhyme or reason to some of it. like i said, we got here early

this morning, probably 4:00 p.m. central time, 5:00 p.m. eastern time. it was really dark here, power has been out. there still about 20000 people here in this part of arkansas without power so that makes things very dark this morning. we didn't start to seek the extent of the damage until the sun came up. we took labs around the building and we lose service when we got to the back side so we can only describe it to you. basically on the other side of this, what we describe as a pavilion at its completely destroyed. the roof is gone, there's a fence that's gone, trees such as this one here laying on the roof that were toppled over on their side. i'm going to take you back down this way to give you an example of what i'm talking about. trees like this one ripped out of the ground later the parking lot out here.

they are all across this area. we always show these images anytime we talk about a natural disaster, we show these images to you but it's the best way to demonstrate, illustrate how strong the wind where. putting myself next to it maintaining safety here, showing you how long the tree must have been here. this is a reflection of pretty much every tree here surrounding the nursing home. significant amount of them down here snapped in half and toppled over down by these cars over here. again, it's a really good picture of how strong the storm truly was here. i feel like the longer we are here with these residents, the more people who come to pick up their vehicles and staff, the more we learn about what these people went through. one confirmed dead but it truly could have and most people say,

should have been worse. arthel: hunter, you are so right. i can't even imagine how find the nursing home resident must have been in the middle of all of that. thank god for those workers there, nurses and staff make sure to protect them even with their own bodies if necessary. the fact -- how tall are you? i don't think you can hear me. >> i am 5-foot six just about. arthel: so to see you standing next to that root system on that tree, it reminds us how strong that is, it's unbelievable and scary. that image of the wreath hanging there reminds us we are two weeks away from christmas and those families are devastated this time of year. hunter davis, fox whether in arkansas. thank you, hunter. arthel: . eric: i was a reminder the strength that the damage of the

storms. damage at the nursing home, the one spot hit so hard by these storms. mayfield, kentucky, consumer products company of the candle factory operating overnight, 110 people inside working. seventy right now are missing. tornadoes killed dozens across several states, kentucky officials say the death toll in that state alone could top 100. at least two people killed in illinois, so far the one death reported in arkansas, at least seven states reporting some type of damage. tens of thousands of customers still without power at this moment. the death toll of course sadly expected to climb. joining us by phone, ajay gary, director of arkansas emergency management. what is the situation like right now? >> good afternoon, thank you. this morning did a flyover the damage, wanted to get an idea

for the most significant damage was and the nursing home there. outstanding response by not only first responders but helping neighbors, taking care of everyone. eric: was there much of a warning? there were warnings and now they are saying it seems to be a historic record storm, 250 miles of tornadoes. comparing to 1925. what warning did folks have and did you expect this? >> anytime there is severe weather we work with the national weather service so we knew there was a good possibility but i don't think anybody really knew it was going to be this many tornadoes in this large of an impact. we always are ready, we

activated state emergency operations center last night so we could start helping with any resources requests that came in. as far as a warning, we monitored here in local weather services news agencies were doing a great job tracking the storm, seems to be quite a few popping up fairly quickly. eric: where are the resources right now? the geographical area of your estate. what they are doing on the field. >> the biggest impact northeast arkansas we have about five counties in the area impacted or reported they were impacted from all five have done local decorations. right now it's mainly cleaning up debris. we are working from of the state is working with local county and

city officials on damage assessment. we will continue to do that throughout the day and through tomorrow and beyond if we need to. as far as resources in the area, there was one area -- trying to think. i lost my train of thought. eric: that's fine, take your time. >> as of this morning, they sheltered down because there was not a need for it. arkansas is freight with neighbors helping neighbors so we have not had any requests for shelters which is good. we've had one cell power down and people were able to move in to help out with that. eric: sadly or perhaps thankfully the death toll apparently only stands at one so far.

are you waiting for the death toll to climb? >> the nursing home in monette and another confirmed fatality at another community addict dollar general store. so far we've had to confirmed fatalities and looking at the damage from a significant damages and businesses we were able to observe from the air today. eric: you're talking about dollar general, there's also a candle factory in kentucky for example, is there a special vulnerability dealing with stores and malls and shops and house a lot of people? you may not be able to seek shelter in time if you are not home, have you seen that in your history dealing with these storms? >> of course whatever location you have a large number of people, a bigger possibility impacted, more fatalities.

