heartbreakingly real. cnn seven morrison has that. and the flash flood came to this part of kentucky, locals watched houses, cars, their lives get submerged by water. wonder what kind of damage would be done. now that those waters have receded, they are getting a chance to see it. a huge swath of destruction across many counties in this area. crews are still going out to find people who may be trapped. those who may have perished when the waters came through. one local, here, described the impact on this area, of these floods. thinking about all the devastation i ve seen all over the county, there are some things that can be revealed. water had gotten into homes that had never been concerned with water issues. now, their homes are gone. where are all these people going to go? were they going to live? if they don t have a family member that they can go to? here, in jackson, crews are staging from this shopping center parking lot. going out and trying to find people among
already-devastating flooding. and, is taiwan on the itinerary? it s still a mystery as house speaker pelosi leaves for asia. putin makes his move. the kremlin s counter offer to bring brittney griner and paul whelan back home. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin with the humanitarian tragedy in the u.s. president biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state of kentucky, as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including six children. and that death toll is expected to rise. the raging waters decimated entire neighborhoods. scores of people are still missing. the kentucky governor andy beshear say it s hard to get a fix on the exact number since cell service is out this many areas, and he added that the state has never seen anything like this. here he is. there are still 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 into some ho
recession is, and why we re not quite there yet. plus, how much longer will prices rise as supermarkets and how much more interest you pay and credit cards, cards, homes? all of that and more coming up. we are gonna begin this afternoon though with this devastating floods in eastern kentucky. governor abbott shear confirming on twitter, and at a press conference a short time ago that at least 25 people have died so far. and is warning that that number will only go up. we shear also confirmed that four children have died as a result of these floods. down from the original total of six. the federal government is pledged its support, but beshear is warning that certain rescue efforts could take weeks. nbc s maggie baskin joins us now from jackson kentucky. maggie, it has been called the worst flooding the state have ever seen. how are people dealing with this? lindsey, the short answer is, anyway they can frankly. they are in survival mode from what we have seen at this point.
why they expect more u.s. states to follow their lead. we are hours away from learning new details about what prompted the fbi search on donald trump s estate. the u.s. federal judge has ordered the justice department to release the affidavit. some crucial information will be kept secret. we could see the search warrant affidavit in redacted form at any moment. that is because the federal judge has ruled the justice department must make public the version they submitted to him on thursday. this is the version that is significantly blacked out. it could reveal some procedural details. about what happened on august 8. the judge wrote the doj must unseal the version of the affidavit by noon on friday. we saw the judge did agree that they do need to black out substantial portions of the affidavit. since the judge said it could reveal the identity of witnesses. it could even reveal uncharged parties. who may be charged with crimes related to this ongoing criminal investigation
every minute of the russian military staying at the nuclear plant is a risk of global radiation disaster. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is friday, august 26, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 in washington where the u.s. justice department has about eight hours to release the redacted affidavit. they typically contain crucial information about why investigators want to search the property and what potential crimes that they are looking for. judge reinhart agreed with the justice department that certain portions of the document should remain sealed. quote, disclosure would reveal number one the identities of the witnesses, law enforcement agents and uncharged parties. number two, the investigation strategy direction, scope, sources and methods, and three, grand jury information. this comes as we are learning that there is growing concern inside trump s inner circle that his legal team is less than qualified. sources tell cnn the former president