please know that the people of illinois stand with you. we are one illinois. in this moment and in the days, months and years to come, you are not alone. we will stand with you to help you through your brief and then to honor your loved ones. may their memory be a blessing. i want to recognize the tremendous overnight efforts of local emergency responders here in edwardsville, who moved quickly to assess the situation, locate those who are missing and save lives. so many have been engaged in assisting in these efforts, including st. clair county and st. louis city, st. louis county. madison county emergency management, madison county sheriff's department, pontoon beach police department, illinois state police, mitchell fire department, alton fire department, hamill fire department, madison fire department, glen carbon fire department and numerous other police, fire, ems agencies and machinery experts all are neighbors working to respond to this devastation. demonstrating that especially when tragedy strikes we are one in our response. earlier today i spoke wit

please know that the people of illinois stand with you. we are one illinois. moment and in the days, months and years to come, you are not alone. we will stand with you to help you through your grief and then to honor your loved ones. may their memory be a blessing. i want to recognize the tremendous overnight efforts of local emergency responders here in edwardsville who moved quickly to assess the situation, locate those who are missing and save lives. so many have been engaged in assisting in these efforts including st. claire county and st. louis city and st. louis county, madison county emergency management. madison county sheriff's department, pontoon beach, illinois state police, mitchell fire department, alton fire department, hamil fire department. madison fire department, glen carbon fire department and numerous other police, fire, ems agencies and machinery experts. all our neighbors working to respond to this devastation demonstrating that especially when tragedy strikes, we are one in our response. earlier today i spoke with president biden and fi

arkansas, missouri, kick kentucky, illinois.rrently about 18 million people across eight states under tornado watches over 90,000 power outages. in edwardsville, illinois, there's a rescue operation going on right now. it's about 25 miles west of st. louis and in a amazon warehouse seeing major collapse. their reports are could be up to a hundred people still trapped inside. excavators have been brought in to conduct rescue operations. the building has about 1.5 million square feet of space. the collinsville, illinois, agency calling it a mass casualty incident he can tell by looking at the pictures that it was just devastating, the destruction to the building and there's been a massive for emergency response. illinois governor tweeting, quote, my prayers are with the people of efforts will -- edwardsville and i've restored to provide resources. they're coordinating closely with local officials and i will continue to monitor the situation. also a statement just out from amazon. they said in the statement the safety and well-bein

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. quigley: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. rush, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. waltz of florida, i inform the house that mr. waltz will vote yes on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. veasey: as the member designated by mr. cuellar of texas, i inform the house that mr. cuellar will vote yea on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from georgia rise? mrs. greene: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. jody hice of georgia, i inform the house that mr. hice will vote yes on h.r. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> as the member designated by congresswoman sharice davids, i inform the house that congresswoman davids will vote yes on h.r. 4616. as the member designated by congressman keh

judge in the illinois federal territory as well. pope would receive a strong education, graduate from the united states military academy, 17th in his class of 56 graduating in 1842. he would be commissioned a second lieutenant in the core of top of graphical engineers. despite this pedigree, hope has even more connections that would propel him as the war breaks out all of those years later. first and foremost, jon pope is a collateral descendant of george washington. his uncle was united states senator from kentucky. his father is a friend of a then growing in popularity illinois lawyer -- perhaps you've heard of him -- abraham lincoln. his brother-in-law is manning force. these men will become best friends and will ultimately book and our story tonight. last but not least, a distant cousin of john pope married the sister of a woman later known as mary todd lincoln. john pope has an incredible connection with the very history and fabric of society and our stock racy and political greatness in this country. as well as the ability to

