had ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'keefe: tonight, deadly tornadoes rip through several states, the damage catastrophic. president biden says help is on the way. >> the federal government will do everything -- everything it can possibly do to help. >> o'keefe: kentucky hardest hit, up to 100 people may be dead. the governor declares a state of emergency. >> this will be, i believe, the deadliest tornado system to ever run through kentucky. >> o'keefe: cbs news is there. in illinois an amazon warehouse takes a direct hit. >> i'm jenna rae in illinois where responders are digging through rubble. >> o'keefe: weather wreaking havoc across the country, snow in the midwest, heat in the northeast. more ahead. also covid comeback, the delta

variant driving new infections and hospitalizations nationwide while omicron spreads. >> reporter: i'm michael george in new york where too fight a winter surge masks will be required indoors. >> o'keefe: joy ride-- a blue origin rocket, paying customers blast off to the edge of space. later as army-navy battle it out on the gridiron, veterans in tennessee meet again to share war stories. >> it was my honor to have served. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> o'keefe: good evening, i'm ed o'keefe. adriana diaz is off. mother nature has brutalized part of the country yet again as deadly storms scraped across at least six states overnight, causing what's likely to be the deadliest american weather disaster in more than four years. meteorologists haven't made final determinations, but by all accounts the dam is historic. look at this: the path of destruction stretches across parts of arkansas, mississippi, missouri, tennessee, illinois and kentucky.

dozens are feared dead and debris in some places launched seven miles high. the bluegrass state of kentucky is among the hardest hit, so we begin there tonight with cbs' david begnaud in mayfield, kentucky. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. this is the downtown, and as you look right to left, just about everything has been hit, and most of everything has been leveled. as you look everywhere around here, mayfield is a town that dates back to the 19th century. they boast on their website they still manufacture things they sell in mayfield. they say they've survived wars and depressions, but last night they were devastated by this act of nature. >> the level of devastation is unlike anything i have ever seen. >> reporter: that is kentucky's governor andy brasher talking about the tornado that was on the ground for more than 200 miles. it wiped out entire communities. >> there will be probably up to

ten counties that we lose kentuckians in. >> reporter: this is downtown mayfield, kentucky, in the southwestern part of the state-- rubble. nearby it, a candle factory, more than 100 people were working when the tornado hit. it's flattened. kyanna parsons-perez was trapped under the debris there and she was streaming live on facebook. >> this is the water fountain, it's on me along with the wall. >> reporter: she was one of 40 people rescued from there last night. >> we had to at times crawl over casualties to get to live victims. >> reporter: by daylight, the search intensified. excavators were brought in to dig through the wreckage. among the missing is the mother of paige tingles' fiancé. >> i want her safe and live and at home. >> reporter: to monette, arkansas, more destruction. because of another tornado this nursing home was torn apart. at least one person died, 20 people were trapped.

>> and to see what they've had to go through, it breaks my heart to see that. >> reporter: storms left more than a 140-mile path of destruction across the state of tennessee, homes were leveled. back here in kentucky, search and rescue efforts continue now, including in muhlenberg county where ten people have tied died. here's an emotional plea from one of the elected officials to everybody watching tonight. >> prayer, prayer, prayer. please pray for these folks. >> reporter: right before we came on the air, a woman came up to us and was telling us she was inside the candle factory working, got the alarm, was told to go take cover, and it was too late. she describes using her iphone with the light on to crawl out, climbing over the bodies of her co-workers to get to safety. ed. >> o'keefe: david begnaud leading us off tonight from mayfield, kentucky. thank you. moving next to illinois where at least two people were killed when winds blew the roof off of

an amazon warehouse in edwardsville 22 miles southeast of st. louis. jenna rae of our k.m.o.v. station is there tonight. good evening. >> reporter: ed, it is truly a devastation out here in the amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. as you mentioned, a tornado came through here last night, you can see causing catastrophic damage to the warehouse behind me. police say they responded around 8:30, and they believe there were several dozens of employees inside the warehouse at the time the tornado came through. now, there were several of those workers who made it out in time, and they made it out safely, and they were transported by bus to a nearby town. officials say others may have left on their own. at least one person was airlifted and taken to a local hospital. as you can see from this drone

video, the damage is truly immense. again, at least two people are dead and several remain unaccounted for. this building was only about two years old, and it was a distribution hub for amazon. the majority of the warehouse appears to be completely destroyed. there's a mountain of debris to sift through, and investigators are still sectioning off the area. for their part, amazon has said they are monitoring the situation here in edwardsville, and are heart broken over the loss of their team members. now, here's video about an hour away from defiance, missouri. there's another reported death in that city from another tornado that touched down some time after 7:30 p.m. local time. now, the devastation was catastrophic across the entire midwest tonight. we do know that in the st. louis area at least two people were taken to the hospital with injuries. we've also had several power outages here in the area. here in illinois, it hasn't been that bad. there are only still about 6,000 in the dark, but that's really nothing compared to the rest of

the midwest at this time. i'm jenna rae reporting for cbs here in edwardsville, illinois. >> o'keefe: jenna, thank you. governors and lawmakers from the affected states reaching out to the federal government for help, and late today president biden said help is on the way. >> i want folks in all these states to know, we're going to get through this, we're going to get through this together, and the federal government is not going to walk away. this is one of those times when we aren't democrats or republicans. sounds like hyperbole, but it's real. we're all americans. >> o'keefe: cbs's christina ruffini is on the north lawn of the white house with more for us. christina. >> reporter: good evening. the president said these states and communities will have anything they need from the federal government. so far only hard-hit kentucky requested national guard troops and made an emergency declaration. more could follow. the president says he plans to visit the storm damage when it's safe to do so and wouldn't be in the way. >> o'keefe: christina, the president hinted on how the u.s.

