education is a necessity to flourish. reading and writing and the ability to do math and understand history and civics, not just important for the individuals but also for the country itself. the pandemic and our response and reaction to it are issues worth analyzing, there were challenges in education long before the covid virus struck. from safety at school to preparing students for work or college to social integration and learning to exist and thrive within the broader community, these are just some of the things we ask our educators and school systems to do. then the external factors there are a shortage of teachers, our schools have become targets for those who seek to prey to the must vulnerable. those who want schools to be more than places to learn, but political battle feels and social laboratories where the differences which exist in other areas of life manifest themselves, education, knowledge, pursuit of learning remain at the core not only of powerful force for
and catastrophic wildfires, a climate state of emergency in the united states. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. we begin in ukraine, where there is more fallout from thursday s brutal attack on a detention facility in russian held territory in the east. on sunday, the u.s. ambassador to you range said russia must be held accountable for the attack, and dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians were killed in the strike, kyiv says, moscow claims russia ukraine is responsible, and they are waiting for access to the site, ukraine says russian forces unleashed a barrage of schelling on the southern city of nikolaev, 2 does seven reported, killed while sheltering in their basement. the ukrainian president condemning the strikes in his nightly address. take a listen. ukrainians, in the region, the most brutal schelling during the entire period of the full-scale war, dozens of missiles and rockets, the occupiers and residential build
that and the potential for the former president to influence the races. good morning, everyone. happy saturday and welcome to your new day. it is a good day. saturday, august 20th. good to be with you, boris. always a pleasure. good to be with you, amara. we begin with the concerns about a nuclear power plant on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. fighting around the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has intensified, so much so that now there are concerns about a possible nuclear disaster. cnn first reported new satellite images contradict russia s claims about the facility. they say there is systemic shelling there, but the images just don t show that. vladimir putin accuses the ukrainian military of conducting repeated military strikes at the plant. a special adviser to ukraine s armed services chief says moscow can t be trusted. russia always tells two truths and a lie. you can t believe anything they say. ukraine is not firing at their own nuclear plant
between people who are willing to use the power of the state to silence their opponents and those who are unwillingng what s held this country together since the civil war. it s not c the federal code. it s not even the bill of rights. as important as that document is . remember, the soviet union i had a bill of rights guaranteed freedom of speech and equal rights. but in practice,free the bolshes assassinated their political opponents and sent their dissidents to the gulagsoa as veria boasted. showst me t the man. i llan show you the crime. now, what s kept us functioning through the centuries were failed is thatha our constitution separatedt powers and prevented a unified party. also had an unwritten understanding. the state power will not be youu shall not be used for improper political purposes. the law must be enforced equally without political considerations. once you lose that common understanding, it s mutually assuredn destruction. no one has any reason to upholdn th
woman. i m not sure what it was, but i ll save that for another conversation. yeah, she s got to get close to pulling your hair. come on . that s an old trick. oh, the new one . i m out of the loop.i i don t know. yeah, he s blushing. you can see it through is an all right. i ll pick it up where you left off. have a good night. all right. i m laura ingraham. this is the angle from washington tonight. an alarming exchange in the house. at representatives today revealed the true intention of democrats when it comes to your firearms. we re going to go back and show you this back and forthk and speak to the republican who elicitedto admission. but first, the real military destroyer. that s the focus of tonight s angle. let s face it, the left is really good at destroying things. they destroyed education during the pandemic with all the school closures. they ve destroyed respect for law enforcement. we see that all the time.em they destroyed historical markers, ripped down sta