two nations pointing fingers after an attack on a prison holding prisoner of war. we re live in kyiv with the latest. how russia is getting around sanctions by plundering sudan s gold. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. it s 5:00 a.m. in eastern kentucky where a humanitarian tragedy is unfolding and will likely get worse. president joe biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including 6 children and that death toll is expected to rise. raging waters decimated entire neighborhoods, scores of people are still missing. kentucky governor andy beshear says it s hard to know how many. he explains why here. listen. there are so many areas we still can t get to. the water hasn t crested in some parts of eastern kentucky. so we can t even get in to some hollers and see who is there. there are people out there all across kentucky and america that are scared bec
thing, we win the election. i remember hearing the word wimp. he called him a wimp. wimp is the word i remember. it was a different tone than i d heard him take with the vice president before. do you remember what your father called him? the p word. the hearing included testimony that even after trump was informed violence was breaking out on the capitol, he tweeted an insult saying that pence lacked courage which the committee says led to a surge in the crowd. then i remember getting a notification on my phone and i was sitting in a room with roma and ben and we all got a notification so we knew it was a tweet from the apresident and w looked down and it was a tweet about mike pence. it was clear that escalating quickly. the committee also walked through right wing trump attorney john eastman s relentless effort to advance his legal theory that vice president pensz oi pence could on his own block certification of the election. and that theory was rejected by
expertise on this developing issue. peter chin-hong, thanks so much for joining us. thanks so much, kim. pope francis is back hope in italy after a six-day trip to canada where he apologized for the role the catholic church played in past abuses. the pontiff spoke to reporters during the floigt back to rome. he acknowledged that indigenous people in canada suffered cultural genocide. something a canadian commission determined had occurred at so-called residential schools. generations of indigenous children were forced to attend for decades. the 85-year-old catholic leader discussed his health and acknowledged he ll have to slow down due to his age. coming up, how russia is getting around sanctions by plundering sudan s gold. it s a cnn exclusive just ahead. please do stay with us. if your moderate to severe crohn s disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you in your tracks. choose stelara® from the statart.
desantis is saying that parents in florida who want to get their kids vaccinated will still be able to if they go through their doctor or hospital, but the white house is suggesting that there coukocoul more problems ss for parents i florida. and so many have been waiting for so long. and if florida has more trouble, that could be a problem. so interesting. thank you, steve. a live look at atlanta, big news coming to a soccer stadium near you next. or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you in your tracks. choose stelara® from the statart. and move toward relief after the first dose. with injections evevery two months. stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, sores, new skin growths, have had cancer, or if you need a vaccine. pres, a rare, potentially fatal brain condition,