search. hard to say that the documents got there by accident. hello and welcome, it is thursday, september 1, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 9:00 a.m. here in london. and 11:00 a.m. in ukraine. where new develops are emerging from the et emmbattled zaporizh power plant. one of the reactors has been shut down and an emergency protection system activated because of the ongoing shelling in the area. this is as u.n. inspectors are en route to the site as fears grow that the shelling could trigger a nuclear accident. the head of the international atomic energy agency says that the team is pushing forward despite the significance risks involved. melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv. we heard from rafael saying that his team will continue to travel to the plant. this visit is becoming more important by the hour given the news of yet another reactor shut down. what more can you tell us about that? that s right. and what we re getting is a much clearer picture of how events have
and can the federal government do anything to fix it? the transportation secretary is our guest. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. there are several developing stories we re tracking at this hour. first and foremost, 1 in 100 year flood bringing dallas to a stand fill with more than 9 inches of rain falling in 24 hours. at least one person was killed when her car was swept away by some of the floodwaters. and the threat is not over yet. and in a cnn and washington post exclusive, a whistle-blower complaint from a former top twitter employee claims the social media giant has major security problems that poses a threat to users, company shareholders and national security. and former president donald trump is suing the u.s. government over the fbi search of his home two weeks ago now. his legal team wants an independent third party appointed to review the materials seized by the feds. let s begin with this major wea
us now. great to see you as always. this is a serious escalation. how do you see it? this is an escalation that china had been worning about in the weeks prior to this trip that pelosi was taking p the question is was it worth it, was anything substantive made during these meetings that she had on the ground there, symbolically this was a huge move, showing once again the united states stands in support of taiwan. and their autonomy there. that having been said, given the tensions, not only in the region right now, in china s escalation, and xi s escalation, as he s approaching his party congress meeting later this year, set to become the third term, unprecedented leader of that country and leader for life, was it worth it. with all of the focus now on ukraine, would this actually benefit taiwan and its security, and that s the question really going forward there, holding embargoes now on trade between china and taiwan, and, you know, the taiwanese obviously embraced this v
federal offenses, obviously the state did not and that explains how determination in this case. we re also on veterdict watc in texas. jurors are deliberating how much alex jones should pay the 6-year-old sandy hook victim for pushing his lies after the massacre of 20 first graders and six adults did not happen. the judge in the case denied jones request for a mistrial after it was revealed that his lawyer mistakenly sent two years of jones cell phone records and text messages to the parents legal team. the parents lawyer said multiple lawmaker groups are seeking those texts including the january 6 committee. i am under request from various federal agencies and lawmaker to provide that. absent a ruling from you saying can you not do that, mr. banks, i intend to do so immediately following this hearing. i believe there is nothing, nothing that he has done to fulfill his obligations to prevent his client from preventing him there doing that. who are you turning it ove
committee and other law enforcement agencies want access to the text messages his lawyers accidentally sent to the plaintiffs. plus, changes to airline cancellation rules may be about to take off. why passengers could actually get refunds for all of those canceled and delayed flights. welcome to the lead. we start with the world lead. a russian court found wnba star brittney griner guilty today of drug smuggling, quote, with criminal intent. the judge ordering griner to spend nine years in a russian penal colony that s under the maximum sentence. griner was arrested and charged in february for smuggling less than one gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. her lawyers argued she had been packing quickly to play for the russian premier league and didn t know that the cannabis oil, which had been prescribed by a u.s. doctor, was not allowed in russia. griner delivering this plea as part of her closing statement. i want to say again that i had no intent on breaking any