we knew mutual aid assistance from places like highland, illinois, st. jacobs, illinois.poke with the amazon manager on the ground. they were thankful we were there and that we also weren't getting in the way of efforts. and i also had a chance to speak to amazon workers, one who was called off of her shift and told not to come in and they were standing right outside the perimeter this morning talking to other media outlets and i had a chance to talk to two of them. one again told not to come in last night or would have been in the building and she was thankful, but yet, still wondering what happened to other co-workers and another supposed to come on a later shift. they're concerned. they're concerned just like we are as to where the missing employees are at. >> wow. and i can only imagine, you know, their panic and sorrow as they're searching for their colleagues and glad someone was looking out for them and they didn't go into their shift last night. congressman rodney davis. thank you for joining us, best of luck to you and those in your communities. we'll keep you in

in illinois, an amazon warehouse collapsed, killing at least six people. officials say search and rescue efforts are still underway. in illinois, at least 20 people were injured when a tornado ripped through a nursing home. u.s. president biden has already declared a federal emergency declaration for kentucky and the federal government is ready to provide whatever other help is needed. here he is. >> this is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. the federal government will do everything, everything it can possibly do to help. >> kentucky governor andy bashir toured some of the hardest-hit areas on saturday, including the candle factory that was flattened in mayfield. he says the extent of the devastation is staggering. >> the devastation is unlike anything i have seen in my life, and i have trouble putting it into words. when it was safe to travel this morning, i flew to mayfield. my first stop was that candle factory. 110 people working in it at the time the storm hit. they rescued 40. there's at least 15 feet of metal with car

in illinois, an amazon warehouse collapsed, killing at least six people. in arkansas, at least one person was killed when a tornado ripped through a nursing home. many others were trapped and at least 20 people were injured. u.s. president biden has now approved a federal emergency declaration for kentucky and he says the government is ready to provide whatever other help is needed. here he is. >> this is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. the federal government will do everything, everything it can possibly do to help. >> cnn is covering the story across several states from all angles, from the staggering damage and loss of life in mayfield and dawson springs kentucky, where to edwardsville, illinois, where part of that amazon facility collapsed to the white house with the latest on the response. dawson springs in western kentucky is dealing with the crushing effects of the torn tornadoes. there is destruction almost everywhere and as cnn's ed lavendera tells us, residents are numb at the sight of it all. >> reporter: the ci

in illinois an amazon warehouse takes a direct hit. >> i'm jenna rae in illinois where responders areng 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 th

territory, later a prominent federal judge in the illinois territory as well. pope would receive a very strong education, graduate from united states military academy, 17th in his class, graduating in 1842, and commissioned second lieutenant in the topographical engineers but despite this pedigree, pope has even more connections that will propel him as the war breaks out all those years later. first and foremost, john pope is a collateral descendant of george washington. his uncle, united states senator from kentucky. his father is a friend of then growing in populate, illinois lawyer, perhaps you've heard of him, abraham lincoln. brother in law a gentlemen by the name manning force, these men will become best of friends and ultimately bookend our story tonight and last but not least a doesn't cousin of john pope married the sister of a woman known as mary tod lincoln. john pope has an incredible connection with the very history and fabric of society and aristocracy and political greatness in this country as well as an ability to secure to westpoint. in the yea

upon making his way out to illinois, he wouldn't linger long in the duty of recruitment. in the department of the west, under command of john fremont, pope assumed command of the district of north and central missouri in july, with operational control along the mississippi river thereof and this time, yet again, we see pope's desire for promotion and glory and enter a new phase, new trait raising its head in the coming years of this war, the utilization of politics to get what he desires. at this moment that pope, detesting fremont will utilize political connections behind fremont's back to get him removed from command. the ultimate goal, do away with fremont, he himself gets promoted to the boast. fremont is not oblivious to what's going on and is convinced pope has horrific intentions for fremonts career and to himself and is demonstrated in particular, by pope's lack of action in following some of fremont's offensive plans in the state of missouri. that's going to sound real familiar come august of 1862, a general that lacks aggressive offensive actions on the plains o

