to speak at any moment about the latest in his state. some of the hardest hit areas aren t out of the woods yet. another strong line of storms is forecast to move in later this evening. that is expected to compound the challenges for first responders and those who still have no homes. hotels and motels are full. so are shelters, which are forcing some people to sleep in their cars now. in perry county, one official said more than 50 bridges have been washed away. let s begin in eastern kentucky. cnn s evan mcmorris-santoro is in the town of hazard. we spoke to you last week. things look pretty bad. as the waters recede, you really see the extent of this devastation. reporter: that s right, jim. not only do you see what came before, you can get a look at how hard it s going to be to get everything back together here. you talk about bridges in perry county. i m in perry county and i m along highway 28, an important road here. i can explain to you exactly what went on when it
more about those who did not. lives and families forever changed. evan kicks off our coverage in hazard, kentucky. tell us what you ve been seeing. reporter: we have been by this creek in route 128 in perry county, one much hardest hit counties. you can see the water level that they are still dealing with here after this flood that came through. this creek flooded over, you know, eight or ten feet from here, taking a whole house with it and knocking out the bottom of this building to mime right. the water level has been going suspend. we have been rain throughout the day. you see the yellow road sign is our guy. it was raining smorng and the water to the top of that rock and emerge that sign but come back down now. there is more rain in the forecast and a flood watch is in effect for tonight. the problem is the creek is really high and they can t take much water. nobody is expecting a flood surge like we saw on thursday that was a historic flood surge but it won t take much
submerged in floodwaters, in the south korean capital, seoul. france is in the grip of its worst drought on record with crops at risk as the water runs out. this is the middle of the loire river but you can see how barren it has become. locals say the water has never been so low at this time of the year. he was known as the king of pleats iconicjapanese fashion designer, issey miyake, has died at the age of 8a. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us where senior republicans have condemned the fbi s unprecedented search of donald trump s florida home on monday as an abuse of power. the former vice president mike pence called for the us attorney general to give a full public account of why it happened, saying it caused him deep concern. the former president, who was not at mar a lago at the time, said a number of agents had occupied the compound and broken into his safe. the white house says
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 1st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin with the situation in ukraine. in a significant breakthrough this morning, a ship carrying ukrainian grain set off from the port of odesa to for the first time since the war started back in february. ukraine s minister of infrastructure tweeted this video of the vessel which is carrying more than 26,000 tons of corn and is on its way to lebanon. the ship is expected to reach istanbul on tuesday where it will be inspected before being allowed to proceed. the move is part of an internationally brokered deal between kyiv and moscow, to release millions of tons of grain to foreign markets, and ease a growing food crisis. ukrainian officials say 16 more ships are waiting to depart odesa s port as part of that deal. meanwhile, russia advances have slowed, almost to a standstill, as newly-delivered western weapons are helping ukrainian forces re-claim
still fully engaged. with that as a back drop we begin tonight on the north lawn with rich edson who picks up the story from there. hey, rich, good evening. richard: good evening, bill. job performance to the preferences of democrats and younger voters, a series of tough polling for the president here just a year and a half into his term. this is also a day that the white house held an event on the south lawn to commemorate a rare bipartisan legislative victory. though activists are pushing president biden to be more aggressive. have to do more than that. a gunman murdered manual oliver s son in the park land, florida 2018. this morning he interrupted a presidential speech. as president biden touted the recently passed gun law. this law had been in place years ago, even this last year, lives would have been saved. it matters. this legislation is real progress. more has to be done. with continued mass shootings republican opposition to stricter gun measures and the s