worst drought in 1,200 years. we ll drive this lake down to elevation 1,000. that is 100 feet above dead pool, and you re at the bottom of the martina glass. prosecutors now have less than one week to submit proposed redactions to the judge so he can decide what might be released publicly. i think judge rinehart is going to protect the identity of confidential informants. even as his legal problems are mounting his hold on the republican party is tightening. i m phil mattingly in washington. pamela brown has the day off, and you are in the cnn newsroom. we want to begin this hour in ukraine as it wrestles with the terrifying fear of a nuclear disaster. it is now almost six months to the day since russia launched its unprovoked invasion. new video from ukraine s ministry of defense right here says this is a successful strike destroying a rare russian radar complex in south eastern ukraine. ukraine is about to get more u.s. help in its fight against russia. the pent
but it s not going to it tensify to get a name. nonetheless it s going to bring a lot of rain and tropical storm warnings remain in effect from brownsville down to the mexico coast as the system comes inland. more importantly this moisture will surge northward over the next couple of days, collide with a cold front and it s going to rain like crazy from west texas all the way to oklahoma, sections of arkansas and louisiana. watch our computer models show you this parade of storms that will march across the area over the next cup of days. and we re talking about anywhere from let s say 4 to 6 inches of rain indicated by that red shading and a couple of isolated purple spots that could be up to 10 inches. so it s going to be a real soaker, and unfortunately, phil, because it s been so dry in texas when that rainfalls it won t be absorbed by the ground. it s going to runoff, and that s going to raise the risk of flooding. boy, these folks in texas can t get a break. triple digit heat, a d