the wild weather hit the top of this amazon warehouse in illinois.ily member of someone trapped on the complex was speaking to them at the time. he was on the phone with me while it was happening. the tornado was hitting the back of the building. the trucks were coming in. i told him to jump off the truck. we watched the building go up, start hitting the cars. i told him i was on my way, just stay under. icame in. now i can't find him. others are concerned about those on the premises also. i talked to him about eight o'clock tonight, a little before. i texted him and he was returning to the warehouse to drop his van off. i have not heard from him since. ijust heard on the news. we have lost power. i decided to come down here to see what was going on. i had no idea the building look that bad. i am worried sick. ijust want to know if he is ok. the national weather service forecast more than 70 million people across parts of the mississippi, ohio and tennessee valleys would be affected. with concern over the length and nocturnal nature of these tornadoe

victorjensini is a meteorology professor at the northern illinois university.the significance of this devastating weather event. in one word, historic. we are looking at a legendary tornado event here in the united states, one like we haven't probably seen since 1925 — 18 march 1925 to be exact — which had a tornado occur that took a path length of about 219 miles. and last night, just to give you some context, the tornado event probably crossed nearly 400 kilometres, 250 miles, starting just north of little rock, arkansas, passing through the state of missouri, the state of tennessee, and eventually doing probably its most prolific damage in the state of kentucky. right now, many of us are just sort of trying to really unpack what happened yesterday, as it is just absolutely historic. victor, weather is obviously unpredictable, that is the very nature of it. but we didn't really have many warnings, did we, about this? what made it so bad? well, there were actually significant warnings in advance for this storm. i mean, several days in advance the storm predict

newman of illinois, i inform the house that ms. newman will vote no on amendment bloc 2. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. jody hice of georgia, i inform the house that mr. hice will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 2. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. green: and still i rise, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. henry cuellar of texas i inform the house that mr. cuellar will vote no on amendment en bloc 2. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. crist, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote nay on amendments en bloc 2. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. bass of california, i inform the house that ms. bass will vote no on amendment en bloc 2. the speaker pro tempore: f

i'll use an example from my home state of illinois. in illinois, noncitizens cannot vote and if they do they face major legal consequences. and could be deported. but in 2016, illinois' automatic voter rental administration program -- registration program mistakenly registered to vote noncitizens who had done the right thing by checking the box stating that they are not citizens on their driver's license application. however, several of these noncitizens voted in the 2018 and 2019 elections. this does nothing to bolster voter confidence in our elections and in fact it does the opposite. not only does this undermine the integrity of our elections, the mistake by illinois could have had dire consequences for these individuals and it could be prevented if states were being forced to maintain accurate voter rolls. whether intentional or not, we know this is happening. it's undermining the integrity of our elections. this amendment would simply ensure those who are noncitizens who do not have the right to vote in federal elections are remov

of illinois.l resources the thing they most need are power, water, communication systems to get back to some sense of being able to communicate with one another as rapidly as they possibly can. and as i said, i intend to travel to kentucky on wednesday, and with each passing day, the human impact of this devastation is just the depth of the lawsuit are becoming more and more apparent. this is a town with a relatively low average income of under $20,000 a year. it's a town that has been wiped out, but it's not the only town. it's not the only town. that path you see moves all the way up well over 100 miles, and there's more than one route you can go. and so, you know, we also see destruction met with a lot of compassion, i'm told. everywhere they've gone they had people volunteering, talking, asking for that they not only get help but how they can give some help, and so we continue to pray for everyone in kentucky and the other states that are affected and particularly my heart goes out to the gove

we have some updates, i am afraid, in illinois. the amazon warehouse fire. not expect any survivors. it is confirmed that six people are known to have died but a lot more people were working in the warehouse at the time and the governor of illinois says he has spoken to amazon and has implored them to send assistance. amazon and has implored them to send assistance. the headlines on bbc news... president biden has pledged federal aid after tornadoes devastated a string of us states, flattening whole towns and killing at least 70 people: foreign ministers from the g7 wealthy countries have been meeting and are said to be "unified" in their concern over russia's military build up on its border with ukraine. the prime minister's office has acknowledged that borisjohnson briefly took part in a quiz in downing street a year ago, saying the event was to thank staff for their hard work during the pandemic. the sunday mirror has published a story including a picture in which borisjohnson can be seen sitting near two colleagues. labour have accused him of ignoring co

