neil: all right, there is still a desperate search for survivors in mississippi this morning the day after a tornado slammed the state leaving at least 23 people dead. some who are still missing and dozens more injured. to complicate things, more than 12,000 are still without power after these twisters tore through. now, one of them believed to be a mile wide carving a path of destruction that stretches over 100 miles. folks there getting storm warnings in the area and, again,

warnings that could persist right through the weekend, severe storm, even tornado type the possibilities. rick reichmuth following all of that. are rick, what are we looking at? rick: rolling fork is really the first town to get hit by this. they don't have any cell service. a lot of the cell towers have been taken offline, so it's the hard to get any communication in and out, we're having a hard time getting reporters to be able to talk to us about exactly what they're seeing. this is a look at the storms. this one right here, that's the path of what was likely the strongest of the storms last night, and you see touching ground just to the east of the mississippi river about 4 or 5 miles east, that's where that town is, rolling fork, and watch that line of storms. that one tornado probably on the ground maybe up to the about 100 miles or so. now they'll go out and investigate that today, as they're doing that, weather good. 9 all the search and rescue efforts that are going on and the recovery efforts, right there, those are kind of the towns along the path, you get the idea.

today the weather really cooperating for that. tomorrow we have a few showers at least on the southern side of the that move in, and where you have this red, that's severe weather that moves back into the area. that will not get any much farther towards the north, so we're not worried at least in the short term for more severe weather cutting right across where that line of storms was, but we do have a lot more rain as storms train awe across the area. a severe thunderstorm warning to the south of the dothan, arkansas, area. winds likely in excess of around 60 miles an hour. overall, the broader storm continues to pull off towards the east. as it does, it weakens a little bit. that's good news for us. while we still have a bit of a severe weather threat today, it is nothing like yesterday, a much milder day today. tomorrow more severe weather comes in. again, not as bad as we saw yesterday, but we could see a tornado or two and certainly strong and gusty winds coming along with this. the next big chance that we

start to see for severe weather comes midweek, thursday, there you go. across parts of the south, a chance for some weather. neil, we're into the severe weather season, we've already had a very active season. and we've talked about all of that that moisture in california, all of that rain, it's been that line of storms that's been moving across south, and every time it does and hits that warm air from the southeast, we're getting these tornado outbreaks. next chance of that midweek. neil? neil: to your point, this is season getting into the height of the season for these things. rick: yeah. neil: but i understand it goes a few months, right? rick: yeah. so april, may and june are really the peak, generally, of tornado season. we are about a hundred tornadoes more than we typically would have had by this time of year already, so a very active season so far. doesn't mean that it'll stay that way into these next come coming months, but statistically speaking, april, may, june are our busiest months for tornadoes. neil: all right. thank you for that, my friend.

always learn a lot, rick, thank you. rick reichmuth on that. this was spreading throughout the southeast, as rick just outlined. wouldn't you know, that's where will nunley is right now in tennessee where the damage nothing like they experienced in tennessee, but still substantial. what does it look like there now, will? >> reporter: yeah, neil, we think a lot of the culprit from what we're seeing here about an hour west of nashville is due to what they call straight-line winds. the national weather service, of course, will be the final determining factor in exactly what took place, but as you can see behind me, this was enough to take down several outbuilding, do damage to roofs. we have thousands of people without power. meanwhile, the neighbors are not wasting any time rushing in to help, bringing in heavy machinery to level what's left of some of the buildings and start to get that debris out of the way but also make sure the roads are clear so that way or new -- more of these clean-up efforts can continue. i'm going to show you another scene that's happened to several

of the rural roads here in this part of lobelville,nd. there were -- tennessee. there were people home inside, neiling when this storm was racing through with, again, 65, 70 mile-per-hour winds. there was a search and rescue operation for a good part of the night as they went door to door to make sure everybody got out safe. so we certainly had considerable power on display, not the same force with our neighbors there in south mississippi and central mississippi right now, but certainly some cleanup happening across the volunteer state on this saturday morning as well. neil? neil: you know, i'm curious, will, i mean, obviously people have gotten the same warnings that we've been relaying here, thunderstorm activity, even potential tornado activity right through this weekend. how are they handling that? >> reporter: i tell you, this is -- the term storm a fatigue is a real thing, especially when you talk about the areas of mississippi that are seeing the loss of life and seeing so much more of that considerable damage. i can't count for you how many