our area is fairly rural so communities and towns that are simply small. eric: a.j. gary, we thank you thank you for your service and all the folks in arkansas. you are in our thoughts and hearts as you deal with this tragedy today. >> thank you. arthel: as crews come through debris in at least five states, stay with us for the latest on deadly tornadoes that tore through america's heartland in the middle of the night last night. fox whether will track where the storms may be heading next. live team coverage continues in a moment. ♪♪

pulled from collapsed structures. one was taken to the hospital in critical condition. that person later died. captain chris hunt joins us now, the st. charles county emergency management agency. first of all, you seen a lot in

your day. how does this disaster compared to what you've experienced before? >> i think this compared to other tornadoes is significant. we just heard back from the national weather service this is an area of three tornado, we are fortunate enough wasn't in es for. i think a significant amount of danger when the storms hit during evening hours and when it's dark outside. we got a couple of miles of damage, 25 homes damaged several buildings collapsed. we do -- we have had one fatality and a couple of injuries but overall we've been pretty fortunate compared to the rest of the midwest. arthel: understandably, we don't want anyone to perish in these events i do understand your perspective. if you could tell us about the

rescue and recovery efforts taking place there in missouri. >> we went into action last night a little after 7:30 p.m. when we started spotting debris on the radar. we started deploying resources, public safety utility companies, highway department and clearing debris immediately because we knew power lines would be down and we needed to get to these folks and get them to safety. we immediately deployed resources which made us fortunate reducing the amount of injuries and live wires and debris fields and debris fields. when the same sun came up, we went into action again, utility companies have been working feverishly to restore power to these folks. communities come out full force to clean up debris and hopefully get everybody back on their feet and get life somewhat back to normal for the holidays. arthel: we are two weeks from

christmas, that's what makes this even more tragic. you are talking about various agencies out there working right away. it's what you do but if you could explain to us, what goes into that coordination? >> we immediately activate and getting on the phone and calling those people we trained with the last several years. all of our down time is spent throughout the year when we are not managing disasters, we spent training so everybody, this was a predicted storm. we are prepared for severe weather, national weather service here does a fantastic job predicting these storms so we kind of knew would have damage last night, how significant, we didn't know but we were ready because we've trained for this and work closely together in the same for the unit as a whole responding

to these disasters quickly and efficiently and we are fortunate to have public safety partners with us. arthel: indeed. but federal assistance has been offered? >> a few congressmen have reached out to us through our county governments. our state government has been with us since the beginning. the governor's office checked in with us periodically. they've offered a tremendous amount of assistance when we need it and we have taken them up on that. federal assistance i'm sure is coming the next few days when we figure out how much damage we have, whether decoration will be issued or not. arthel: of course our viewers want to help. local agencies and shelters etc., are they able to access donations made through the red cross? >> we are working with the red cross and americorps and salvation army coordinating efforts here to get the

donations to one location to get those out to folks in the community so we are working with those organizations so the donations can be sent to the red cross and americorps. arthel: thank you for that. usually humans are humbled by the force of nature so is there a message or sentiment you want to share as you grapple with this tragedy? >> last night when we surveyed the damage, it didn't hit us until this morning when the sun came up and we recognize the amount of damage so storms can do. they deserve a lot of respect and public safety officials like myself beg and plead with the public to adhere to warning

sirens and alerts you get on your phone and weather radios to seek shelter when the alerts go out. it saves lives and i'm confident lives were saved last night because most of the residents down here talk shelter and waited for the storm to pass. arthel: that is a good message for sure. they also deserve -- you guys deserve a lot of credit you've done an amazing job there. thank you very much, we wish you all the best. there is a lot of work ahead but our viewers contribute by the red cross, americorps, salvation army. thank you very much. thank you. eric: we may have witnessed one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our country's history last night. tornadoes, powerful storms ripping through at least five states in the heartland. president biden expected to make remarks on this tragedy this afternoon, we will carry the president remarks live on the

fox news channel. look at the devastation, look at this damage. fellow americans suffer. we are there. ♪♪

kat story now, emergency crews in full search and rescue mode after deadly tornadoes and severe storms tore through at least five states in the heartland overnight. andy beshear says one devastating twister touched down or to 27 miles from arkansas into western kentucky killing at least 70 people and as many as ten counties. he fears the death toll could hit 100. president biden we are told both deliver remarks at 4:30 p.m. eastern and we will bring that to you live when that happens. meanwhile, charles watson has been collecting information and

is live in atlanta with the latest. charles. >> the images we are seeing are nothing short of devastating after an outbreak of severe weather and tornadoes hitting the south and midwest. the city of mayfield, kentucky in particular one of the hardest hit areas dealing with a lot of destruction and devastation this afternoon overnight there. sort tornado suspected slammed into a candle factory causing the roof to collapse, 110 workers inside. see first responders desperately trying to get to people trapped under the collapsed structure. kentucky governor andy beshear says many are feared that along with dozens more processes. >> we believe the bechtel will exceed 50 kentuckians, probably closer to 70 -- 100 lost lives. this is one of the toughest nights in kentucky history and some areas have been hit in ways