your sense of the amazon facility in southern illinois. it knocked down a concrete wall. the basically the size of a football field. now we don't know exactly how large these tornadoes word, but again, having covered tornadoes to see this kind of damage, you're thinking it's probably going to be an e, f 3, possibly an e f for maybe even an e 5, because these are incredibly powerful storms and they're just absolutely massive that just the sheer scale of these storms again doesn't happen. we're looking at more than 300 kilometers worth of damage and to see this sort of death toll. again, that makes us think that there was not just one tornado, but obviously many tornadoes popping up and the weather is going to proceed just to give you a sense. it's december 11th here in washington, dc. it's supposed to be cold. it's now about 24 degrees celsius and all this and you can feel the temperature dropping. so there's tornado warnings here. one thing that might have been the saving grace here in these storms is we believe they hit around 9 30 in the evening. having covered tornadoe

one leveling an amazon warehouse in illinois.t least six people there killed during a shift change. a nursing home ripped apart in arkansas. families describing terrifying moments, hunkered down in their basements. on the ground here, we see it firsthand. neighborhood after neighborhood destroyed. the grandmother huddled over her grandchildren, one just 14 months old, saving them. one of the only things still standing -- her christmas tree. late today, kentucky governor andy beshear calling it the deadliest tornado event in state history. tonight, the national guard has now been deployed here, helping in the search for survivors. tens of thousands in the cold and in the dark without power and the temperature dropping. meantime, hospitals here in western kentucky already overwhelmed with covid patients, now treating a rush of victims pulled from flattened homes and buildings. a doctor describing the chaos inside the e.r. victims being brought in on pickup trucks. everyone jumping in to help, pounding on the hospital doors for help

winds ripped apart an amazon warehouse in western illinois killing at least six peel there. the wreckage is exceedingly dangerous for rescue crews working right now painstakingly searching for survivors. an arkansas tornado decimated a nursing home. at least one person was killed there. many people were trapped and at least 20 injured. president biden approved federal emergency declaration and says he does plan to go to the hard hit areas. >> this is likely one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. the federal government will do everything, everything it can possibly do to help. >> reporter: take a look at the front page of the journal. one word, headline, devastation. that sums it up. that's what i'm seeing as far as the eye can see. the one main photo and illustration of what we're seeing all around us tonight. this town decimated. metal beams, bricks, debris, all that's left behind of so many homes, so many small businesses. so many schools. just mountains of debris. schools which last night are decorated for the holidays, now they are gone. our correspondents

there have been reports of deaths too in arkansas, missouri, tennessee and illinois, where six amazon workers have been confirmed dead after the roof of their warehouse collapsed. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the scale of the destruction has been extraordinary. in the dead of night, dark funnel clouds roared across six states in four hours at a speed of 220 mph, obliterating everything in their path. this small town of mayfield in kentucky has been hit hard. workers on christmas shifts at this candle factory were buried by several tornadoes that came hurtling in the dark. it is thought up to 110 people were inside. a0 have made it out. this has been the most devastating tornado event in our state's history. and for those that have seen it, what it's done here in grace county and elsewhere, it is indescribable. a state of emergency has been declared in kentucky as a huge rescue operation gets under way, but authorities are facing huge challenges. the police station in mayfield has been destroyed and firefighters have lost equipment. there is no power. nearly 200