times your fox weather team has been on the ground in the these areas saying we have the possibility of tornadoes. you just heard rick a moment ago saying how high above average we are for tornadic activity this year, so you have a lot of people that just absolutely don't know sometimes how seriously to take things because it seems like we have so many of these significant weather events. but they're doing the best they can. of course, people here sending their prayers to mississippi because they're just walking away with damage to outbuildings like this, not losses of home and life. so a lot to be thankful for in the perspective here this morning. neil: indeed. if you're alive, you have a lot to be grateful for. will nunley, you always put it in perspective. i appreciate that. so coour viewers. be safe, my friend. will nunley. here's a guy who out puts his own life on the line just chasing these monsters, joining us now. stan is his name, he's a storm chaser or. he was in silver city, i guess, last night and that had to be pretty scare arely for you,

stan. tell the us what you saw. >> it was extremely scary. i was trying to come down on the storm from the north. rain was so heavy i literally couldn't see, so i had to pull off the chase. i could not see the tornado, but i came in right after it passed through the area. there were just very few first responderses there at the time, and the scene was horrific. just the number of injuries -- neil: what did you see right after -- i'm sorry, stan. after it hit, what did you see then? >> i did the not, i wasn't able to see the tornado itself, but as i pulled in, i could see where the damage was where it crossed the highway. you're seeing in the picture pictures there. so i immediately stopped, pulled off the chase and went to just see if i could help people. and like i said, the damage -- these pictures don't even really do silver city the justice, because i quit taking pictures once i started coming across injuries. neil: i bet. tell us a little bit what you

feel comfortable sharing. >> the houses, i mean, they were absolutely gone, you know? the people, the injuries were there. i don't want to get into the details of the injuries -- neil: sure. >> but it was absolutely something i hope to never see again. you know, they were just -- they weren't even in the houses. they'd been thrown out of the houses just laying, you know, on the ground. we were just all doing the best we could. neil: you know, again and again, stan, there wasn't a whole lot of warning for this. there had been sort of people in the national weather service saying heightened tornado potential activity or whatever the language they use, you know this part better than i, but nothing like what happened. so once that that goes out that these are in the area, there's very little time to do anything.

>> no, there's not, depending on, you know, and like, you know, the other reporter was saying about storm fatigue, people don't know whether to take it seriously. you know, this was late at night, people may have been going to bed, they weren't even watching tv, and there were warnings out, you know, tornado emergency warnings which is the highest level of warning. but if you're in bed asleep, you don't have a way to get a warning, you had no idea it was coming. these were moving so fast, you know, even if you heard, hey, it may be coming, it's on you before you have a chance to really coanything. do anything. and this one was such -- neil: that's interesting, because you said at night, yeah, at night you wouldn't have that ability. some communities have the horn and very loud siren system in place, but few and far between, right? >> yeah. and, you know, a misnomer about sirens, they're not meant to alert you inside a house. they're only meant to let you know if you're out, happen to be outside and, like you said, in

range. this was a small community, maybe 300 people. i seriously doubt they even had a siren system. and so, like i said, if you're not watching tv, if you don't have a n to oaa weather radio that goes off when warnings are issued, 10, 11:00 at night, you may have never known it was coming until it hit your house. neil: where cothese people you were trying to help, stan, where do they go? what type of shelters do they go to? what was set up? i mean, to your point, there wasn't a whole lot of warning for this, but i'm sure there's things that are put in place for when this kind of stuff happens. but where did they go? >> from what i could see, they had nowhere to go. you know, some larger communities will have community storm shelters. i know where i live we have some, other cities around the state in the area do. this is such a small, rural community, the odds are they, there was no shelter, it was just you take shelter in your

