235i23 facing a threat of flash flooding. flooding is also a big problem in st. louis, missouri. there have been multiple rescues of people trapped in their homes. and new video out of las vegas overnight, take a look. water pouring into some of the casinos. over an inch of rain fell there, saturating the vegas strip. i want to get right to derrek vn d dam. what is happening in kentucky, there are water under way. and there is a dam that is under a concern. yes, a flooding event that took place in st. louis and now looking likely that we have another one in 1,000 year event that has taken place across eastern kentucky. thanks to the ongoing rain that is falling as we speak, right now national weather service continuing with flood watches, flood warnings and even flash flood warnings near the border of kentucky and west virginia as some of the heaviest rains move through the area swelling the rivers and also overflowing some of the local roadways there, submerging homes as w
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So just have to pick yourself back up and that is all we can do, you know. reporter: joe johns, cnn, hazard, kentucky. and we ll continue to stay on that story this morning. meantime federal prosecutors gearing up for a court battle to force former white house officials to testify about donald trump s involvement in the january 6 insurrection. the doj is particularly interested in the former president s conversations and actions on or near january 6. at issue are claims of executive privilege that prosecutors expect trump to make to keep information shielded from a federal grand jury. meanwhile the january 6 house committee is zeroing in on former trump cabinet members, they are particularly interested in conversations among officials about possibly invoking the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. the panel has already interviewed former treasury secretary steven mnuchin. let s bring in state attorney for palm beach county. thanks for getting up early with us. so the doj wi
And it s only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. it is friday, july 29th, 5:00 a.m. in new york, thanks for getting an early start with us. i m christine romans. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. right now urgent flood warning for parts of hard hit kentucky where least eight people have already been killed. the area is already saturated and more storms are moving in. towns near the kentucky/west virginia border are also
Some of the heaviest rains move through the area swelling the rivers and also overflowing some of the local roadways there, submerging homes as well as vehicles. and you can see some of the 24 hour rainfall totals, hazard, perry county, kentucky, experiencing rainfall in excess of 8 inches in less than 12 hours. some areas 10.5 inches nearly for the southeastern portions of kentucky. and remember, this is a very saturated environment, so when we see additional rainfall within this area, that is only going to add more misery, only more potential for additional flooding. this stalled out frontal boundary, that is the problem. we re getting a wave of showers and thunderstorms that continues to impact the region. this is just one example of a river gauge in southeast kentucky. last observation before the gauge failed was just shy of 21 feet. old record, it was previously 14.7 feet. and what do we have ahead of us