Kentucky's governor tells us an emergency cruise would be going door-to-door only in so

many places there are no doors, the lead starts right now.

The destruction is shocking, the story is heartbreaking, one town almost entirely demolished

after tornadoes ripped through eight states and hundreds of miles as the scope of the

destruction is only beginning to emerge.

Mark Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff now allegedly saying that the National Guard

would be on standby on January 6th to protect the pro-Trump people.

The potential bomb shell of an email in the Capitol riot probe plus, winter is coming,

ICUs maxing out again hospitalizations among children reaching record highs.

Are we in for another long cold COVID winter?

Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper and we start with the national lead today, the

heartbreaking unimaginable loss of life and destruction from tornadoes that tore through

eight states Friday night, officials fear the death toll may reach triple digits, but

cannot say for sure right now because the damage is just that bad and rescue efforts difficult

and ongoing.

The governor of Kentucky today got emotional as he confirmed 65 lives lost so far in the

bluegrass state alone.

18 are still unidentified of the ones that we know, the age range is five months to 86

years and six are younger than 18.

Any moment now we expect to hear from Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky who also told me

this may be the worst tornado event in Kentucky's history.

The national weather service is surveying the damage of at least 50 reports of tornadoes

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