house the best you can. like i said, this one, i don't know what it's going to the end up being rated, but it was so so powerful, it didn't really matter where you were in some of these homes. neil: you know, you live in just a beautiful part of the country, stan, but it's a dangerous part of the country. i guess you could make an argument every part of the country has its drawbacks and its dangers. but do you ever think after this and all the tornadoes and severe weather you alone have experienced, i don't know, maybe this area isn't for me? what do you do? what do you say? >>st the, you know, it's hart o. the you've grown up here, you're used to it. just like, i guess, if you're this in california, you're used to the earth earthquakes and mudslides. neil: yeah. >> here we're used to tornadoes. neil: now when you hear that that people are given all these warnings, for tornado activity possible in a much wider area, i guess that's pretty common after

storms like these. what do people do and where can they go now, like you said, in this town, a lot of the towns, they look pretty destroyed to me. but what are their options? >> as far as, like, taking shelter, i mean, they can try tl or state grants will be available to try to get community storm shelters built, but that would be the best option if possible. they're not going to withstand -- if you had nowhere to to go, you're just basically in your house. neil: talking about severe storms like ef1 category storms and they're fewer, but lately we see more of them.

no matter how strongly you build a home or school or a place of business, i would imagine, stan, there's not much, you know, structural defense from that. >> from these high-end ef4, ef5s, like i said, i don't know what this one's going to be rated, but just going on the assumption that it was one of these, it was that upper level type tornado, it is only the sturdiest and strongest of buildings that would have a chance of even coming close to surviving a correct impact. a direct impact. and more of your lesser well-constructed homes and buildings, you know, no, they would have ono chance. neil: but you still chase tornadoes, stan? >> i will even more so. you know, i am chasing, we chase on the desire to try to get warnings out, to get people to take shelter. so the scenes last night don't happen again.

so, yeah, i will absolutely keep chasing trying to save lives. neil: you're a brave a man, stan, and a lot of people are very grateful -- >> well, my family might say crazy, but i'll go with brave. [laughter] neil: maybe so, but good crazy. stan, thank you very much. i'm glad you're fine. again, that whole region of the country is not. we'll give you an update right after this. what play is that? ♪ when you play here... no backboard! tuck your elbow. ♪ fade away! (cecily) it's probably gonna take us a while to move this sign.

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what do you make of it, general? >> yeah. well, i think that the iranians are very emboldened now, and if you look at what president xi did when he went in and brokered an agreement between them and the saudis, that is one of the most incredible diplomatic things that i've seen in the my lifetime. and that is because these two countries have been mort ifal enemies -- mortal enemies for a long i'm. it's the sunni-shia split, it's also the arab-persian split, and now xi has brought them together, and they're very emboldened. and i believe that the void that has been created by the lack of leadership out of the white house has just given them a new courage, and i think they see themselves at this point -- that's the iranians -- they see themselves as now being the big dog in the persian gulf region but also in the arab world.

neil: what kid you make, general, of many that case saudi arabia taking the bait and happifully so? -- happily so? >> i think it was a message to the us. again, we've created a void there. first of all, our president before he was the president talked about them being pariahs, and he had nothing good to say about them. and now i think that mbs is, has sent a message to america, and it's this is a big surprise. i never thought that i would see these two nations in any kind of pact or agreement, and here we are. now, i think, frankly, i think it's very fragile, and i think the iranians will ache the advantage of it -- will take advantage of it, and i think the sakis ultimately will probably -- saudis will ultimately find out that this thing is not going to work to their advantage. but nonetheless, it has given the iranians a new courage, and

they're using the irgc affiliates now to poke the bear, and that's america. neil: so then you have to wonder to what end. we already know that, you know, this attack in syria and we know our response to that attack, but these provocations are everywhere. what do you think happens next? >> well, i think we see more of this. i think that this goes on for a while. in fact, i, you know, i i was on a program yesterday, and they asked me what should we do. and, you know, after the contractor was killed and the other five were wounded and we did a retaliatory strike, that strike should have gone on until we made a parking lot out of those targets that we were bombing. and all we did was went in and, i thought, kind of cropped some symbolic bombs on there. even though there are claims that it's killed 11 people, we

ought to make that a parking lot. we need to croix the their capabilities and make it -- destroy their capabilities and make it painful for them. but it was, from my perspective, we just did something that was more symbolic than effective. neil: would you take the bait, talking of china and this peace initiative that it has after xi jinping's meeting with'd vladimir putin, that it has a 12-point plan, i don't believe they've updated those points, but it's the out there. the u.s. is leery of ukraine accepting anything that comes via the chinese, but what do you think? >> well, we need to remember that what xi offered up as a settlement, as a ceasefire and then a treaty of some kind did not in any way require the german -- i mean, the russians

