hello and welcome. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with a major story in ukraine with the authorities they are saying more than 40,000 people are at risk from flooding after that major dam in the south of the country was attacked and collapsed yesterday. we can bring you the latest on the story because in the last few minutes president putin has been discussing what has been happening in a call to the turkish president, calling the dam burst a barbaric act, kyiv s barbaric act. he has gone on to say it is a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe. he made those comments while talking to president erdogan. those comments being relayed from the kremlin. and of course it is pretty much the usual tactics from russia s president with any major situation like this, constant denial. those are the latest comments from president putin. let s get more on what we have found out and what is happening on the
president zelensky says the destruction of a major dam in southern ukraine has left hundreds of thousands of people without drinkable running water. this poor woman coming through, she is incredibly angry, you can see the relief. and this is happening everywhere. this is the uncertainty people have to live with when you hear bad news. prince harry tells the high court there s been industrial scale destruction of evidence of phone hacking by the newspapers he is suing. these are live pictures of the court. the prince has concluded his evidence and is expected to leave in the next little while. we will be live in central london. large sections of the us east coast is blanketed in smoke as wildfires rage in canada. we will get the latest live.
efforts three months of hurricane maria survivors are still in sur urgent need of help. services are available on the island, but thousands of people still lack access to drinkable running water, electricity and adequate housing. puerto rico s governor ordering a recount of the death toll from maria. the number stands at 64, but a cnn investigation found it to be dramatically higher. house republicans now proposing an $81 billion disaster aid package. that s almost double the $44 billion figure the trump administration requested. a powerful federal judge abruptly retires after a former clerk accuse him of sexual misconduct. in a statement, the judge apologized for his actions, but defended his, quote, broad sense of humor and candid way of
homeland security secretary heads to puerto rico and will be addressing the relief efforts three months after hurricane maria. survivors are still in urgent need of help according to a field report from the independent aid organization. food, water, medical services are widely available on the island, but thousands of people still lack access to drinkable water, electricity, aud adequate housing. puerto rico s governor ordering a recount of the death toll from maria. it currently stands at 64, but a cnn report found it to be dramatically higher. that s almost double the $44 billion the trump administration figure. the thomas fire in southern california is 50% contained after scorching some 271,000 acres. firefighters report good progress keeping this from
service, all widely available on the island, but thousands of people lack access to drinkable running water. electricity and adequate housing. puerto rico s governor ordering a recount of the death toll. the number stands in the official at 64. but a cnn investigation found the true number to be much higher. house republicans are now proposing an $81 billion disaster aid package for areas hit by hurricanes and wildfires this year. that s almost double the $44 billion figure of the trump administration requested. a third of the island is still without power. the thomas fire in southern california now 50% contained. 271,000 acres have been burned. firefighters report good progress, but the fire weather watch is in place for wednesday evening into thursday morning with north winds expected to gust up to 50 miles an hour. there s little to no rain in the forecast for at least the next week. let s get a check on cnn