jaime harrison will all stop by on the show tomorrow. we will talk midterms, fresh new polls and the latest with the january six investigation. don t miss it tomorrow night right here on politicsnation at 5 pm eastern. but right now, american voices with my colleague alicia menendez starts right now on msnbc. what a show tomorrow, reverend sharpton, i cannot wait to watch. hello, everyone, i am alicia mendez. with two and a half weeks until the midterm elections, the january six committee is pushing forward to hold donald trump accountable for sowing doubt in our electoral process. the committee as officially subpoenaed the former president to testify about his actions to hold on to power after the 2020 election. the subpoena calls for trump to testify on november 14th, which in case you don t have your counter in front of you, is after the midterm elections. will he comply? that s the big question, and that is to be seen. but friday, we saw what happens to those who defy a
and russian media reports a car explosion has killed the daughter of an influential russian philosopher and key putin ally. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. a tropical storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. strong winds are expected as the storm moves further inland. meanwhile, more than 12 million people across the southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas, the risk of flash flooding is high, with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. in new mexico, residents are doing what they can to prepare for the worst. water backs up into our yards and also so far we made almost 50 sandbags. we have some that we made last year, but we re making more to prepare for that rain. an
that and the potential for the former president to influence the races. good morning, everyone. happy saturday and welcome to your new day. it is a good day. saturday, august 20th. good to be with you, boris. always a pleasure. good to be with you, amara. we begin with the concerns about a nuclear power plant on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. fighting around the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has intensified, so much so that now there are concerns about a possible nuclear disaster. cnn first reported new satellite images contradict russia s claims about the facility. they say there is systemic shelling there, but the images just don t show that. vladimir putin accuses the ukrainian military of conducting repeated military strikes at the plant. a special adviser to ukraine s armed services chief says moscow can t be trusted. russia always tells two truths and a lie. you can t believe anything they say. ukraine is not firing at their own nuclear plant
and overwhelming information to americans. is that good enough at this point? critics pointing out walensky coming clean about the cdc s mishandling the response to a once in a generation pandemic is just words. one of the cdc s harshest critics with this. like so many things in the cdc, the left has misdiagnosed the problem and they will misapply the solution. it wasn t that they acted too sparingly. the problem was they acted too quickly and not based on science. they were reacting every week with a new edict that contradicted the previous week. they became obsessed and thought they knew the truth. harris: chaotic mixed messages on everything, mask, vaccines, schools, booster. the impact of all that. confusion, panic, distrust, social and economic devastation. although we re seeing progress in terms of it. hospitalizations and deaths, variants are a wild card. we plan to be transparent in terms of the administration numbers. people want to understand the decision and
governor gavin newsom reportedly working to reel in big-money donors just in case an opportunity arises to secure a top spot in the party s ticket in 2024. todd: more about these opportunities in washington with more. good money, talk and kali. let s start with this. the white house wants to make sure that you know when prices go up, it has nothing to do with joe biden. when it comes down, he does get the credit, the white house advisor joe bernstein turns out that way. speak i very much disagree with that women care to think what s happening here the president was working tirelessly to address the largest constraint, probably the toughest constraint facing american households right now, the budgetary impact of these elevated prices, and were showing you here today the real results, partially the partially deprived from concrete efforts he s taken. speak of this after the white is a immigration director, kate barrington sent out a memo frustrated that are getting enough