milton west is the pastor of first christian church, a brick building that stood more than 100 years. pile of rubble. >> i see what remains of the first presbyterian church. and i see what matters most, the faithful that have gathered with us in the parking lot this morning. >> reporter: the focus is on what was spared, like this communion table, left untouched. >> the body of christ, broken for you. >> reporter: and the people, whose faith binds them together. >> this is very emotional. it was important to come today to have service because we need each other. >> reporter: throughout mayfield, symbols of resilience. this sign in the rubble reading, beaten but not defeated. >> we lost a lot of things. but we haven't lost the life. building can be replaced. that house. for life, you can't. >> reporter: people from nearby towns already racing to lend a helping hand, in whatever way they can. >> you know we had a drill. and we got people to donate some food. we thought we could grill and hand out water. we're going to be here as long as we got food. >> we had strangers walk up yesterday,

milton west, pastor of the first christian church here in mayfield. dr. the other panelists tonight. i have to say, you are pastor of a church here, also a psychologist? >> that's correct. >> we want to talk to both of those. the nation has seen how much this community has gone through. what concerns you most in this moment going forward? >> i think there is a danger in overinterpreting the events of the last five days. reaching conclusions about what it all means and those kinds of things. so one of the things that we hope people will do is take a moment and reflect on not what it all means and not to look back on the past and that kind of thing, but to think about the immediate needs, their immediate feelings and thoughts, and then long-term as a matter of faith, cling to the people that are close by. an event like this has a positive effect in a very sad way, but sometimes it knocks down the barriers between people, their differences, and they find more common ground. going through a common experience, a tragedy like this. >> certainly our nation is in

milton west is pastor of first christian church.he brick building that stood for more than 100 years, knocked down in a matter of minutes. >> i was here yesterday morning about 6:00. >> reporter: what was your first reaction? >> i am stunned by the loss of this building. >> reporter: in the midst of all the loss, the foundation remains. >> it's just very emotional. but it was very important to come today to have service because we need each other. >> reporter: at least one thing that remains intact for many of the people we spoke to is their faith. and the pastor says he is confident that they'll come back stronger and better. david? >> linsey, i know you were moved by this today. we all were. we needed that report. thanks to you. >>> we'll have much more on these tornadoes in just a moment. >>> but when we come back, what they're now saying about the "tidal wave" of this new omicron variant, in a moment. the snapshot app from progressive rewards you for driving safe and driving less. okay, what message did you hear this time? safe

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. >> pastor milton west senior minister of church in kentucky and he joins us now. age is. >> like most people in the area, we were in a safe space in our homes. around 9:30 friday night i got a telephone call from a colleague of mine in town that told me that not only church had been leveled but his church the first presbyterian church had been severely damaged. of course we were sick with worry all night long, but as soon as daylight hit on saturday morning, we drove over and as quickly as we could. and it was just -- you just couldn't comprehend what it was like. but, we gathered together, the few that we could, we tried to gauge whether or not the building was safe. and i guess the greatest testament to faith is despite everything in our sanctuary being destroyed, our communion table, which i see you are showing pictures of right now, survived unscathed. and our goal today, if it's safe enough, is we are going to try to retrieve that from the sanctuary and move it to a safe location so we can preserve it for our future. ainsley: that's beautiful. looks like a cro

milton west says even though his church was destroyed, he still has faith there is opportunity in thef the rubble. >> i don't know what will come out of all of this. i'm hoping it will make us stronger. >> reporter: brittany and her husband were originally staying at the church and the church did put them up in a hotel for last night. but, t.j., they like so many here are just taking it one day at a time. >> all right, linsey davis for us. i want to say thank you so much. >>> we want to turn now to that destroyed amazon warehouse in illinois. our rob marciano live on the scene in edwardsville. rob, hello. >> reporter: hey, good morning, t.j. this is the nearly new amazon facility that got a direct hit from that ef-3 tornado. it's still too dangerous to get close but our drone shows you just how that twister cut through the steel and concrete. they brought in heavy equipment to take down what's left of these walls but the hurt here remains. the ferocious tornado with winds up to 155 miles per hour tore into this amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois, ripping off the roof and colla

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