to withdraw from the territories that that they're occupying right now. well, i think it's very clear zelenskyy is not going to accept anything that does not move the russians out of his territory. if and he's said that the repeatedly, and he's stood his ground. and i think we need to recognize that xi is becoming one of the strongest, most influential leaders in the world if he's not already there. and brokering that agreement with the saudis and the iranians, if he could do the same thing with the ukraine and russia, it would -- there would be no question that he would be -- neil: he would be -- general, thank you very much. good catching up with you and all these scary developments at once. in the meantime, scary developments on the southern border right now, but all of this this when the attention was really on the northern border. do we have our priorities a little skewed -- screwed up?

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neil: all right, it is happening again, migrants killed trying to get across the border under the auspices of cartels presumably trying to make them free. the latest from alexis mcif adams in mission,. alexis, what happened here? >> reporter: hi, neil. these migrants were inside of those rail cars near uvalde, texas, just yesterday. service service the about 100 degrees here in south texas and even hotter inside of those train cars. the migrants said they couldn't breathe, then someone called 911. that's when officials rushed in. this is where it all unfolded yesterday in south texas right near the border where there's always something going on. the train was stopped near uvalde after investigators got a 911 call alerting them there were migrants inside of those

train cars. of at least 2 migrants died and at least 15 others were rushed to the hospital. they got on the train in eagle pass, texas. you can see the heavy police presence on the ground after the migrants were found suffocating inside of the cars on friday afternoon in that swelter sweltering heat. sources telling fox news the migrants were being mug. >>inged into the united states on those trains. the uvalde mayor says it's a dangerous and deadly game that pretty much happens on a daily basis. some of the migrants were transported to hospitals in san antonio, texas, so we're working to get an update on their conditions. more than 50 migrants died last summer after they were found in a semi truck in sweltering heat due to a smuggling investigation. but we talk to so many officials on the ground that say there needs to be more attention here at the southern border from the administration, they were disappointed to see the president out in ottawa, canada, yesterday when you don't have to look very far here to see some of the issues, neil. neil: yeah. it did seem a little out of

joint there. iowa lex are sis, thank you very much. -- alexis, thank you very much. i do want to get brandon judd's read of what happened here with these migrants who died. he's with the national border patrol. brandon, always good to have you. it does seem a little weird and, you know, with yet the latest incident and a lot more attention, meanwhile, being focused on the border with canada. i get it, there have been a lot of incursions there lately, but a fraction of a fraction of a fraction with what you've been dealing with. >> no, you're absolutely correct. and when you look at what we're dealing with on the southwest border, these scenes are going to play out over and over and over again. we're going to continue to have more and more deaths if we don't get what's happening on our southwest border under control. we can deal with the northern border if we have the southwest border under control, but that's where it all starts. a that has to be ground zero, and we have to stop it at the border. we can't wait until they're already in the united states. we can't wait until they're on trains, in tractor trail theres. we've got to stop it right there

at the border, and -- we can do that, but it all starts with policy. and if we don't have the policy, if this administration isn't willing to get back those policies that have worked in the past rather than playing politics, we're not going to be able to do it, and these scenes are going to continue to happen, and it's going to be border patrol agents trying to rescue these individuals. it's very sad for every single one of us when we come across somebody that has expired knowing that that we could have stopped it, we just don't have the political will to do it. neil: you know, brandon, i had a chance earlier this week to a talk to a number of congressmen, i believe on both sides of the aisle, who had been to mexico to get a lay of the land and what are hay doing there to deal with what you're dealing with at the border. they got assurances from president obrador that things are just fine, that this cartel problem and rampant influence just doesn't exist, that it's an american drug problem, not a mexican drug problem. i think i got the gist of it right, what they were conveying to me.