. >> who somehow survived the tornadoes also taking lives in tennessee, arkansas and illinois where thef collapsed in on an amazon warehouse. >> this will be ongoing for the next several days >> president biden rushing in federal resources. >> this is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. >> the most deadly tornado believed to have torn through 200 miles across four states, one of the furthest ever recorded tonight, the search for those still missing, stunned survivors now without homes as communities across multiple states face unthinkable loss. >> our hearts are broken, our families are hurting. ♪ >>> this is "nbc nightly news with kate snow" reporting tonight from mayfield, kentucky ♪ >> good evening. the devastation across an enormous area is hard to capture in just one shot. i'm in mayfield, kentucky, about two hours northwest of nashville and this post-apocalyptic scene you see is repeated block after block here this is what the candle factory here looked like last year and this is what it looks like now 110 people were inside when it hit. only 40 have

you spent time in illinois. i was talking to a reporter from southern illinois, st.idespread damage. remember, it is still winter. gas stations close with power outages and there is all sorts of issues with getting power. mayfield, kentucky, completely without power right now. even for those people not previously injured power. even for those people not grievously injured by the storm there is a lot of work that will have to be done to bring normalcy which is why the national guard and the state's getting involved and we're waiting for a comment from the president to see what sort of aid goes into these places because this was a very long swath of land across which these tornadoes traveled. >> yeah. absolutely. and you said it. we are in winter there. fortunately, i understand the weather is slightly mild and they're not getting blizzards that i know of, but it is cold there and they'll need help, ali. >> it's going to be very difficult to watch how this develops over the course of the day. stephanie, thank you. i want to go to nbc meteorologist bill karins who is co

and then finally here to illinois and its northern most point. and really, the devastation has been very limited because tornadoes are so selective, it really just powered through this little area and then left most of this area alone. unlike what you see in areas like kentucky, where multiple tornadoes, tor, through one of them ripping through about 330 kilometers of territory. here, what we're seeing is far more limited, maybe some power line problems. the bulk of the devastation has been inside that amazon center behind me. i think so much john henry. now there's been a break through the iran nuclear talks in vienna. iran foreign minister says un cameras will be allowed to film at the sensitive side. the issue has been a sticking point during discussions to revive the landmark nuclear deal find in 2015 to have quoted above. last night we reached a good agreement with the i a that could address some of the alleged concerns about who runs peaceful nuclear program and leads to continued mutual cooperation with the i a 2 series of texts of being d

in illinois an amazon warehouse takes a direct hit. >> i'm jenna rae in illinois where responders areng 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

krishnamoorthi, illinois. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative leger fernandez, i inform the house that representative leger fernandez will vote aye on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. speier, i inform the house that ms. speier will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 220, the nays are 212. the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from texas. >> request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc.,

winds ripped apart an amazon warehouse in western illinois killing at least six people. the wreckage is exceedingly dangers for rescue crews who are painstakingly searching for survivors, still right now as we speak here in mayfield where i am and beyond. in arkansas, a tornado decimated a nursing home. at least one person was killed there, many people were trapped and at least 20 injured. here in mayfield, dozens of people are missing after a tornado flattened a candle factory and we spoke to one man who rushed to this factory where his wife worked. he managed to pull two people out of the rubble, but his wife is still missing and each passing moment is agony. >> i want to find my wife. i want to find out if she's somewhere safe. i hope she's somewhere safe. please call me as soon as we get connected. please call me. i'm looking for you, baby. we've been looking for you. we're all looking for you right now. >> just heart-wrenching to take that in, just such devastation there. last check, he's still not had any work on his wife. more than 30 tornados raked across six sta

right now illinois governor j.b. pritzker is giving an update on the storm damage in edwardsville, illinois, let's take a listen. >> and utilities are working around the clock to bring that to 100% restored as fast as possible. this storm system hit many other communities, and we are in communication with all of them to help meet their needs. at this time no additional region has requested resources from iema though we stand ready to assist. i am deeply thankful that at this time there are no additional injuries or deaths reported due to these storms. to anyone who experienced damage to your home or your business, we will pursue all available resources to help you recover. our iema teams on the ground have been in constant communication with local jurisdictions to support the emergency response by whatever means necessary and will continue to do so. my administration is committed to standing with ed wardsville in every aspect of immediate recovery as well as on the road to rebuild as a community. you are not alone. f

