jon: russia and ukraine are accusing each other show link near europe s largest nuclear power plant. they re growing fears of potential radiation leak at the power plant in eastern ukraine because of the recent fighting in the area. officials in ukraine are distributing iodine tablets to residents who live near the plant in case of a possible leak. russians controlled the city where the plant is located since early march. it has been a one year since an explosion at abbey gate in kabul airport killing 13 american service members. were evacuating u.s. citizens and afghan allies are in the botched u.s. withdrawal. many blame president biden for the tragic and chaotic and to america s longest war. he has issued a statement remembering those 13 american heroes. ryan chilcote with that story. jon, present by the member 13 service members killed outside
threat, more shelling brings renewed concerns about a radiation leak at a ukrainian nuclear plant. also tonight, intrigue, the white house finding over president biden s decision to cancel student loan debt. the first ladies special secretary and assistant to the president is live here to discuss. soi saying thanks for the spanks as a school district there weighs bringing back paddling for bad behavior. you re in the cnn newsroom. concern is growing about a potential radiation leak near an enormous nuclear power plant in ukraine, the largest in europe. local officials are distributing iodine tablets that blocks absorbs in the event of a nuclear event. it was knocked offline.
which has been seized by russia, is back online after a fire damaged power lines. president zelenskyy, however, says the situation remains treacherous. his government has been giving out iodine tablets in case of nuclear fallout. tonight, the u.s. secret service, which was actually created to fight currency counterfeiting, says it has returned to the government hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen covid relief funds. the agency says $286 million meant to aid businesses back in the early days of the covid pandemic was stolen by scammers, using fake identities and dummy accounts. up next, we ll explain why one of the top covid vaccine makers in the u.s. is suing the other. and the head of the c.d.c. reports encouraging news in the battle against monkeypox. ome tot looking good! the most cautious driver we got am i there? no keep going how s that? i ll say when
demilitarize because they want to protect it and ultimately they ve also announce that had they want to try to move its capabilities to provide electricity away from ukraine and into the illegally occupied crimean peninsula which russia captured in 2014. that itself is fraught with technical difficulties and among the reasons why people are so concerned that there could be if not a military breakdown then a technical breakdown at this very large nuclear power plant. sam, are people prepared? do they have iodine tablets? what are they bracing for? reporter: there has been some drills here on the ukrainian side, ukrainian authorities. again, we don t know whether this is propaganda stunts to try to paint the russians to look even more irresponsible than they already have been. there is not a mass issuing of iodine tablets, but there is deep, deep concern here in zaporizhzhia and even closer to the nuclear power station that some kind of accident even a
but no structure is designed to maintain its integrity after a sustained artillery or rocket attack in the case of the heavy machine gunfire would damage these or the shut down of power, a meltdown, a loss of water to the plant or operator mistakes could cause a fukushima or a style meltdown of these reactors. and then you re worried about radioactivity spreads over tens, hundreds, even thousands of square kilometers contaminating the soil, the water and the air around the plant and far into the rest of ukraine and even russia itself. and joseph it doesn t seem that there is much preparation that is going to prevent if there is the ramifications of some sort of event. well, the iodine tablets you spoke about is something you would do to prevent radioactivity being absorbed by the thyroid but radioactivity