turkey dropped its year long objection. adding finland and sweden to nato is consequential. i still think that president putin thinks not going to do that. the question now facing nato leaders, should they welcome ukraine next even as russia wages war on that country. also ahead, historic flooding, vermont s capital surrounded by water. take a look at this. there is still danger this flooding could get even worse in the coming hours. and later details of the grand juries being seated today in georgia that could decide whether donald trump will be indicted over 2020 election interference in that state. so a lot to talk about. let s begin with the historic nato summit unfolding across the atlantic. next hour we are expecting a bilateral meeting with president biden and turkish president erdogan there in lithuania. this will be an important one to watch. after turkey dropped its objections allowing sweden to join this alliance. sweden s leader, part of this big group p
alliance, and it s good for sweden and turkey and all of nato and the baltic region. but the big topic of discussion at this high stakes summit is the war in ukraine. ukraine wants a path to nato membership, but the u.s. and other countries are reluctant to do so while the war is still raging. looking at this is josh letterman, and also joining us, jim townsend, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for nato. and a former deputy assistant second of defense. how did this happen? well, josé, according to the countries that are involved in this, nato and the u.s., and of course, turkey, they were able to move past long-standing concerns that turkey had about arms exports and terrorism within sweden and finland, the country that joined nato back in april. but behind the scenes there was a lot of wrangling by the turkish government trying to extract concessions on key issues, including trying to get the u.s. to sell f-16s to turkey, and we started to hear from presiden
midwest overnight. while extreme heat is gripping the south from california to florida. heat alerts are in place, and the index could soar into the triple digits. as the water recedes here, we ll begin to get a scope of the damage and see just how many billions of dollars we are talking about state wide. a lot of roads around this area still shut down. this was completely shut off last night. we had to sleep in our cars because there was no other option. we just had to get to higher ground and stay safe with hundreds of other people who were parked in a parking lot on top of a hill over here. so still a very active situation. i will continue to keep you updated. we know the recovery process will take some time. kristen dahlgren, thank you for that reporting. now from the northeast to southern california, where a landslide knocked luxury homes right off their foundations. this happened in rolling hills estates, about half an hour south of los angeles. and this happened so quickly,
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socially conservative state, but look at the polling that we have on this issue. this is a poll from the des moines registrar back in march. 61% of iowans say they believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases. 35% say illegal in all or most cases. and that 61% includes 70% of women in this state who believe they should have access to abortion care. you mentioned it, despite the polling numbers, this bill is likely to sail through the legislature and be presented to the governor where once she signs it, it will be enacted immediately. shaq brewster, appreciate your reporting there in iowa. we ll be watching any new developments. let s stay in iowa now and a new feud is bubbling up between governor reynolds and former president trump. this comes after the new york times reported that even though she is officially neutral, not endorsing anyone in the 2024 race, reynolds quietly favors florida governor ron desantis. trump doesn t like this. and he s lashing out on his