we are tracking damage in edwardsville, illinois.ter part of the roof was ripped off and in monette, arkansas. 25 people are hurt and people dead after the nursing home was hit there. stay with msnbc. we will follow the latest. i'm lindsey reiser. "velshi" is next. >>> good morning. it is saturday, december 11th. i'm ali velshi. we begin with breaking news. series of tornadoes and tornadic thunderstorms touched down overnight in at least five states in the south and midwest. arkansas, illinois, kentucky, missouri and tennessee. at least 32 tornadoes are believed to have touched down. some powerful. at least 50 people are believed to be dead in just kentucky alone. officials there say the final figure could be closer to 100 people dead. governor andy beshear says four tornadoes hit his state. including one which stayed on the ground and this is unbelievable for 200 miles. scores of structures, as you see on the screen, have been destroyed. a mass casualty event declared at the kentucky candle factory. the drone video shows the total d

deadly warehouse collapse, the amazon distribution center in illinois. >> it peeled the warehouse liken. >> o'donnell: and the breaking news about an osha investigation. and american strong, how our country's flag symbolizes strength of a town that lost everything but its faith. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from mayfield, kentucky. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight from one of the hardest-hit parts of the entire state, this tiny close-knit community where every home for as far as the eye can see lacks just like this one. the destruction is indescribable and the loss unfathomable. tens of thousands are without heat, water or electricity. and it is cold here and is only going to get worse with temperatures expected to dip below freezing by the end of the week. for the many people we've met here, losing their homes is nothing compared to losing their loved ones. and today, the saddest news of all, the number of children taken in this tornado outbreak. the devastation spans six states

so it's interesting because illinois is also redistricting. that's why you have representative atom tenzing or who's not rerunning because his district is going to go hard blue, which is shocking, gives the republicans would think you'd actually be loved by the the democrats, him on the back range. all right. but you know, you just, you have them where she in illinois also interesting to because chicago really runs the rest of the state just because of all the pull that it has. but when you think of texas, i've lived in texas, you've got a number of big cities. you've got dallas, you got austin, you got houston san antonio el paso, while those cities might be big blue hubs. you do have a lot of people move into those suburbs. one thing that's great about texas, you don't have to pay state tax. a lot of people start to like that, and they're like, oh, why kind of like the side now? and is it why, if you're going to your point, why is it that that may be the d. o. j's into this? maybe they want more republicans in the, in the, in the senate in t

underwood of illinois, i inform the house that ms. underwood will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. demmings, i inform the house that mrs. demmings will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mr. donald payne, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on the previous question. and as the member designated by mr. sires es, i inform the house that mr. sires will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. green, i inform the house that mr. green will vote yes

rachel: live look at southern illinois, two deaths at an amazon warehouse in southern illinois aftererrell joins us now. that with this serious news in your reaction to the storms across much of america's heartland. >> thank you for having me. i have been glued to "fox and friends," devastating, completely devastating and this is where we set aside any and all differences and get as much help to these areas that have been hit hard by what i've just seen, and that lady begging for help, everyone set aside their differences was my heart goes out to all those individuals. it is devastating. during the holiday season, never time for any kind of disaster this is where we need to pull together to help these areas. rachel: it's where we do best as americans but americans are known for stepping up in these situations where we show our true colors. another topic, jussie smollett trial. he could face 15 years in prison. i've been following you on this story because of your legal background. you say he should be in jail, and spend some time there. >> let me be as clear as i can. jussie smollett

i'm joined now by victor gensini, a meteorology professor at the northern illinois university.now people who have been affected. just how bad has this been? in affected. just how bad has this been? ., ., , ., . . been? in one word, historic. we are looking _ been? in one word, historic. we are looking at — been? in one word, historic. we are looking at a _ been? in one word, historic. we are looking at a legendary - are looking at a legendary tornado event here in the united states, one like we have probably not seen since 1925, 18 march 1925 to be exact, which had a tornado occur that took a path length of about 219 miles. and last night, just to give you some context, the tornado event probably crossed nearly 400 kilometres, 250 miles, starting just north of little rock, arkansas, passing through the state of missouri, the state of tennessee, and eventually doing probably is most prolific damage in the state of kentucky. right now, many of us are just sort of trying to really unpack what happened yesterday as it is just absolutely historic. victor, whether is obviously unpred

