eclinting the 1925 tristate tornado.tornado which occurred in the last few hours actually moved to four separate states, arkansas, missouri, tennessee and kentucky. let me take you to mayfield. this is what one of the government buildings downtown looked like before the tornado moved through. mind you, this is the same long-track tornado that originated in arkansas. you can see the devastation left in the area. you see the images of the candle factory. let me break it down to show you north of jonesboro in northern eastern sections of arkansas. that's the cell. follow it through missouri, western sections tennessee to kentucky. if you trace that on the computer it actually measures 228 miles. that needs to be verified by the national weather service. but the 1925 tristate tornado was about 215 miles. again, we're eclipsing records never before seen in the united states. and unfortunately, that has led to casualties, dozens of casualties now confirmed by the kentucky mayor. we have 26 confirmed tornadoes so far out of thi

. >> reporter: nanette malebranche is managing director of tristate district fedex express. what's different about this year? >> the volume is obviously higher. our residential volume is much higher than it has been in the past. >> reporter: the company is hoping to hire 90,000 extra employees to help them through the peak season. u.p.s. is hirin 100,000 seasonal workers. the u.s. postal service expects to process nearly 2.3 billion pieces of mail this week, making it the busiest time for holiday shipping. though the delivery rush means longer hours for wenz, he's not complaining. it must feel good when you see people's faces when you're delivering these packages? >> oh, yeah. every one i take out, they ask, "do you like your job?" i say, "no, i love my job." >> reporter: here at this fedex facility, there are 84 miles of conveyor belts to sort these packages. now, if you miss tomorrow's ground shipping deadline, you have until december 22 to send two-day, and december 23 to send overnight. but fedex is closed on christmas day. norah. >> o'donnell: they deserveidate off. meg

the all-time record for the longest tornado was back in 1925, called the tristate tornado. it was on the ground for 219 miles. some of the damage, this is the courthouse. what the courthouse used to look like in mayfield, kentucky. you can see the tower there, the steeple tower that is now gone. there's also several trees, large trees that were uprooted, not only in front of this building, but surrounding buildings as well. that's just a small-scale scope of what it's like from the storms. we do have tornado watches in effect for areas of tennessee, as well as portions of northern alabama. because that's where some of the strongest storms are clustered as we speak. but the storm system as a whole is very large. stretches from maine, all the way back to texas but again the main area of concern going forward for where the strongest thunderstorms are going to be is going to be in the central portion, kentucky, tennessee, stretching to alabama. eventually, the line will move into the carolinas, as well as portions of georgia. we have active severe thunderstorm warning right now

. >> reporter: here grownups proudly display their block buster creations at a show put on by a tristatesay i'm just a big kid. >> reporter: big kids with big builds. >> the entryway is my favorite piece. >> reporter: mark stevens built the builtmore, the largest home in america. >> i can't even think about taking it apart. >> reporter: he fields all kinds of questions. >> how long did this take you to build? >> reporter: eight months. >> the cost? >> probably about $7,000 in it right now. >> reporter: folks here even have their own lego lingo, for example, adult fans of lego, or my own creation. that means they didn't use any instructions. the builder's design was all right here. these days more adults are joining their ranks. lego sales skyrocketed over the pandemic, up 36%. thanks in part to adult fans rediscovering the brick while stuck at home. it comes just as the company started marketing more products to grownups. >> we gave permission for adults to for the first time start to look at it as more than just a toy for their children, and actually something for them. >> reporter: jam

the longest record, 1925, the tristate tornado, 210 miles. it has the potential to break that record. it will once the survey crews go out. but the significant storm, it's not like it's done and over with. we have four states, kentucky, alabama, as well as mississippi, although most of mississippi is starting to see that as a result of the threat. but the focal point for the strong to severe thunderstorms has really been the center part here, kentucky, tennessee, alabama really for the next couple of hours and then eventually moving into the carolinas and areas of georgia as the line continues to slide to the east. we still have active thunderstorm warnings. those are likely to continue. this map has been updated to reflect the fact that the storm is starting to shift. so, we still have the potential for isolated tornado, damaging winds and even large hail. though the large hail will be focused here. but atlanta, birmingham, montgomery, charlotte, all of these cities have the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms as we go through the n

to afford themselves a measure of protection, time is running out to do that if you live in the tristate region, hopefully you already have an appointment. in other parts of the country, people should be seeking appointments those moment will fill up. demand will surge, which it's already doing. the best way to protect yourself is a booster shot. >> called it a short-lived endeavor, but there have been reports that appointments for boosters, say, at walgreens looking to last two weeks out. so definitely time to get that appointment if you haven't already. >> that's right. i saw that headline, too, walgreens is seeing record levels of vaccine and booster demand at least in the metro area it's hard to get a covid test, too. we're a week out from christmas eve. case count numbers do seem to be going up in this area of the country, but also, of course, people getting on planes, traveling to see their loved ones, et cetera. also, j&j is falling because of concerns over the rate of rare, but serious, blood clotting condition that is high other than previously detected novavax two-dose coronavi

we'll be adding over 1,000 mobile kitchens in the next year, expanding through the tristate area. big mass idea. we could have started in new york city. we think new york city will be the top market, given how often people hoarder in. but we felt like let's prove it. it works in the suburbs and we'll know how big this can be and we now know this is going to be massive >> so, what is it going to take to scale i've heard from sources that you've raised to the tune of hundreds of millions while the company is in stealth. how much have you raised >> hundreds of millions is a fair number. but we will need a significant amount of capital to scale this across the country the good thing is we're able to prove it in a local area, get the economics right and once that's right, it's a function of capitol and the team executing i think we've got an incredible team over 800 employees we built the company to scale day one. we've made massive investments in things like food safety and government relations we're going through a public company audit. a very atypical start up from the way it's bein

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