call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. te is a state of emergency right now in south carolina, where 175 weekend wildfires forced frantic evacuations. video show masked neighbors sprinting away from the smoke as fire trucks speed in to tackle the flames. >> i didn't. >> realize how bad the fire was. >> you just hear. >> like a tornado. >> going off in the middle of the trees. >> i was. >> like, wow. >> i think. >> i need to evacuate. >> i have seen. >> several neighbors putting out fires. in their individual grass yards. >> we're doing our best. >> hundreds of fires also sprang up in north carolina, oklahoma and east tennessee. and red flag fire warnings went up in texas and georgia. nbc's is reporting from atlanta. also with me, nbc meteorologist bill karins. priya, this all comes as fema reports cuts to its top emergency managers. but give us a sense of what the battle looks like in multiple states today. >> yeah. >> that's right. incredibly scary pictures developing over the weekend. as you mentioned, in south carolina, where we've seen the peak of destruction. 175

. >> my constituency of coventry south, 10,000 children live in poverty. that's 1 in 3 children.en i'm talking to parents and i'm talking to teachers when i'm volunteering at the food bank, i am hearing these stories of kids who are going to sleep hungry at night. they are going to school learning on an empty stomach. they are returning to cold homes. they are missing out on experiences that every child should enjoy. >> so now starmer's going to ask labour mps to back the benefits cuts.is labour mps to back the benefits cuts. is he? today, 40 labour mps revolted over the farmer's death tax that starmer and reeves rolled out. maybe they were sick of seeing stuff like this. >> it must be really incredible to be part of building, i mean, actually here, not just building houses, but building community. >> while you're in there, just talk to us. just talk to us. >> yeah. starmer lost the unions over cutting the winter fuel payment for pensioners. >> friends, people simply do not understand. i do not understand how our new labour government can cut the winter fuel allowance for pension

. >> my constituency of coventry south, 10,000 children live in poverty. that's 1 in 3 children.en i'm talking to parents and i'm talking to teachers when i'm volunteering at the food bank, i am hearing these stories of kids who are going to sleep hungry at night. they are going to school learning on an empty stomach. they are returning to cold homes. they are missing out on experiences that every child should enjoy. >> so now starmer's going to ask labour mps to back the benefits cuts.is labour mps to back the benefits cuts. is he? today, 40 labour mps revolted over the farmer's death tax that starmer and reeves rolled out. maybe they were sick of seeing stuff like this. >> it must be really incredible to be part of building, i mean, actually here, not just building houses, but building community. >> while you're in there, just talk to us. just talk to us. >> yeah. starmer lost the unions over cutting the winter fuel payment for pensioners. >> friends, people simply do not understand. i do not understand how our new labour government can cut the winter fuel allowance for pension