catastrophic wildfires, a climate state of emergency in the united dates. united states. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thank you for being with us, in ukraine there is more follow-up thursdays brutal attack on a detention facility in russian held territory in the east. on sunday the u.s. ambassador to ukraine said russia must be held accountable for the attack, kyiv says dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the strike, russia says ukraine is responsible, the international red cross says it is still waiting for access to the site. to the north missile strikes were reported in you train second largest city, and russian forces have been stepping up the attacks, likely trying to pull resources from the front lines to protect civilians. meanwhile these been in the odesa region after a russian missile strike set off a grass fire, according to local officials russian forces fired at least two missiles from occupied crimea, but t
and the rain continues, a flood watch is in effect for southern and eastern kentucky. the floodwaters, you see the devastation there. the floodwaters lifting homes off their foundations, washing them away. the governor and the people of eastern kentucky just reeling from the sheer scope of this tragedy. a lot of people are still trapped up in there, going on three days now, no food, no water. i take what i can on the atvs, a lot of other people are doing the same thing. the house is gone. they just washed away. we don t know how many is missing at this point. we know that there are bodies that we are still processing. and when you see the devastation of this flooding that have carried houses hundreds of yards, if not more, we know we ll still be finding people sadly in the days to come. as we mentioned, still some concerns about the forecast. let s get the latest forecast for the region. any relief in sight? reporter: it looks like on tuesday we get relief here. unf
deal to release grbrittney grin and paul whelan. jennifer, what can you tell us about this offer? that s right, we have learned that the biden administration is prepare to send victor boot, this convicted russian arms dealer back to russia as part of a deal to try to bringwhelan ho. boot is currently serving a 25 year prison sentence. secretary of state antony blinken publicly announced yesterday that the administration has offered a, quote, substantial proposal to moscow to try to get these two wrongfully detained americans back home. blinken did not go in to specifics about what was in the proposal, but he did say it has been on the table for weeks now and that it has the direct backing and sign jooff of joe biden. prisoner swaps do require the president to signoff. so this is a significant signal. prisoner swaps are generally quite controversial in the administration and other administrations have generally avoided using them because there is a fear that other government
a brand-new update just minutes away. and consumer confident in the u.s. economy plummets to the lowest level in more than a year. consumer outlook has a decade-long low, as president biden is informed by french president macron in an exchange caught on camera that there may be little saudi arabia can do to increase oil production. dream team handle standing by. ghislaine maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in aiding jeffrey epstein. we begin with a busy tuesday night of primaries all around the country. bret baier is up late with us, having us covered at the big board. kicking off tonight in utah where senator mike lee facing multiple primary challengers. good evening, rich. good evening, shannon. this sets up a general election that is one of the more unique in the country heading into the midterm season here in november but let s look at that primary first. and covenant know my senator mike lee fends off a couple of challengers. it was about 20-25 minute
Sending an official instead. Sandra as relations between the u. S. And the communist nation has been rocky despite a series of visits from the Biden Administration this summer. John chinas Spying Campaign is reportedly ramping up in the United States. A new Wall Street Journal reveals more than 100 instances of chinese nationals posing as tourists to breach u. S. Military sites. The alarming report. Sandra First White House correspondent peter doocy, live in the briefing room. So, xi jinping is opting out. We are about to hear from Jake Sullivan. Set to preview the president s trip, peter . Yeah, and sandra, President Biden said over the long weekend hes disappointed xi is not going to show up at the g20. The folks you talk to around here say the president means he is disappointed. They had a nice meeting in indonesia on the sidelines of the summit there, and a couple months later there are spy craft over the u. S. And things have not been so good. And the president will see him, altho