and good morning, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington following the continuing devastation from historic floods in kentucky. at this time at least 30 people are dead. thousands more are still trapped in their communities. with residents desperate for food, shelter, electricity, and clean drinking water. this morning kentucky governor andy beshear updating reporters on the devastation and search for survivors. i got to talk to some of the families here and the other places too. they don t have anything. i mean the clothes on their back, but happy to be alive and grateful for the folks that are helping out. on capitol hill, senate democrats are hoping to sell their colleague kyrsten sinema on a health care package than casts hundreds of billions into the climate and energy sectors. she has tremendous, tremendous input in these pieces of legislation. this is something everyone has worked on in the last eight months or more, and she basically insisted
election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. a stark warning that the number of households with no savings is set to double to 5.3 million by 2024 due to the rising cost of living. and it s 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk after being forced to flee their homes by uganda s then military ruler. we ve been hearing some of their stories. the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi has met the taiwanese president during a visit that s been strongly condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. it s an island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east china. china took the island from japan in 1945 after world war two, but after a civil war in china, defeated nationalist forces fled to taiwan. today it sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratical
we start in ukraine, where officials say at least eight people have been killed in missile strikes on the southern port city of odesa. the dead include a three month old baby. 20 others were injured in the attacks, on a military facility and two residential buildings. the ukrainian foreign minister says they were designed to spread terror. it comes as russian forces are reported to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works in the city of mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are still holding out. more on that in a moment, but first our correspondent caroline davies has the latest from odesa. thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of a missile strike on the city. blown out glass and rubble, cars crushed and burnt, floors collapsed. through the debris, the city s firefighters led those that can walk out to safety. vitalia and her son nikita were on the 12th floor when the missile hit. translatio
parties, and also of turkey and the un. together, they helped to broker this deal to get grain exports resume from ukraine. the un secretary general has said that the cargo being carried by the ship is to two commodities in short supply, both corn and hope. the hope is that this ship, a trial run, will be the beginning of a resumption of trade and export from ukraine if everything goes successfully with this vessel. so far, it has. the very tricky part was navigating out of the coastal waters of ukraine, waters that have been mined. and the inspection is taking place now and due to wrap up quite quickly. after that, it is hoped and expected this vessel will carry on its journey, that, it is hoped and expected this vessel will carry on itsjourney, it is destined for the port of tripoli in lebanon. as to how many other vessels will follow in the coming
afternoon at two o clock after being remanded custody from here at the magistrates court. remanded custody from here at the magistrates court. the united nations secretary general has welcomed the departure of the first ship carrying grain from ukrainian port of 0desa since the russian invasion. the vessel is expected to arrive in turkish waters tomorrow and continue to the port of tripoli in lebanon after inspection in istanbul. razoni carries more than 26,000 tonnes of grain. it s thought around 20 million tonnes of grain are stuck in silos around ukraine which many countries rely on. before the war 12% of global wheat exports came from ukraine. some countries in africa and the middle east, are being hit hard. libya relies on ukraine for over half its wheat. and lebanon where the first shipment is headed towards, around 60%. 0ur correspondent, james waterhouse, is following developments from 0desa. this represents a small but significant start for ukraine. the site of the razoni