that's pretty scary right there. what do you think? >> no, and you're absolutely right. what those congressmen were conveying to you is absolutely correct. we see this on a daily basis. we just don't have partners with the mexican government. they don't help us. when you look at canada, we've got a great partnership with the rcmp, sorry. we don't have any sort of partnership with mexico because they continue to deflect, and the reason is because there's so much corruption within that government. what we have to look at is we can't rely on other governments to do our job. we must control what we can control. and what we can control is right here in the united states. we can control our side of the border. we can't control what happens in mexico, and we need to stop doing that. we need to look at what do we need to do right here, and we can do it, we just have to have political will. neil: do you think cartels have more influence in mexico all the way up to the president than we've ever imagined? >> yes. neil: because they seem to have free reign and no punishment

within mexico. >> yes. neil, you have to look at profits. you have to look at economies. when you look at how much the cartels bring into that that economy, you're talking about billions of dollars from human smuggling alone. we're not even getting into the narcotics aspect of it. but when you look at that, why would the mexican government want that to end? why would they want billions of dollars being taken out of their economy? that's what these cartels are generating. yes, they're very dangerous, yes, they're illegal, but when you look at the benefits that the money brings into that country, that's the reason why you see the mexican government and then, of course, you have to look at how much money is going into their back pockets and of course they're always going to deflect. but until we look at that, until we realize that mexico is not going to be a solution to this problem unless we threaten economic repercussions, they're never going to step to the plate because they want that money to continue to flow into their country. neil: and it does. it continues to flow in, and it

isn't slowing down, to your point. brandon, thank you. good seeing you again. >> thank you, neil. appreciate it. neil: all right, brandon judd on all of that. meanwhile, the latest on these tornadoes. 23 are known dead, a number of towns are completely unrecognizable. one town in particular whose mayor we chatted with earlier today said it's gone. it's all gone. after this. take your lawn back with scotts turf builder triple action! gets three jobs done at once - kills weeds. prevents crabgrass. and keeps it growing strong. get a bag of scotts triple action today, it's guaranteed. feed your lawn. feed it. we got the house! you did! pods handles the driving. pack at your pace. store your things until you're ready. then we deliver to your new home - across town or across the country. pods, your personal moving and storage team. young lady who was, you know, mid 30s, couple of kids, recently went through a divorce.

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neil: wicked weather down south, but it was the most wicked in mississippi. 23 people are dead there, many are missing there, and whole towns don't look anything like they did yesterday at this time. the latest from nicole valdez, fox weather, in holden dale, mississippi, with the latest. nicole? >> reporter: neil, quickly i want to point out why we're here, communication and power still out in rolling fork, mississippi, really what some may call ground zero for this devastation where so many people lost their lives. and the area is just absolutely decimated. we spent all morning there trying to check in on people, really trying to grasp the intensity and the extremity of the damage there. the town is almost completely wiped out. i mean, several homes, churches, buildings leveled if not, you know, really just scattered into pieces all across rolling fork, a very small town, about 1800

people who live there. but their hearts are hurting today. and i watched many of them as the sun rose this morning walk around with their jaws nearly to the floor, having a difficult time coming to terms with the devastation that their community is going to be dealing with for some time. at least 7 killed in the rolling fork. we know that number 23, as you mentioned, across the state of mississippi. mississippi governor tate reeves calling this a tragedy. at last check i was told he's actually on his way to rolling fork to meet with those victims firsthand, check in on them. meanwhile, search and rescue is still underway, so there is a lot of work that's going on today. but unfortunately, it has just been so difficult for those who may still be missing, at least four unaccounted for around 6:30 this morning is when we got that last report from emergency managers there. and it may be the case that they're just not able to communicate with their loved ones to let them know that they are okay. so that is really going to be what continues to the happen today. but unfortunately, it's maybe

possible that we could see that death toll rise very quickly here, neil. neil: all right, nicole, thank you. i hope it doesn't rise, but with so many missing, you cowonder. thank you for that. want to go to phillip gunn, the speaker of the house in mississippi, kind enough to join us. mr. speaker, thank you. the damage the is just beyond comprehension, and it all apparently happened so quickly. what are you hearing and what happens now for those are residents? >> well, good morning and thank you so much for your interest in what's going on here in mississippi. i am actually at ground zero here in rolling fork, mississippi, as we speak. words just cannot describe the devastation that i am seeing. as nicole said, buildings are just gone, completely missing. slabs of concrete is all that's left. trees are splintered. they are, the death toll, unfortunately, has risen from