that are hard to put into words. to all of our kentucky families impacted, we want you to know we are here for you. reporter: crews continue sifting through the debris at this amazon warehouse, 25 miles east of st. louis. officials say at least one person was killed and two others injured when severe weather sheared off the building's roof and the wall length of a football field collapsed, if you do 100 workers were believed to be inside of the time and nothing short of devastation at this nursing home. suspected tornadoes destroying the building killing at least one person and trapping 20 others inside, the 86 bed facility collapsed and we have learned at least three people are confirmed dead. a lot of work for the crews and continued search and rescue efforts as the storms continue

to pass through the area. arthel: fox weather is tracking for the storms are heading next. charles watson, thank you very much. eric. ♪♪ >> people should understand the president is focused on bringing down costs in these industries how they are impacting daily lives which is most important to him. also getting the build back better agenda and bill pass will help lower range cost that impact people's bottom line, their pocketbooks and budget. eric: that is jen psaki on the government numbers estimated, they show inflation in november, jobs at the highest level in nearly 40 years. 6.8%, that means we are all paying for more for practically everything. gas to boot to healthcare. gas prices are declining in some places across the country but 58% from a year ago. use car or truck? 31% up for that.

i woke republican congressman actually joins us now. she's on the budget and appropriations committee. welcome. you're on the budget committee so you know but it's, let's talk about the cbo the household budget. when you sit around the kitchen table and doing checks. how does this affect us as ordinary americans? >> it's simple, i did our household grocery shopping this morning and what i noticed, i am a busy mom but i look at the bottom line numbers and households like mine are experiencing the same thing. you hit the nail on the head whether it's coffee, canned vegetables, bacon, we are not talking luxury items from we are talking the cost of everything going up. one of the most important things is these are a direct result of the biden administration policies and what we see is a complete dodge on this for months. obviously i'm on the budget

committee, it's irresponsible how they've handled dealing with the entire budget process. government spending is at the root of the problems and when you look at lack of respect for the rapid inflation we've seen happen, in april i started asking questions, have you accounted for inflation in your projections? they flat out said no, they haven't. when you look at their push to enact new government programs and spending and taxes while dealing with rapid inflation, it's a huge red flag for me and we need to get back to the basic and focus on the kitchen table and kitchen counter conversations american families can have. eric: what you think is needed to corral inflation? with inflation now, how do we get this under control or is it possible? >> i think it's a couple of things. he talked about directly looking at the supply chain, i've introduced a piece of legislation bipartisan, we agree it something we need to work on

but we need to look at the root causes for higher supply chain, that is one aspect of the other aspect, we continue to pay in many states people to stay home for work for far too long. we need to reengage the workforce. i'm on the task force looking at workforce issues. if you have a large number of women without children under 18 not engaging back into the workforce so we are looking at ways to get people who say we are going to pause, how do we get them excited about going back to work again? talking about ways to incentivize employees, things are different and we have to look at our workforce different so that is one area i'm happy to lead on. eric: some say the supply chain and people, especially who were paid under government subsidies to stay home and there have not been enough workers as you say. they also called this the biden boom the economy seems to be

doing well. biden delivering the fastest economic recovery in history, why hasn't anyone noticed? it is up biden boom and no one noticed yet. gdp up 7.8. income up 3%. that's not keeping up with inflation though. >> labor wages are going up but not keeping up with the cost so even though people may be taking home more, it feels like less and that is the real impact families are noticing from my money is not going as far as it used to and that is the real issue. we have to get out of this pandemic, obviously we are going to deal with this for some time going forward so how do we engage the markham worker going forward? we need to do it in a way that's respectable families and be flexible for families. those are all conversations i've engaged with here home and i was

first district and my colleagues in congress. eric: as sometime you would think it's got to stop going up. we do see gas prices and someplace is going down, they have declined but still a lot more than last year. >> it is concerning 20 look at the cost of liquid fuel whether gasoline, obviously ethanol here and iowa, it can help drive the prices down and that is one solution offered to the administration but there's a huge push for electric vehicles and subsidies, that will do anything to help drive gas prices down, we need to be focused on the bottom line decisions that will help with what people are paying to keep their homes this winter as the prices go up, obviously temperature is going down and that is a huge concern. eric: you got the winter coming up in the prices of oil going

down we may not see it. actually in iowa, who's in the kitchen and shops for her family, a working mom. >> yes, i do. thank you, sean. arthel: a new trend for baby boomers during the pandemic retiring earlier in at a much faster rate than previous years. next, a study reveals their decisions to call it quits now. ♪♪

a new trend emerging in the covid recession, a new study finds more americans, 55 and up are retiring early. as a third quarter of 2021, for the 50% of people in that age group said it retired. research center says it's a significant change in retirement trends long been studied or study, declining.

