good morning. it s saturday, july 30th. i m sara sidner. and i m boris sanchez. do not adjust your screen, that is the sara sidner, joining us this weekend in the cnn newsroom. sara, a pleasure to be with you. thanks, boris. of course. the scene of devastating flooding, 16 people are dead including six kids and authorities warn the death toll is certain to rise. kentucky governor andy beshear says it s hard to assess the exact number of missing or deceased. rushing waters wiped out roads across eastern kentucky, forcing a whole lot of people to evacuate. the storms caught many people by surprise because it happened in the middle of the night. listener to this heartbreaking story out of knots county. four kids are dead because they and their parents were forced to climb to the roof of their home to escape rising floodwater. neighbors say the parents tried to hold onto the little ones but the children were swept away. it s hard to put into words the amount of de
around the clock to find families who still may be trapped, some residents losing everything. animals are without people. homes are destroyed. we need as much help, please, i m begging anyone who sees this, help my town, help my people. cnn s joe johns is live for us in hazard, kentucky. and the debris field is tremendous, joe, and we heard the governor there say they continue to look for people because so many remain unaccounted for. what are you finding? reporter: that s right, and they say it s possible this could go on for weeks, not days. so they say a picture is worth a thousand words, fred. and i just wanted to show you where we are. we are in hazard, kentucky. you look behind me here, there s the foundation of a house. believe it or not, before the flood there was a house there, a woman inside told us she started feeling the house moving around 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. she gets out, and then the rushing water essentially d demolishes the house and sends the de
this press conference under way right now with kentucky governor andy beshear talking about the devastating floods. 25 fatalities across five counties. that number will continue to grow. and to be refined. remember, we don t have cell service in some areas to please be patient as we get new information or if it changes. we continue to pray for the families that have suffered ununfathomable loss. some have lost almost everyone in their household. rescuers at the kentucky department of fish and wildlife has been the forefront of these recovery efforts. they ve had to ultimately gather the bodies more than just about anybody else. so, please also pray for those first responders. the mission has been specially challenging and what they re experiencing firsthand is tremendously stressful and difficult. we thank them for what they re doing. deaths include four in breather county, two in clay, 14 in knot, two in lecher, and three in perry. again, those will continue to rise. if th
less than the democrats original $3.5 trillion build back better pitch, president biden is calling this a success. adding that senate democrats put american families above special interests. now, the victory, all the more notable, because it had none, zero republican support. the bill now heads to the house of representatives and president biden could sign it into law as early as friday. let s begin with cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean. she s on capitol hill this morning. jessica, this is a wide-ranging bill. it is designed to reduce inflation. it has billions of dollars in climate and energy incentives. it tackles prescription drugs. break down for us what is in this multibillion dollar bill. reporter: yeah, it s a big one. as you mentioned, it comes after a true marathon over the weekend here on capitol hill for democratic senators who really pushed this over the finish line. they used that specialized budget process that required only democratic support, bu
president biden. will it change how voters are feeling about him these days? the president tours flood-ravaged kentucky today in his first trip in weeks. and the mayor of albuquerque believes the muslim men killed in his city were targeted. the hunt are for the killer is now on. that s what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m indkate bolduan. a legislative victory that has the potential to redefine the president s legacy and boost his sagging approval ratings less than 100 days out from the midterm elections. the senate passed what they have called the inflation reduction act without a single republican vote. the landmark bill now heads to the house. they are set to vote on it on friday. the bill includes nearly $370 billion to combat the climate crisis, the largest such investment in u.s. history. it also includes significant tax and health policies in there, such as giving medicare the power for the first time to negotiate the prices of certain p