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
against russian forces. ukraine using it very well to hit command posts, logistic ce center and posts. the defense official says they have use what had thaef very effectively and this has been one of the key weapons. in materials of what else is going in, there are a number of smaller 105 millimeter howitzers going in, more anti-tank weapons such as javelins. for the first time, toe missiles slightly a longer range anti-tank missiles. there s also an emphasis here on a new capability and that is mind clearing. defense official says russia has heavily mined southern and eastern ukraine, so they ll need that sort of equipment to be able to clear that area for civilian use or if they want to carry out their own operations there. then there are also a number of reconnaissance drones going in, hum humvees, night vision goggles and communication equipment. this is what the u.s. is providing now. volodymyr zelenskyy saying he was very thankful for the latest equipment given the numbers we re
news.com: i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. a major winter storm mid-atlantic where folks are still digging out 2 to 3 feet of snow from last weekend. meteorologists predict this new storm could blanket up to a foot of snow in some areas. plows have been out trying to clear the roads after the first round and now with the second storm approaching, d.c. is calling in the national guard. our national correspondent steve centanni at the d.c. armory. he is embedded with the guard tonight. tell us about that, steve. all right, shep. yeah, how are you doing? the national guard here at the d.c. armory now out and about in their humvees all over the city. they had gathered here earlier today to get organized. they are carrying out their mission, that is to help policemen get to emergency calls to help firefighters get to the job to get police to the job. anywhere where the snowy streets prevent emergency vehicles from travel