SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE VIRUS.
>>> BUT FIRST, BREAKING
NEWS.
NEWS. DESTRUCTION IN NASHVILLE.
OVERNIGHT A POWERFUL TORNADO
RIPPED THROUGH TENNESSEE’S
CAPITAL AT LEAST 19 PEOPLE
WERE KILLED, 45 BUILDINGS
DESTROYED, AND
DESTROYED, AND SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAMS ARE
ON THE SCENE AS SURVIVORS
SPEAK OUT.
SPEAK OUT. >> THEY’RE RUNNING DOWN THE
HALLWAY.
HALLWAY. DEBRIS EVERYWHERE AND WATER
IS JUST POURING FROM THE
CEILING.
CEILING. AS WATER FILLS THE HALLWAY.
>> Reporter: NOW AT NOON A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE IMPACT.
THAT STORY DOES TOP OUR NEWS
HERE AT NOON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I’M
EVROD CASSIMY.
EVROD CASSIMY. THE TORNADO OUTBREAK HIT IN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT.
OFFICIALS THERE SAYING THATS
DOS OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS
ARE DESTROYED -- THAT DOZENS
OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS ARE
DESTROYED LEAVING THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
BUT GAS LINES ALSO APPEAR TO
BE A PROBLEM.
HERE’S CHRIS MILLER
REPORTING FROM THE GROUND IN
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. >> Reporter: ABSOLUTE DAMAGE
AND DEVASTATION HERE NORTH
OF NASHVILLE THIS MORNING.
THIS IS GERMAN TOWN AREA
IT’S A POPULAR GROWING AREA
AND THIS MORNING IT IS
COMPLETELY CRUSHED.
COMPLETELY CRUSHED. THIS IS A BRICK BUILDING
COMPLETELY DAMAGED THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. ANYTHING THAT’S NOT MADE OF
BRICK IS IN RUBBLE.
WE’VE GOT WOOD, AND SHEET
METAL STREWN ALL ACROSS THE
ROADS THIS MORNING.
IN THE DISTANCE HERE YOU SEE
THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINEOVER
NARP IN ADDITIONLEVILLE YOU
CAN SEE THIS GERMANTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD IS LESS THAN A
MILE NORTH OF DOWNTOWN
NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE. YOU CAN WALK ANYWHERE IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THIS
MORNING YOU WOULD DAMAGE
EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE. PEOPLE ARE OUT WALKING
AROUND JUST SURVEYING THE
DAMAGE TRYING TO GET A GOOD
IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. >> I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO
PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES ACROSS
OUR STATE THAT ARE FACING
TRAGEDY RIGHT NOW AND THAT
ARE DEALING WITH HEARTACHE
AND HARDSHIP IN WAYS THAT
ONLY THEY KNOW.
>> WE HAVE CREWS RUNNING
THROUGH THE STREETS THIS
MORNING WITH SNOWPLOWS TO
CLEAN UP ALL THE DEBRIS SO
THEY CAN REOPEN THE ROADS AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THERE’S DOWNED POWER LINES,
THE POWER IS OUT IN THIS
AREA RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE
FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
THE GAS STATION DIRECTLY
ACROSS THE STREET WHERE
PEOPLE WERE FILLING UP THEIR
TANKS LAST NIGHT IS NOW
CLOSED DOWN.
CLOSED DOWN. THERE’S GAS PUMPS LYING
ALL OVER AND SHEET METAL.
THIS IS THE SCENE HERE IN