might respond to a potential russian invasion of ukraine? >> reporter: that's right, the president said there would be severe economic consequences. we've heard that before, but he went a step further and said if president putin ventures into ukraine the u.s. will send troops into the eastern flank, all the countries where we have a sacred obligation to defend them against an attack from russia. that's not to say american forces would be sent into ukraine but might be needed to bolster american allies in europe. ed. >> o'keefe: christina, thank you. one person was killed and five rescued in an avalanche at the crystal mountain ski resort in washington state. in minnesota, as many as 20 inches of snow in some places and 280 car accidents. joining us to explain why we're seeing the extreme weather, and where the simples are headed, cbs' jeff berardelli. what makes the storms historic? >> reporter: we had a tremendous

contrast of temperatures, 80 in memphis, 30 in minneapolis, that's where you see this very volatile weather pattern. let's show you a rewind of the radar last night. in all my years doing this, i've never seen a tornado outbreak quite as destructive as this. we saw about 150 tornado warnings right across this area. you can see the map painted in red, and those are all the tornado reports. 38 tornado reports. one tornado in particular could have been on the ground, possibly, we're going to get an assessment on that, 240 miles, which would break the record for the tornado on the ground for the longest period of time. we think it was an ef-4, ef-5. we're not exactly sure yet. we'll get more information tomorrow on that. you can see the contrast between the cold to the north, warm to the south and the twisting and the turning of the winds. winds out of the south at the surface, southwesterly aloft, twisting those thunderstorms, causing those tornadoes.

now, as you can see, very warm across the eastern seaboard with showers left over. much colder air on the way during the day tomorrow. ed. >> o'keefe: jeff berardelli tracking it all, we appreciate it, thank you. now, it's hard to believe but it was one year ago today that the f.d.a. authorized pfizer's covid vaccine. since then, almost 500 million shots have been administered across the country, with 60% of eligible americans fully vaccinated. but there's new cause for concern including here in new york as cbs' michael george explains. good evening, michael. >> reporter: good evening. new covid infections in new york up 43% since thanksgiving and more than 30 hospitals have had to cancel elective surgeries to free up hospital beds. the new indoor mask mandate is intended to fight another winter surge. the u.s. is bracing for a covid comeback. new cases nationwide have increased 37% over the last week.

>> i know covid rates are going up everywhere and it's really scary to us. >> reporter: new york is joining six other states in requiring masks indoors. governor kathy hochul's order for businesses starts monday: everyone inside masks up or shows proof of full vaccination. >> if we can't get more people vaccinated or boosted, i have to protect people, but also the economy. >> reporter: driven by the delta variant, hospitalizations nationwide jumped 10% in just one week. >> hospital workers never went home, they have been in the hospital for-- fighting this from day one. >> reporter: the rise in new infections comes as a country reached a milestone: 250 million people still vaccinated. still, 28% of americans have not gotten a single dose, one year after vaccines first became available. dr. anthony fauci said getting vaccinated and boosted is more critical as the omicron variant spreads faster than delta. >> if it does what we think it's going to do, within the next

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you always know where to find them. >> we meet every friday here. >> nice meeting you all, veterans! nice meeting you! >> reporter: for "cbs weekend news," i'm chris davis, brentwood, tennessee. >> o'keefe: thank you for the great story. we want to recap tonight's top story, search and rescue crews are combing through the rubble after a devastating swarm of tornadoes ripped through at least six states leaving a path of destruction stretching more than 200 miles, dozens are feared dead including at least 70 in kentucky, where president biden tonight declared a federal emergency. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm ed o'keefe reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york. on behalf of all of us at cbs news, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

live from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix 5 news. right now , straining on cbsn area, a live look outside, it's about to get what. the storms expected to slam the area bring storm winds, heavy rain and a dusting of snow. >> we can see it showing up on the doppler. i want to time it and - - coming up. the warning from chp ahead of the winter storm. in burlingame, parklets will be permanent in the landscape. thank you for joining us. i'm juliette goodrich. the storm heading closer

and closer in the area tonight. storm strong storm can cause power outages. we begin with meteorologist darren peck . is in the farm northwest coast, that looks good, a lot of rain. it will take a few hours before it gets down to the bay area proper. we will track that in the big picture. it doesn't really moving to sonoma county until we get to 9:00 10:00 at night. it is not until one in the morning tomorrow. if you are down from the golden gate south, you even notice some shower, you might get light rain before hand. it is focused on tomorrow and again on monday. it will come through in two separate waves. we will talk about tomorrow's rain and then mondays second that will keep it for two days. back to you. all the rain is going to be helping fill