daniel carr's family owns carr's steakhouse. there is also destruction in southern illinois, outside of st. louis, 25 miles northeast, in edwardsville, illinois. morgan chesky is there now. morgan, what have you got? >> reporter: ali, good afternoon. we're hearing from officials today who have just released the names and ages of the six victims killed inside this amazon warehouse behind me when that tornado hit late friday. that death toll was increased last night. and officials wanted to make one thing clear. they are continuing to go through the debris that this tornado left behind, a painstaking process. but they don't believe there are any other individuals inside that building at this time. however, they want to be absolutely certain that no one who is potentially still alive is left behind in this debris. and we do have a stunning before and after photo here. this warehouse, about the size of a football field, suffered a direct hit from this tornado that essentially almost cut it in half. you can see the before version the

we appreciate it, daniel carr. you have a great day.y-focused attitude. that's going to do it for me this busy hour. "andrea mitchell reports" continues our coverage next. >>> good day, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington, we're tracking new revelations from the january 6th investigating committee on why they do plan to hold former trump chief of staff mark meadows in contempt of congress tonight. >>> plus, the nation marking a grim pandemic milestone of 800,000 u.s. covid deaths, but of course our big focus today, the disaster in the wake of historic tornados and the desperate search for survivors in kentucky. president biden at this hour approving a disaster declaration for eight kentucky counties and update ed by top officials in a meeting that is continuing with fema administrator dee ann dean nne kriswell. and governor beshear emotional when talking about the loss of life in his state. >> i believe this is the most rapid response by federal government in the history of the

joining me now by phone is daniel carr, a restaurant co-owner in mayfield, kentucky. daniel, you probably can't even think about rebuilding right now. you're probably still processing what happened in your town and your restaurant here in mayfield. >> it was totally devastating. we really haven't been able to think about rebuilding yet. and we spent last night, my family, in the basement. we got up early this morning and made our way downtown through all the debris and rubble and just saw, you know, a flattened complete downtown. building after building, block after block. my first thought was about our staff and people that got us through covid and all of these challenges over the last two years. the only place they have, they rely on us for income and a job, what they were going to do and for our customers that have lost their homes, their cars, their businesses. and the community as a whole, completely gutted and devastated. we've lost so much just in the last 24 hours. all of our history and our buildings and businesses and our homes. it's just been totally devasta

daniel carr owns the steakhouse and joins us now. you also lost a barbecue restaurant. how are you doing? what have these last few days been like for you? >> oh, it's been unreal. i mean, it was definitely just so -- gut wrenching and i mean just -- knocks you down. i mean, so many people in our community have lost their homes, you know, everything they have. you know? no way to get around. no power. no heat. you know? talking about 1,000 people without a home right now. thousands without power and heat. so -- what they're going to do in the foreseeable future, that's what we're focused on right now. >> will you rebuild? where do you go from here? >> right now we're really not even looking at that. we're concerned about our people in our community. that's really the spirit of my family and karr's steakhouse. get them back on the feet and going out in the community to do the same thing. once we get past this, can find a kitchen, get into a kitchen, we'll start cooking again, feed whoever we can feed whether first responders, cleanup pe

. >> reporter: daniel carr owns a steak house.pile of memories. >> we're going to start cooking in another kitchen in the community. our restaurant is about the people in the community and not what building we're in. >> our thanks to tom for that report. my god. it's incredible, the devastation. now to the standoff between the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection and former president trump chief of staff mark meadows. >> reporter: a report released yesterday alleges that meadows said national guard troops would keep then president trump supporters safe the day of the attack. garrett haake has more. >> reporter: overnight the january 6th committee recommending a key trump ally be held in contempt. amid new revelations about his communications before the riots. in their report released overnight, the committee saying that former white house chief of staff mark meadows sent an email to someone on january 5th. saying the national guard would be present to, quote, protect pro trump people in the leadup to the u.s. capit

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derek carr threw a costly pic. jones. daniel carson, they tried to ice him.s it again down the middle for 48 yards. drive home safely. raiders escape with a win and stay alive in the wildcard chase. vikings in chicago. the bears have 14 players on the covid list. cousins threw for only 87 yards for the whole game. 7-0, minnesota. the vikings win. the nhl deciding to shut down all operations until after christmas because of an increase in covid cases. teams can report back to their facilities on the 26. brent burns placed on the covid dan: abc 7 and our stations across the country are hosting a day of giving for disaster relief all day tomorrow. coyness to help families and communities affected by disasters. visit red cross.org/abc to make a gift. ama: we thank you so much for watching. dan: for all of us, we us, we ue >>> in southern california, a >>> in southern california, a major cleanup job at a gas station. a suv hit a pump, causing more than 1300 gallons of fuel to spill onto the ground and into surrounding storm drains. pasadena officials say an emerge

. >> danielle car is the owner of carr's steak house. restaurant cop industry but the workers were able to evacuate before the twittery he had. >> maybe 100 yard 2, hundred yards. >> so behind this pile here. >> friday, the tornado hits late eveninging? >> what time do you go? >> 830, 8:45, the news was on and weather. i -- that gave me 80 minutes to call and said you guys need to out. >> everybody got out. that's what we can still hold to. >> the restaurant, what's the status of the restaurant right now? >> just likes this belting here. >> the kemess varntor and our spire and that's what we're focussed on right now mepg. >> families are at the barns in the xwhaunt for over 70 years. you've been feeding people here for beck aids and dem and deck as i what's it been like seeing this? got to miss everything that's coming down. got to be hard to rebuild, but it's hard to see, but what's good to see is you can seat people coming together just on a whim and helping each other rebuild and helping eachary pour back out. what's your plan for the

carr had a few seconds so he hit jones to get into field goal range. set the table for danielome in and drill a walk off field goal from 48 yards as time expired. raiders won it 16-14. kept their playoff hopes alive with a record of 7-7. and because i like it when the 300 pounders score, big christian wilkins scored for the dolphins yesterday. and body control doing the worm. miami won. 6th straight win for the dolphins, 6 '4, 310 pounds. shout out minnesota vikings beat the bears, their record 7-7. the bears, oh, they lost 8 out of 9. >> oh. [ laughter ] >> win some lose some. >> just saying. >> oh. [ laughter ] >> thank you, vern. >>> holiday spirits could be enjoy the gift of being together. the binaxnow covid-19 antigen self test has the same technology used by doctors and detects multiple variants. so in just 15 minutes, you can test, know, and go. available in stores and online. ♪♪♪ i didn't have to shout out for help. because you didn't have another dvt. not today. one blood clot puts you at risk of having another, so we chose xarelto®, to help keep you protected. xarel

carr had a few seconds so he hit jones to get into field goal range. set the table for danielome in and drill a walk off field goal from 48 yards as time expired. raiders won it 16-14. kept their playoff hopes alive with a record of 7-7. and because i like it when the 300 pounders score, big christian wilkins scored for the dolphins yesterday. and body control doing the worm. miami won. 6th straight win for the dolphins, 6 '4, 310 pounds. shout out minnesota vikings beat the bears, their record 7-7. the bears, oh, they lost 8 out of 9. >> oh. [ laughter ] >> win some lose some. >> just saying. >> oh. [ laughter ] >> thank you, vern. >>> holiday spirits could be we learn about covid-19, the more questions we have. the biggest question now, what's next? what will covid bring in six months, a year? if you're feeling anxious about the future, you're not alone. calhope offers free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673, or live chat at calhope.org today. >>> welcome back. well, if you want the spirits of christmas present to be around this weekend you might need to get to th