what she said. i'm being told now 18 in this small, little community of around 2,000 people, 18 people supposedly are dead now. if so it's just very hard to describe. i will say i'm proud of mississippians because they have responded in force. we have people everywhere operating heavy equipment, food is being brought in, water is being brought in and help is being provided to the people of this this small, little town. neil: you know, speaker, where do the people go those towns that have been devastated? we're looking at drone shots many and around the area, sir. it looks virtually uninhabitable, so where can they go? >> yes, sir, that is a great question. they're taken in by friends, but we also have a great emergency management association here in mississippi who does provide temporary shelters. they take what buildings are remaining and convert them into shelters for the short term until they can get a more

permanent housing situation. for many of these people, everything they own was in their house. and it's sad to sit and watch them go through what's left, which is a pile of rubble, and try to pull out belongings and clothes. many of them can't have insurance policy, didn't have no way to provide for themselves moving forward, and they're going to be completely at the hands of others who decide to doe a nate clothes and food and shelter concern donate clothes and food and shelter for them. fema will probably be on the ground, and they will provide temporary shelter for some of them. they did that after hurricane katrina which we too experienced about 17 years ago. so there will be concern mississippians are great to the step up and help their neighbor, and they are going to the make sure these people are taken care of. neil: there's no doubt about that. they're helped many other states and colleagues when they were hit by storms, and now they're here in that prekickment as well. speaker, thank you for taking the time. i appreciate it, sir. >> thank you for your time.

neil: all right. in the meantime, and the speaker was talking about it, about trying to get help their way and help these people find a home or some shelter as power is still out, hard to reach them. alexandria hoff is looking into another side of this this where you want to help, but sometimes you're giving money to the wrong folks. scams are rampant during times like these. she has some ideas about how you might be able to avoid that. alexandria now in washingtonful what are you hearing, my friend? >> reporter: unfortunately, i've already spotted some scams on social media. so there are some people out there trying to take this opportunity to already kiss the tract from the pawn -- distract from the pain that others are going through. tornadoes in mississippi can be particularly dangerous and deadly. you know, one you have its landscape, heavily wooded areas that quickly become projectiles, the statement is prone to nocturnal severe weather. you had the cell undetectable

aside from the lightning and transformers blowing out in the distance. yeah, so once again that flat landscape allowing for the wedge tornado to just churn on one end of the state, you've heard about silver city, rolling fork toward alabama. what you're seeing there, that was winona. amory, mississippi, as well. similar sites. the population of rolling fork, to go back to there, under 2,000. the damage is so grim and so heartbreaking, its small but beloved business district destroyed. homes that kid the not get torn off their foundations were torn apart nonetheless. we had some photos from a homeowner there, thankfully, they had made it out safely. we got some interiors of hair home, just completely destroyed. you can see their personal belongings there. and speaking with them a short time ago, their hearts are shattered. the extent of the support needed, as we were talking about, it was revealed as the sun rose. local churches, as the speaker

mentioned, other sites offering support in the short term, but if you are outside the area, there are ways to help. you have the red cross of mississippi and alabama, there's also samaritan's purse which supplies volunteers to areas like this and the salvation army as well providing cast leaf are. butting, yeah, once again, there are people who capitalize off the pain of others, so it's best really to go with one of these organizations that you know well at this time. neil. neil: there's got to be a special corner in hell for people who do that kind of stuff, alexandria. hopefully your warning can give them, you know, at least folks at home who want to -- >> reporter: there are helpers too. my in-laws lost their home in a storm in 0 the 14, and they had people from all across the country, so there are the helpers too. neil: you are absolutely right. and they vastly outnumber some of these slimeballs. we'll see what happens. alexandria, thank you for that. we needed the update on what you

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neil: all right, want to to take you to the pennsylvania right now and specifically what's happened overnight in reading, pennsylvania, west reading, pennsylvania. this was a chocolate factory explosion. we don't know the cause. a lot of people are pointing to a potential natural gas explosion. what we do know, hopefully we can show video of that,s guys, because this shows it when it did happen. the fact of the matter is the building was badly damaged, two people are known dead, a number missing, at least five.

