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
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republicans represent an extremism that threatens the foundations of our republic. there is no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution, believe in the rule of the law, or recognize the will of the people. they refused to accept the results of a free election and promote authoritarian leaders. they fanned the flames of political violence. they are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed that united states capitol on january 6th, brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists. who placed a dagger the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. they see their maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election, as preparation for the 2022 and 2024 elections. and
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autumn and although it will feel warm by the weekend, it will feel pretty autumnal with wet, windy weather affecting more western parts of the country. we ve got high pressure dominating the scene today, a few weather fronts across the south. they brought showers to south east england, the odd heavy one in hampshire and berkshire. further north, an odd shower but most places dry. the best of the sunshine across the north and it will feel quite warm, low 20s for many, up to the mid 20s in the south east, quite breezy across southern areas. the showers get going across southern areas, more widespread, the odd heavy one, rumbles of thunder, showers in the far north west of the uk as well. in warmer air mass so not quite as chilly across scotland as the last few nights. for friday, high pressure dominates the scene but we ve been closed in by the weather fronts, one in the south bringing showers to england and wales, some heavy once for south west scotland and northern ireland, b