across the country. and democrats in a race against the recess, trying to pass president biden s key agenda items with the midterm elections looming. how much can congress get done? we re grateful that you are starting your week with us, bright and early this sunday, july 31st. good morning, sarah. good morning to you, boris. great to be with you. we begin today with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and rescue crews make their way through flooded areas and we are expecting yet another round of heavy rain and flash flooding today. at least 25 people are confirmed dead. it is still hard to get the exact number of missing with one local mayor calling the death toll only the tip of the ic iceberg. complicating the response, rushing waters washed away roads and destroyed bridges making search and rescue efforts all the more difficult. i m worried we re going to be finding bodies for weeks to come.
positive for covid again. what we know about his symptoms and we re going to talk to an expert about how rebound cases work. plus, anger, outrage, and sheer frustration after senate republicans block a bill to help veterans impacted by burn pits. we ll talk to a woman who lost her husband to a burn pit exposure. you ll hear her message to lawmakers. and explosions rocked southern ukraine. some calling it the strongest shelling since the start of the war. our cnn team is live in kyiv with the very latest. we ll take you to ukraine. it is sunday, july 31st, thank you so much for waking up with us. good morning, sara. grateful you re starting your week with new day. we begin this morning with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and rescue crews are making their way through flooded areas and as we re expecting yet another round of heavy rain and flooding today. and the death toll rose from yesterday
wade has reignited the fight for abortion rights. in states like michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, access to basic essential reproductive health care might be determined by who is elected as governor or attorney general, and whether or not they will enforce abortion bans. and if republicans take control of congress, that leaves room for the possibility that they will begin working towards a national abortion ban. a goal that was planned even before roe is overturned. the assault on personal freedoms also extends to the lgbtq community. in recent, years republican leaders have been exploiting anti lgbtq sentiment for their political benefit. republican state legislatures are on track to introduce a record number of anti-lgbtq bills in 2022. so far this year, 13 states have already passed such laws. additionally, supreme justice clarence thomas is alarming opinion in the dobbs decision last month prompted congress to take up new legislation to protect same-sex marriage. int
the man who inspired that attack. former president donald trump. a series of monumental decisions from the supreme court will also be front of line for so many voters this november. none greater than the unprecedented decision to overturn almost a half a century of privacy rights and roe v. wade. coming up we are gonna be joined by georgia s democratic nominee for governor, stacey abrams. she s gonna talk about everything because on the line this fall. but first let s bring in an incredible roundtable, we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. former white house press secretary under president obama, robert. gives host of msnbc s politicsnation in president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. former aide to the bush white house and state department, elise jordan. and former white house director of communication to president obama, and director of communications for hillary clinton s 2016 presidential campaign, jennifer palm
across the country. and democrats in a race against the recess, trying to pass president biden s key agenda items with the midterm elections looming. how much can congress get done? we re grateful that you are starting your week with us, bright and early this sunday, july 31st. good morning, sarah. good morning to you, boris. great to be with you. we begin today with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and rescue crews make their way through flooded areas and we are expecting yet another round of heavy rain and flash flooding today. at least 25 people are confirmed dead. it is still hard to get the exact number of missing with one local mayor calling the death