if you are capable of getting out now, get out now. evacuations are under way in parts of mississippi in anticipation of heavy flooding tomorrow. the mayor of jackson is going to be joining us live with more on how his city is preparing and why this could be the second round of flooding for some residents. on the eve of history, one day away from the launch of artemis i. how the forecast is shaping up and why this mission is so critical when it comes to getting americans back on the moon. it is sunday, august 28th. thank you so much for waking up with us. good to be with you, boris. good morning, amara. i hope you enjoyed the cupcake you had for breakfast. i enjoyed my prosciutto i have every morning. i m still working on mine, slowly. we hope you are enjoying your breakfast wherever you are. we re grateful that you made us part of the start of your week. up first, assessing the damage to national intelligence from classified documents that were found at donald
mayor a second term. when i spoke to the residents, mayor, they told me they feel more prepared, the city officials told them more about the flooding than in 2020. what have you done differently to prepare your residents this time around? unfortunately, we ve had this experience within a short period of time and so we ve learned a lot. so we ve communicated early and often. we ve been able to better instruct the things that residents need to prepare around taking pictures of their items, making sure that they take their critical documents. we ve had a strong coalition of not only city departments but the county and state so it s been an all hands on deck process and hopefully that allows us to save life and property that would not be spared otherwise. reporter: we know that we re not expecting the river to crest at as high of a level as we saw in 2020 but this isn t a moment to underestimate the floodwaters. absolutely not. we want residents to heed these warnings. this
Following a controversial debate, the William Penn statue will not be removed from the Welcome Park in Philadelphia after the park says a draft proposal was released early.
right underneath him. cal fire officials say a woman heard his pleas for help and then alerted authorities. rescue crews helped get the man up the cliff and are reminding anyone taking walks along the cliff side to avoid the edges because they are not always stable. lucky for him. glad he s okay. and for those of you who grew up in florida or you spent a little time there, maybe this isn t a completely crazy sight for you. but people trying to cool off at a park in philadelphia this week didn t expect to splash around with a cold-blooded creature like this one. yep, that s an alligator. what s really different here it s on a leash and it has a name, wally. and he is considered an emotional support banimal back n 2016. people of all ages stopped to take pictures with what s described as an affable
her if she liked it. i think that says it all right there. so for those of us who grew up in florida like myself, or spent a lot of time there, like amara, this is not a completely crazy oh, yes, it is. well, no, people that were trying to cool off at a park in philadelphia this week did not expect to splash around with a cold-blooded creature. why yes. that s an alligator on a leash, not completely crazy, right, boris? no. okay, right. that s wally. and he s the emotional support animal of a philadelphia man who rescued the gator back in 2016. of course people of all ages stopped to take pictures, hopefully from afar with the affable alligator, some even picked wally up to pet him. boris? this might be weird for philly, but i know a guy in miami who has a 12 foot gator with a pet in his i don t yard,