good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, august 1st. john berman is off and john avalon is here with us this morning. good morning. great to you have. we begin with major news just n cnn reporting that nancy pelosi will be visiting taiwan after all despite china s stern warnings for her not to go. this comes from u.s. and taiwanese sources. it s not clear which day pelosi will be visiting as her asia trip gets under way here. we previously reported that the biden administration privately tried to convince pelosi not to go to taiwan. more exclusive cnn reporting. sparking an international response, protests erupting in sudan after a cnn investigation revealed russia is plundering sue began s goal to help finance putt putt putin s war in ukraine. tell us more. we have known for some time about russia s project to buttress itself against the u.s. sanctions regime ptbut what we haven t been able to pin down is the mechanisms of the invasio
giving either false hope or faulty information. and it s not just kentucky dealing with extreme weather, either. the super charged mckinney fire exploded over the weekend in northern california, scorching over 55,000 acres. authorities say it s zero percent contained. firefighters reported finding the bodies of two people in a vehicle burned in the path of the wildfire. evacuations continue today. let s start in kentucky. our reporter is live for us. evan, what are you seeing and hearing from people there? reporter: kate, the flood waters are starting to recede, the ones that came in last week. but we re worried there might be more coming in. this gives aus ch us a chanceo talk about how dang rerous thes floods are. where i m standing is a creek that goes along the highway. i want to show you just what happened here when those flood waters came through. over there, that collection of plywood and slats, there s some toys a t the top of that, that was a house. the flood wa
documents with classification marks. we are also learning additional details about the criminal justice implications possibly for the former president. he is calling federal prosecutors hacks and thugs tonight who had no write to storm his property and steal everything in sight in his words. correspondent david spunt is at the justice department tonight to begin our coverage. good evening, david. good evening to you in this redacted affidavit we are seeing a picture of federal prosecutors who had an escalating concern about documents stored at the home of former president donald trump. in justifying its search, the sworn affidavit notes there was also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises referring to mar-a-lago. trump s team in january turned over 15 boxes of materials stored there. 15 of them containing 184 classified documents. 67 marked confidential. 25 marked labeled 25 top secret. the affidavit says some of the material a
that the messages were missing back in february the ig didn t push the department on why the texts were deleted nor did he try to retrieve those messages. these missing records are just a part of a mountain of missing pieces of the puzzle related to january 6th that pose a challenge for the january 6th select committee as well as the justice department s probe into the insurrection. that poses a to investigate the actions of the inner circle. a spokesperson for the select committee telling nbc news that the panel is sharing 20 witness interview transcripts with the department of justice. that news was first reported by politico which adds this, quote, the committee did not indicate which transcripts would be part of the initial tranche provided to the justice department, however prosecutors recently deposed two top aides to former vp mike pence, mark short and greg jacob who both had previously interviewed with the committee and it would be of high interest to investigators
the only one that is truly sacred, the only truly sacred obligation we have is to prepare and equip those women and men we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they return home, and when they don t. it s an obligation that unites americans, brings us together, make sure the women and men who were willing to lay down their lives for us in the very best to return. i want to acknowledge we are making progress in key areas, like bipartisan legislation advancing in congress to deliver healthcare services and benefits to veterans and the survivors impacted by toxic exposures. don t know how many americans and service members may have died because of what they are exposed to on the battlefield. toxic smoke from burn pits, burn pits that incinerated the waste of war, hazardous material, jet fuel, so much more. we have a duty to do right by them, and i m determined to make sure that our brave service families and members that served alongside them do not wait