of the zulus after a year long family feud. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re getting reports that security forces in somalia say they ve ended a thirty hour siege of the hayat hotel in the capital mogadishu, where islamist gunmen were reported to be holding hostages. there s been no independent verification, but the building had been targeted by heavy weapons and has been largely destroyed. the somali authorities say all those who remained inside have been killed. with me is our news reporter emily brown. emily, reporter emily brown. a hair raising 30 hours for emily, a hair raising 30 hours for those involved in the siege, what more do we know? this started on friday evening when the group carried out the attack and detonated detonated two bombs. dozens of people were evacuated from the building which is said to be popular with journalists and politicians politicians. it is not yet known how many people died during the siege, witness
despite china s threats. and a pivotal week for president biden s agenda as democrats aim for senate passage of climate and health care legislation, mindful that the midterms are now just 99 days away. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the flood disasters in eastern kentucky right now. the death toll as of now, 35. with hundreds, hundreds of people still missing. evan santoro is on the scene for us. the governor who will join us live in just a few moments, said this is the deadliest and most devastating flood disaster he s seen in his life. reporter: i ll tell you, wolf, we took a tour of some of these damaged areas with the governor over the weekend. and the emotion was so obvious on his face. it is clear when anyone sees the devastation, it is just it is it overcomes you. people in this area of kentucky, there is a mountainous region and people are used to
big red flashing lights that we are starting our descent into the midterms. what will probably be a bumpy ride all the way to november 8th, president biden is warning about the normalization of political violence. the spread of big lies. and one ever growing donald trump who is calling for lawlessness and promises, and even promising parties to those convicted of violent insurrection crimes. trump took the stage last night for the first time since the fbi searched his home. he claimed that they searched the room of his wife and teenage son. again, ramped up the dangerous rhetoric against president biden and against law enforcement. of course, we must not forget the good news. the cdc recommending a new booster to fight the highly contagious omicron subvariant. and the economy getting a boost with another solid month of job creation. maybe some hope ahead for the residents of jackson, mississippi. who are now in their seven 77th day without clean air and clean water. in a mome
homes in northeast jackson. the next human boots will be a woman and a person of color on the moon and that inspiration to provide diversity in this type of environment. hello and welcome, it is monday, august 29 at 9 am in london and 4 am in florida where we are hours away from the launch of artemis one. the first steps in nasa s return to the moon. these are life photos of the launchpad in florida and the launch window is scheduled to open four and half hours from now. right now the launch team is dealing with a leak they observed. nasa says they are troubleshooting the issue but no word on whether this will impact the launch. this is the first of several missions to the moon in the years ahead. eventually the mission is to send humans back to the moon for the first time since 72 and one day nasa hopes to land the first humans on mars. this is set up as a test flight. one risk is radiation exposure, one of the goals of this mission is to mitigate those risks in the futu
the us says it will ease internet restrictions there, which could help iranians get around online censorship. pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight with ukraine. voting that has been seized in places they ve been partially occupied by russian forces. housed in the so called referendums to these regions want to join russia? ukraine and its allies have denounced the balance is a sham to justify the annexation of ukrainian land and in moscow, there been rallies in favour of the referendum and also growing their niece s putin is coming up more men to fight in ukraine. our russian editor reports moscow. many of the people here did not trust us. when we ask the simple question why have you come to this rally, there was a certain reluctance to answer. but they had something to say on the subject of mobilisation. the something to say on the sub ect of mobilisation.fi mobilisation. the call up is worrying everyone - mobilisation. the call up is worrying everyone with - mobilisat