and catastrophic wildfires, a climate state of emergency in the united states. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. we begin in ukraine, where there is more fallout from thursday s brutal attack on a detention facility in russian held territory in the east. on sunday, the u.s. ambassador to you range said russia must be held accountable for the attack, and dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians were killed in the strike, kyiv says, moscow claims russia ukraine is responsible, and they are waiting for access to the site, ukraine says russian forces unleashed a barrage of schelling on the southern city of nikolaev, 2 does seven reported, killed while sheltering in their basement. the ukrainian president condemning the strikes in his nightly address. take a listen. ukrainians, in the region, the most brutal schelling during the entire period of the full-scale war, dozens of missiles and rockets, the occupiers and residential build
we ve never seen. we are spending way too much money to use to hide behind a veterans bill on an unrelated $400 billion spending spree is wrong. the first grain to depart from ukraine s black sea ports under this new agreement. resuming exports could be a critical first step in easing the global food crisis. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s monday, august 1st, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we begin with extreme weather fueled by a climate crisis unraveling in real time in the united states. in california, the mckinney fire has burned more than 52,000 acres. the governor has ordered thousands of people to evacuate leaving their homes to burn as high temperatures and drought make the blazes more intense. a heartbreaking realization for some that the fire has taken everything. i watched it from my bedroom. i watched everything come. it was headed right straight towards our property. that s when al
across the country. and democrats in a race against the recess, trying to pass president biden s key agenda items with the midterm elections looming. how much can congress get done? we re grateful that you are starting your week with us, bright and early this sunday, july 31st. good morning, sarah. good morning to you, boris. great to be with you. we begin today with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and rescue crews make their way through flooded areas and we are expecting yet another round of heavy rain and flash flooding today. at least 25 people are confirmed dead. it is still hard to get the exact number of missing with one local mayor calling the death toll only the tip of the ic iceberg. complicating the response, rushing waters washed away roads and destroyed bridges making search and rescue efforts all the more difficult. i m worried we re going to be finding bodies for weeks to come.
. following word that president biden tested positive for covid this morning. the news is so far is good. less than an hour ago we got the street showing the president at his desk. he said he is doing great and keeping busy. he just got off the phone with lawmakers in pennsylvania. the president had been scheduled to go to philadelphia for a fundraiser, but that had to be canceled. despite the president s tweet the white house says he is experiencing mild symptoms, which according to the white house covid-19 response coordinator, includes some tiredness, a runny nose, and dry cough. we are expecting to hear more from dr. shaw and the white house press secretary when they speak to the media. we know biden is 79 years old and age is a cause for concern with covid. biden is fully vaccinated and boosted twice. he is also been treated with the antiviral paxlovid, which data shows makes people far less likely to develop severe illness. as we saw that picture the president is workin
Some nay sayer. there s nothing in that. we re paying down debt, $300 billion, we re increasing production as far as if you want to get the gasoline prices down, produce more energy and produce it here in america, that s what we re doing. and we re investing in the technologies for the future energy. we re doing everything to bring manufacturing back, keep people working. it s a great piece of legislation. normal times, my republican colleagues would be for something such as this. democrats hope to pass the bill before they leave for august recess. as we can see here, gas prices have dipped from one month ago. the national average for a gallon of regular gas now stands at $4.21. u.s. president joe biden still testing positive after a rebound case of covid. the white house physician said the president continues to feel well as he isolates. kevin liptak has more details.