mayor a second term. when i spoke to the residents, mayor, they told me they feel more prepared, the city officials told them more about the flooding than in 2020. what have you done differently to prepare your residents this time around? unfortunately, we ve had this experience within a short period of time and so we ve learned a lot. so we ve communicated early and often. we ve been able to better instruct the things that residents need to prepare around taking pictures of their items, making sure that they take their critical documents. we ve had a strong coalition of not only city departments but the county and state so it s been an all hands on deck process and hopefully that allows us to save life and property that would not be spared otherwise. reporter: we know that we re not expecting the river to crest at as high of a level as we saw in 2020 but this isn t a moment to underestimate the floodwaters. absolutely not. we want residents to heed these warnings. this
that s barely over 300 feet. the international atomic energy agency warning this heightens the risk of a potential nuclear accident. radioactivity levels are within normal range right now, but that could change at any moment and thousands of residents living in the shadow of this plant are all too aware of the dangers as city authorities are now handing out iodine pills in case of a nuclear disaster. cnn s sam kiley has the latest from zaporizhzhia in ukraine. reporter: jim, the ukrainian authorities remain deeply concerned about what might happen at the zaporizhzhia power plant. for the first time now issuing iodine tablets to the population here in zaporizhzhia. we re only about 20 miles from that nuclear power station. of course iodine being given out as a potential pro-phylacticrop. this boils down to the problem that the nuclear power station is on the frontline being used as a firebase by the russians. the russians claim the ukrainians are shooting back at it. there s
country. rachel scott at the white house. the images coming in, a fast-moving wildfire exploding in flames in california. structures destroyed and evacuations under way. extreme heat dangers in the west. millions bracing for temperatures well into triple digits through the weekend as the first hurricane of the season forms in the atlantic. rob marciano with the track. record labor day travel expected as the long holiday weekend gets under way. tens of millions of americans driving and flying at prepandemic levels as gas prices plunge. overseas tonight, the war in ukraine. the white house now asking congress for more than $13 billion in additional military aid. and the new warning from the u.n. nuclear watchdog about that nuclear power plant caught in the cross fire. the chilling image seen around the world. a man pointing a gun right in the face of argentina s vice president. that gun failing to fire. news on the suspect. actress jane fonda revealing her battle with
worth of his holdings, something with major implications for his taxes and the future of his company. but facedith those questions, he s decided not to talk. in a statement, trump said, quote, i once asked if you re nocent why are you taking the fifth amendment. now inow the answer to that estion. when your faly, your company and a the people in your orbit ve bece the targets of an a defense of donald trump by undermining the government using unsubstantiated allegations. trump s own lawyers were doing that just yesterday suggesting that fbi agents searching trump s home were breaking the law. this is a joke. i m concerned that they may have planted something. at this point, who knows? i don t trust the government and that s a very frightening thing as an american. i don t think they would go to the extent of trying to plant information, i think they just make stuff up and come up with whatever they want. that s the way they will have to proceed. they don t have anything.
to stir up controversy. it is horribly inappropriate and he should apologize. he reinforces democrats have the right message to continue to highlight the dangers presented by the extreme maga republican party. also tonight the director of the national institute on drug abuse, warning unchecked cannabis use could be damaging young brains. we need to recognize that what may be okay for an adult may not be okay at all for an adolescent. and counting down. the artemis rocket is finally on the launch pad ready to fly for the first time on monday. it is no longer the apollo generation. it s the artemis generation. and that brings new discoveries. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. this week florida s former republican governor charlie crist won a primary election so he can run for governor again but this time as a democrat. within of his chief talking points? taking the wind out of the sails of incumbent republican governor ron desantis