here is the president of rubble advisor. before we start, at what age is normally considered fully retirement? >> retirement plans normally start withdrawing after 59 at the half. social security, 62. both social security is above 66 so most of our clients are tiring retiring 65 -- 70. arthel, this new trend is really dynamic. we are seeing it almost every day in our practice. arthel: but normally qc full retirement at 66, both social security benefits? >> correct, most people wait until then, 62 -- 66. they take full payment from social security and then retirement income from their retirement plans. right now, people are not waiting. arthel: i want to set this up from let's say if you have worked for 40 years, contributed to social security to the same

amount of money and people, how much with the person who retired early forfeit if they retire before 66 or 62? >> there's a formula, i apologize i don't know it off the top of my head but it's significant, 20 or 30% over your entire lifetime on a monthly basis so taking that social security early significantly impacts your income but these retirees are looking at other sources and potential revenue and dictating that i can retire in the poor to live and not go back to the office. arthel: so how much income are you allowed to make after you retire? i'm going to retire and want to do something and keep going, not necessarily even if people start their own businesses, how much income can you make after you retire. >> the age 66 limit, is slightly different for everybody but

there is unlimited. you can go back to work and make as much as you would like. 62h, they cash out how much social security you are allowed to make what you make around 17 or $18000 and whatever is left over taxed. normally people do not retire at 62 and continue to work, collecting social security and continue to work. arthel: can you return to work full-time after you retire and can you suspend the social security benefits or other retirement benefits if you do? >> sure. many people choose retirement appropriate for them and they find out maybe this is not what i thought it would be, maybe for such an, you can suspend the payment and go back to work, work as long as you want to and reapply for social security when you come back -- leave the work

environment and retire. what we are going through right now really has to do with dynamics of the pandemic and people looking at quality of life and cash flow and figuring out maybe making every single dollar is not the priority it used to be. arthel: a smile wanted to do this segment because that is what people are looking at. last, any advice for people considering early retirement apart from the quality of life and the things we just talked about? any advice from a perspective of investment? >> this is a good problem but if you look at 4o1k balances the last three to five years, they've basically doubled. people are looking at retirement assets and same i've never had this much money. they are selling their homes at prices that are inflated, any times above the prices so inflated balance sheet, they are looking at asset and saying i can live. the problem is inflation.

we've talked a lot about this many times. arthel: i'm sorry, i don't have time to go into inflation, i know it's another segment prime happy to have you as always. we will talk to you again soon and meanwhile, have a happy holiday and we will see you next time. thanks. we'll be right back. ♪♪

the devastating images from the heartland with tornadoes and severe storms hitting several states overnight, killing thousands of people and many more feared dead on this saturday. rescue and recovery efforts right now ongoing. some officials say this could be the worst storm damage in the state have seen in a long time. it's believed tornadoes have a record 200 plus miles long. amy freeze now with the latest and what could come next. >> the general scope of damage is so widespread and massive, it looks like some of the storms will end up on the top of the tornado. here's a line of storms weakening as they move east but it's not necessarily over. coming into south carolina right now heading toward greenville, potentially having went and heavy downpours. closing in on about 24 hours of severe weather reports, over 148 tornado warnings over 200 under

terms warnings issued at 400 actual severe weather reports in the last 24 hours one particular storm turns out to be a super sell and that started past little rock and made it over five states and almost 500 miles of coverage. the storm looks to be the one that's the most impressive producing 100-mile an hour winds. what remains to be seen. be vigilant. eric: thanks so much. arthel: president biden addressed the disaster at 430 eastern. we will have that live here on the fox news channel. stick around, we have the journal editorial report up next. eric and i will be back at 4:00 p.m. eastern. ♪♪

♪ ♪ paul: welcome to journal editorial report. i'm david asman in this week for paul by the go. well -- paul gigot. inflation continuing to climb in november with consumer prices rising 6.8% from a year ago. this is the fastest rate in almost 40 years with gasoline up a whopping 58% over the last 12 months. the biden administration continuing to insist that more spending is the answer to surging prices. here's what white house economic