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i don t want go bankrupt. i don t want to lose my house. i don t want to lose my independence or the little moral value that i have. changes people are forced to make as inflation continues to squeeze bunts. good morning and welcome to your new day. it s saturday, july poth. good morning, sara. it s great to be with you, even though we have to start with breaking news. at least 16 people are dead in kentucky including six kids. authorities there are warning the death toll is almost certain to rise. kentucky governor an dy beshear says it s hard to get a correct number with cellphone service out. flooding wiped out parts of eastern kentucky. rescue efforts have also been slowed by power outages. more than 17,000 homes and businesses remain in the dark this morning. animals are without people. people are without homes. we just need help. we need as much help, please, i m begging anyone who sees this. help my town. help my people. to hear that desperate cal ....
kentucky. it s hard to put into words the amount of devastation that we ve seen. you know, you re talking about some really, really good people here in eastern kentucky don t have a whole lot. and a lot of them have lost everything they ve got. you can hear just sorrow in his voice. the fast rising flood waters forced many people to evacuate, but the storms ended up catching a lot of people by surprise because they happened the middle of the night. and we are learning some really heart breaking stories, like this one in knotts county, four people killed when kids and their parents were forced to go to the roof. the young ones were swept away as their parents tried to hold on. there was a house there and this trailer with this family of six. and it just washed them away. cnn s joe johns joins us live now from hazard, kentucky. you can see some of the damage behind him. joe, tell what you say the latest is. reporter: well, just let me give you an idea, sara, o ....
A family in Hindman, Kentucky has tragically lost four young children while trying to get to safety during a flood. The bluegrass state has been hit with ....