year. tropical storm warnings up for parts of texas. we re going to see some heavy rainfall in certain parts. we re going to tell you where and what that means for drought conditions. and a massive fire erupts at a boat yard in massachusetts. what we re learning about the fire and the damage that s been done. welcome to your weekend, saturday, august 20th. we re grateful to have you. thanks so much for waking up with us. great to be with you, amara. i can t believe it s august 20th. i wait for the weekends to know what the date is. i m realizing, oh my gosh, we re close to september. that s good. cooler weather, please. we were just talking about that, yes. it s almost halloween. good to be with you, boris. of course. we have a lot of news going on. we begin with the intense situation surrounding the z zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. that lies on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. the fighting around the area have intensified so have concerns abo
he evaded police for 16 years before his capture in 2011. cnn s alexandra field reports. reporter: after years of investigation, arrests are finally made. all three men charged in connection with the death of whitey bulger, were fellow inmates of his at hazelton federal penitentiary in west virginia. he was 89 at the times he died. hours earlier, he had been transferred to the west virginia facility from a prison in florida. his death immediately raising questions about the transfer and about why the high profile inmate was in with the prison s general population. the three men charged, two of them are accused of hitting him repeatedly on the head, causing bulger s death. all three face a charge of conspiracy to commit first degree murder. one remains at hazelton today. another is still in the federal prison system. and the third suspect was under supervised federal release in florida at the time of his arrest earlier this week.
making sure that all americans have access to regular, reliable and free testing. that s not where we are. not to the level that s needed. and now as cnn s alexandra field reports, local governments and school boards and parents are left to decide what they think is best for their own communities. individuals are considered fully vaccinated against covid-19 if they have received their primary series. that definition is not changing. reporter: no plans to change the definition of fully vaccinated. the white house says even as there s new evidence the efficacy of boosters, lowering the chance of death by an additional 90%, according to data shared by the cdc. even as eligible people are encouraged to get boosted. if you re vaccinated and boosted, you are highly protected. reporter: the cdc advisers weighed today whether to recommend boosters for 12 to 15-year-olds. and on the question of how long infected people need to isolate, more confusion today.
it was surprising to see it close down. the sense of making decisions as we go every day, like what is safe and what is not, what is too much. it is daunting to try to figure it out. the washington post reports amtrak is reducing its schedule between new year s eve and january 6th, given a recent spike in virus cases among its employees. meanwhile, the faa telling travelers that more flights may be delayed because of all these staffing shortages. american carriers have had to cut more than 9,000 flights already. 1,000 today alone. travel is expected to pick up this weekend. jetblue airways has canceled about 1,300 flights until mid-january. if you re thinking about taking a cruise any time soon, the cdc has a warning for you. don t. the risk level could be higher right now but not everyone is heeding this advice. cnn s alexandra field reports
as always, congresswoman lisa blunt rochester from the small wonder state of delaware, thank you. really appreciate your thoughts. coming up, or right now at this hour, breaking news. president biden just moments ago laying out his push for election reform. what s really in the bills he wants passed? we ll take an in-depth look. temporarily grounded. new details about the north korean missile launch that forced the faa to stop flights from taking off. and leading this hour, mask confusion. the cdc considering stronger masks to help fight the omicron variant, according to the washington post, as we learn new details about efforts to get the youngest among us vaccinated. and as alexandra field reports, all this confusion on full display today on capitol hill. reporter: the highest number of hospitalizations during the pandemic, the fda s acting commission aerks peeling to keep the focus on essential services. most people are going to get covid, all right, and what we need to do