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down to earth uncontrolled. and kansas voters are set to become the first to decide if abortion rights should change in the wake of the roe v. wade reversal. you re in the cnn newsroom. well, in eastern kentucky, it is more dreaded news after days of heartbreak and anguish. the threat of more rain now hanging over parts of kentucky decimated by this week s deadly flash floods. a flood watch is now in effect, and that is raising concerns about the massive search and rescue operation wrapping up its third day. 25 people are confirmed dead, and that includes four children all from the same family. they were siblings between two and eight years old. kentucky s governor says he does not know how many are still missing but says the death toll could rise for weeks as bodies are recovered. washed out roads and bridges and slowing those efforts. and with at least hundreds of homes destroyed, the misery seems to deepen by the hour. it s hard to put into words just the amo ....
aggressive behaviour and assault. the final medals have been one of the common wealth games. australia top the table with a record breaking middle hole petit mangan. and i am reeta chakrabarti live from the alexander stadium where the closing ceremony is due to start in around happen our marketing the end of the competition of ii happen our marketing the end of the competition of 11 days of sport. good evening and welcome to the bbc news channel. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years has revealed that some areas are dental deserts. out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted. 90% said they were no longer accepting any new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. and in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn t find a sing ....
hey, everyone. it s saturday, august 6th. thank you for waking up with us. phil i shouldn t ask about how you re holding up. how is your wife holding up with those four children? they have been fed, as far as i know right now. not watching on the cameras like you guys have. they are happy with their breakfast. i hope there s some cartoons going on. i have to be careful about tv stuff. it s saturday. you watch cartoons, right? phil, when are you coming home? after 11:00. don t worry, wifey. walk through the door and here s the children. it s the beauty of it. amara great to be with you. step by step, democrats moving closer to a major climate bill. that bill has passed a key hurdle in kyrsten sinema, who supports the legislation. her support is essential as democrats push for passage of the legislation, after what we will call a convoluted procedural process. here s a snapshot of what is in the bill. it includes $369 billion to combat climate change, which is t ....
at $2,000 and extend expiring health care subsidies for three years. jessica dean is live on capitol hill with more on all of this, jessica, what is happening? reporter: well we have the senate in session now, fredricka. they are doing a couple of nomination votes to get everybody here and everybody moving and in the meantime behind the scenes the democrats are waiting on final rulings from the senate parliamentarian because remember they re using the specialized budget process in order to move this legislation forward. it requires the support of only democrats but they also have to pass the test of the senate parliamentarian who is looking over every provision and making sure that it fits within this budget process. so they re waiting on final rules from her. they re also waiting for the congressional budget office to see just how much some they re going to score this and how much it will cost and how much it will effect the deficit. so they re waiting on a couple ....
reporter: the federal reserve just made history announcing that they re raising interest rates by 3/4 of a percentage point for the second meeting in a row. we haven t seen anything like that in back to back meetings in modern fed history, but we re not in nor times. we re dealing with the worst inflation inflation prices in 40 years. inflation remains elevated due in part to russia s invasion of ukraine and very high food and energy prices. so the fed is stepping in and acting like the firefighter. they re trying to put this inflation fire out. the goal here is to raise borrowing costs and try to cool off red hot demand, and that should hopefully allow supply a chance to catch up. but you know, officials also signaled that they re not nearly done with rate hikes. they said it would, quote, will be appropriate to continue raising interest rates. and here s the problem. they re raising rates into an economy that is already showing cracks here. in the new statement toda ....