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Morning Joe

Morning Joe 12/13/21

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Issues, Washington, Politics, President, Campaign, Scarboro, Brezinski, News, Giest, Ms Now, Congress, Government, Election

3.98.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Rescuers continued to search for survivors Monday after deadly tornadoes tore through Kentucky and neighboring states over the weekend, decimating entire towns and leaving dozens dead.

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0:00.0

When people see me on TV, they think, oh, this can't be good.

0:03.3

And their children think, wow, that elf on the shelf got old.

0:07.3

Hang, man.

0:08.3

As you probably heard, there is an Amicron wave sweeping the globe.

0:13.1

Some experts feared the Amicron variant would be vaccine resistance, kind of like, I don't know, 40% of Americans.

0:22.7

Good morning and welcome to Morning, Joe.

0:25.6

It is Monday, December 13.

0:28.0

In a moment, we have new reporting on the document that outlined exactly how former President Trump and his allies were to go about overturning the 2020 election. It ended up in the

0:39.8

inbox of Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows. His lawyer says he did nothing with it, but

0:46.5

did he meet with someone who did? That is just ahead. But first, the search for survivors

0:52.7

continues after a series of devastating tornado spanning

0:56.4

six states. Close to 50 people are confirmed dead, a number that is expected to rise after the

1:04.0

storms touched down in Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri,

1:10.5

late Friday and early Saturday morning. In Edwardsville, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri, late Friday and early Saturday morning.

1:13.2

In Edwardsville, Illinois, at least six people were killed when an Amazon warehouse was hit.

1:19.2

A spokeswoman for the company says the tornado formed in the parking lot and a similar tragedy in Kentucky.

1:25.7

The state with the most widespread damage, where at least

1:30.0

eight people were killed while working in a candle factory.

1:35.3

To the people of America, there is no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage

1:41.4

here in Graves County or in Kentucky. Nothing that was standing in the

1:47.4

direct line of this tornado is still standing. Joining us now from Bullying Green, Kentucky, NBC News

1:55.7

reporter, Dasha Burns. Dasha, what can you tell us? Hey, Mika, good morning.

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