one of those missing was found alive, so we're looking into that and the cause of all of this. again, this was during an off-hour period at that said factory. we just don't know much more than that, but maybe fox news correspondent can help us with the latest. do we know, first of all, how this happened? >> neil, right now that's all still under investigation. we know these tragic circumstances are going to continue to evolve as the morning goes on. but there is some good news. one person was found alive in the rubble last night. that update actually came from community leaders about an hour ago. the weather camera from to our fox affiliate actually captured the explosion which happened just after 5 friday afternoon and sent large pieces of debris through the air and put thick plumes of smoke in the sky. the iconicking chocolate factory has been in business since 1948, and these were its headquarters

located about an hour and a half northwest of philly, neil. the company's web site says more than 850 people worked here and, sadly this morning, i want to give some clarity to those numbers shared earlier, we know that 5 people are still unaccounted for. west reading mayor samantha kegg says two people did die and, miraculously, one person found in that wreckage overnight. the recovery efforts are going to continue throughout today, and this has understandably shaken this tight-knit community. right now there's a lot of hesitation to speculate on what could have caused. listen if we have that sound. >> there's an investigation that's going to be ongoing so, unfortunately, we don't have any cause or reasoning at this moment. it's going on the an all weekend effort and we're going to the, obviously, having people coming in and out for investigation. no real answers, unfortunately, any answer would be speculation. >> reporter: neil, again, emergency crews are using k-9s and imaging technology to look for any additional survivors. we also know at least eight

people were taken to the hospital with injuries because of this explosion. neil? neil: thank you for that. still following this, so much we don't know, but we'll be on top of it for you. also on top of the damage of the tornadoes and and on top of a lot of tiktok news this past week. you've heard from those who want to shut it down. i want you to meet a very successful influencer on tiktok who begs to differ with that strategy. she's done quite well on it and doesn't want it shut down. after this. burger and fries... soup and salad. thank you! like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. with voya, considering all your financial choices together... can help you make smarter decisions. for a more confident financial future. hey, a tandem bicycle. you can't do that by yourself. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected.

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in this hearing, and then they're urn thing around and building out a long-term strategy for how they would overcome america if we were to to get to that point. neil: all right. congresswoman says enough with all the back is and forth on china, shut the thing down, shut tiktok down, and she said as much to the ceo who was africa seed on capitol hill. a tiktok creator who because very well with her small business, she thinks that that shutting it it is the worst -- shutting it down is the worst thing. so you think this is not a great idea. >> i think it's going to do a lot of harm to a lot of small businesses here in the united states. if this does happen. neil: why? >> well, i mean, we are reaching a broader audience than we were reaching on other social media platforms. so, you know, shutting down tiktok and banning it across the

united states would very much limit our platform and our reach about. neil: so how you've tried those other platforms. interesting, because i've heard that from other influencers and the rest who have quite a success on tiktok, there's something maybe in how they, you know, get an audience or assimilate an audience, but they don't have it on facebook and some of these other sites. i assume you've tried those. >> oh, yeah. i have all the social media platforms available, and i definitely have tar more success and reachability on tiktok. if. neil: so you have a very thriving business, customers love you. i can understand that. you don't like to think negatively of, you know, a china overlord that runs the parent company, bytedance, but by almost all measures, sonya, they are scooping up information on maybe even you and a lot of your customers. of does that wore worry you concern worry you in. >> i feel like all of our data is out there on all forms of

social media, so i just feel like we all have to safeguard ourselves and just watch what we're doing and putting out there in general. neil: i understand where you're coming from, but the difference is this is the china we're talking about. you're quite right, a bunch of american social media concerns on steroids, but this is china. does that part worry you? >> it does not worry me personally, no. it does not. neil: you don't think of them as a security threat? >> well, i mean, i believe that there's concerns, legitimate concerns, but as far as i'm concerned and with what i'm doing, i am not concerned with the threat. neil: all right. you still want to keep that business going, we'll see where with it goes because all businesses, all tiktok activity has not slowed or stopped yet, so we'll see what happens. sonja, thank you very, very much. in the meantime, we're going to keep following all of this

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