jackpot winner, and now we wait to see who that person actually is. i m hoping that hit the jackpot. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. in eastern kentucky the death toll rises, and the catastrophic floodwaters begin to recede. the horrors are now becoming more clear. 25 people confirmed dead, including at least four children from the same family. their aunt tells us that they were between 2 and 8 years old. kentucky s governor tells cnn that the national guard has gone on more than 660 air rescues. the floodwaters washed away roads, ripped away bridges, making the ongoing search efforts even harder. it s unclear how many people are still missing at this hour. the governor fears the death toll will be climbing. i m worried that we re going to be finding bodies for weeks to come. keep praying. i hope there are no. we ought to expect there will be more loss. prayer for the families that have already lost individuals. they re go
foreign minister sergey lavrov, urging russia to accept the deal to release americans brittney griner and paul whelan. and tonight, how the white house is responding to a new prisoner swap idea from a russian official. back here at home, pfizer and moderna reformulating their covid vaccines, targeting the highly transmissible omicron subvariants. the biden administration securing millions of doses which could be available in september. what we re learning about when adults under 50 could get their next booster shot. actor will smith breaking his silence, speaking on camera for the first time about slapping chris rock in front of the world on oscar night. there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave. former president trump igniting a new firestorm. 9/11 families protesting his hosting of a saudi-backed tournament at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, and his claim that, quote, nobody s gotten to the bottom of 9/11. and the mega millions j
league. 9/11 families say trump and others are pocketing blood money. this move is incomprehensible. this is the most evil form of greed that i ve ever witnessed. the fact you are, and even the players, this is blood money that you re taking, the same with him hosting these events. they are trying to sports wash their way through this. they have a very long history of human rights violations not just 9/11, and it s their way of trying to erase that through sports. i mean, i we re going to try to fight that as much as we possibly can because it s absolutely not right. but we start this morning with brand-new cnn polling painting the picture of an electorate that is both divided and depressed ahead of this november s midterm elections. straight to political director who is breaking it down for us. david? abby, we have these brand-new cnn polling numbers conducted looking at the mid-term electorate. let s start with what we call the generic congressional ballot. look a
reportedly discussing among themselves about using their own constitutional power to stop the president. what those who talked already have said to the committee and what others might say, we just don t know, but what they could say given the positions they held and what they were privy to is formidable. they include secretary of state mike pompeo, who we first reported last night is expected to sit down with the house select committee, perhaps as soon as this week. also former treasury secretary steven mnuchin, who we learned today has already been interviewed by the committee. negotiations are underway with the former director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, for a sitdown with him. and finally there s former acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, who we spoke with earlier this week on the program. he was spotted on his way out, after speaking with the committee today. mulvaney, as you know, was serving as envoy to northern ireland when the attack happene
they were privy to, is potentially formidable. it includes former secretary of state, mike, who we first reported last night is expected to sit down with the house committee, perhaps soon as this week. also former treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, we have learned today that he has already been interviewed by the committee. sources also tell us that because uses are underway for the former national intelligence director, john ratcliffe, for a sit down with him. then there is former acting boss chief of staff, mick mulvaney, we spoke with earlier on the program. he was spotted on the way out after speaking with the committee today. mulvaney, as you know, was serving as envoy to northern ireland when the capitol was attacked and quit in the aftermath. steve mnuchin at the time was reported to have been involved about discussions to invoke the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. there is reporting from jonathan carl, who you will hear from shortly, is that one o