we're talking about arkansas, illinois, kentucky, missouri, and tennessee. and so we're seeing in arkansas and nursing home was head and we believe there fatalities there. obviously the amazon facility in southwestern illinois that they lost their roof. and as i mentioned that the entire concrete wall collapse in on people. so expect the desk told to climb quite a bit more than that because we're just, he's just talking about kentucky. we're talking about more than about 321 kilometers worth of damage. and so what happens after a tornado passes is the cold front comes in, so this is going to make the rescue even a little bit harder. well, rescuers are said is in some places the damage is just so severe and there's power lines, and everything is so precarious that they're having trouble and they're cautious to try and move in to try and get those people out. so in the 1st couple of days of a tornado, that's going to be the focus. the national guard is coming in. you heard the governor say they're going to bring in more national guard. their focus is going to

he's in edward's vill, illinois, and not just control over that candle. thank you. got also in illinois, the investigation going on into the amazon warehouse. where does that stand? that's right, jimmy, that's an investigation by the federal occupation, occupational safety and health admin stretch. and they say it's routine and incidence where somebody dies in the workplace like this, but that could take 6 months, but we're really get answers. what we do know about what happened here is that they started getting warnings at this amazon center about 6 to 16 after 8 o'clock b m local time. and within that period, they alerted employees. that was just about it. 16 after that was 11 minutes before the tornadoes swept through. here were told it touched down somewhere in that parking lot behind me and swept into the entry area. now most of the workers were hunker down in a designated tornado shelter internally in that building and its somewhat hardened area. hardened with concrete, but not everybody could make it there. they didn't have enough time. and so those people wh

he live for us from edwards fill in illinois. how. how about the investigation? there was heading me 11 minutes. that's how long workers had between the time authorities. at this amazon warehouse facility got word that there was a tornado, possibly heading their way and the time that that tornado hit. and when it did, it swept through a parking lot and crashed through the front of that building behind me. by that time, most of the workers were able to go to a designated tornado shelter, which had been partially hardened with cement, in an internal part of that building. but several were not able to do that. and they hunker down in the front of this building. and that is where the devastation and the loss of life occurred. 6 people were killed in that building. one injured 45 were rescued afterwards. and it was just a matter of seconds before that tornado tore through the investigation. is a standard thing that the occupational safety and health administration does. it could take up to 6 months for them to come up with any conclusions they're going to look at whet

illinois governor now.ocal officials, leaders from amazon as well as leaders in this weekends family reunification and community support effort. i just came from the amazon warehouse site where state and local public safety officials briefed me on the latest developments in the disaster response. i want to take a moment to make sure that we properly recognize their service. they moved heaven and earth to respond to this disaster, reuniting families when they could. and comforting loved ones in the tragic situations where they couldn't. reunification is one of the most critical and heart-wrenching acts of any disaster. the men and women who work here at the pontoon beach police department on behalf of the family relocation center deserve our immense gratitude for their critical work. that includes the chaplains who provided counsel to the survivors of this disaster and of course to their families. supervisors worked through the night in service to their community. members of the community stepped up to give

said there were 800,000 veterans in illinois. i knew there were at least one.2 million because that is how many individual veterans applied for license plates for the secretary of state. the v.a. is undercounting 400,000 veterans in illinois. so when they go to build a new hospital they say illinois is only 800,000 it doesn't need the additional hospital we will build. that means illinois doesn't get the hospital. and those other 4000 that are not being counted do need help to help is not they are it has gone somewhere else. i spent a lot of time telling veterans even if you don't plan to use it go sign up so they know you are there. the best way to take care of your buddy is not to enroll in the v.a. but to enroll so they know you are there and you are counted. i run into this all the time. they are in the mode of taking care of their buddies or sacrificing for the team instead of watching out for themselves and it hurts the team when they don't get the care they need. host: you eloquently say in the book it's just a matter of t