once again. [ sound [ sound of gunfire ] explosions heard across kyiv amid reports of kamikaze drone strikes throughout the city. three people were killed including a six-month pregnant woman. involving drones and cruise missiles that were once again targeting critical infrastructure. as russia s escalation continues, both russia and nato are set to hold separate long planned exercises of nuclear forces. we re covering all of the angle this is morning. let s begin with clarissa ward live in kyiv. i know you spoke with the mayor this morning. what is the latest on the ground there and what did he tell you? reporter: so, bianna, the death toll here in the capital has now risen to at least four people dead. 19 were successfully rescued from a residential building that was hit. we visited the scene of that building earlier. we spoke to the mayor. he said it is quite clear that russia is targeting civilians and also crucially civilian infrastructure. heating, electricity, power,
hunt for missing secret service texts goes back more than a year, it seems. and it turns out investigators knew the texts were deleted in may. i don t mean may of this year. i mean may of last year. that s actually seven months earlier than what the secret service told congress. now, this is on top of reporting from the washington post, the text from acting homeland security chief are mia. dhs offering a similar excuse, that texts were lost in some sort of reset of government phones at the end of the trump administration. wolf is just the latest of trump cabinet level officials we re learning has actually talked to the house select committee. cnn has also learned that interview was several months ago. that s before investigators knew about the missing records. so, now we ve got missing homeland security records along with deleted secret service text messages. just add it to the list. along with missing white house call logs and the presidential daily diary, all silent on a
say, but you really do. thank you, anderson cooper. this is don lemon tonight. i m laura coates in for don. deleted documents and the hunt for missing secret service texts goes back more than a year it seems. and it turns out investigators knew the texts were deleted in may. i don t mean may of this year. i mean may of last year. that s actually seven months earlier than what the secret service told congress. now this is on top of reporting from the washington post, the text from donald trump s acting homeland security chief chad wolf and his top deputy ken cuccinelli apparently are also mia. dhs offering a similar excuse, that texts were lost in some sort of reset of government phones at the end of the trump administration. wolf is just the latest of trump cabinet level officials we re learning has actually talked to the house select committee. cnn has also learned that interview was several months ago. that s before investigators knew about the missing records. so, now
as they wait for vaccines and testing. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. 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 the death toll is expected to rise. flash floods wiped out entire neighborhoods, scores of people are missing. kentucky governor andy bashir says it s hard to get a fix on the number of cell services out. bridges were demolished, and some homes were completely carried away. for many who have been affected, the damage is devastating. i don t know what we re going to do. we don t have no place to live now or anything. the water got to about there. we had about this much more room before we got flooded, and i ve never seen it that high. we came out of the house, and it was so swift that even a jet ski was hard for him to handle. and he took us out one at a time. federal disaster declaration will free u
this is still an emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. again, that count is going to continue to go up and we don t lose this many people in flooding. it is a real tough one. rescuers are working around the clock. the national guard from kentucky, tennessee, and west virginia are lifting hundreds from the floodwaters. more than 600 already. washed away roads and bridges adding to the already very complicated recovery efforts. cnn s evan is at a command center for the research and rescue efforts. how are they coordinating what, is going on? reporter: well, hi, fred, when they say command center, they mean a place people gather. this is a parking lot of a shopping center here in jackson, kentucky, that is in the middle of where the floodwaters happened and behind me agencies are coming from all over the country, all over the state to work to try to help find people who might be trapped or still need help in the floodwaters and they re also working with a