how the state is preparing and why this will be the second round of flooding for some. plus, we are on the eve of history. one day away from the launch of artemis i, nasa s next mission to the moon. how the forecast is shaping up and some of the more interesting things that are heading up to space in that rocket. plus, how extreme weather is uncovering some of the world s ancient treasures. thanks so much for waking up with us this sunday, august 28th. we hope you re having a great weekend. the start of a new week. good morning. i have a confession to make, i just gorged myself with a cupcake for breakfast, so i m beating you out on the prosciutto, much healthier. good to be with you. the sugar keeping me awake. some news to get to this morning. up first, assessing the damage to national intelligence from classified documents found at donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. the director of national intelligence tells congress she is conducting a damage assessment of the doc
congress that her agency is conducting a damage assessment from the classified documents found at former president donald trump s home. reporter: top intelligence official avril haynes sent a letter to two chairs of committees in the house of representatives where she confirmed for the very first time that a damage assessment will be done of the documents that were recovered from mar-a-lago. let me read for you from this letter. she told the lawmakers, quote, that the department of justice and the office of the director of national intelligence are working together to facilitate a classification review of relevant materials including those recovered during the search. okay. that means they re going to do a review to figure out how classified these documents were. there s a few different levels of classification. and they re going to figure that out first. she went on to say, odni, that s the director of national intelligence, will also lead an intelligence community assessm
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. we ve been watching some pictures of multiple explosions lighting up the night sky around gaza city. nic robertson in sderot, israel, witnessed some big secondary explosions and a huge fire in gaza. you re looking at the images there. that s what his crew witnessed. they witnessed eight rockets as well, being fired from gaza into israel. the idf says six of the eight rockets were intercepted by that country s iron dome defense system and israeli police say there are no reports of casualties just yet. the night is young. on the diplomatic front, secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting in jordan, with the request to implement pauses. in tel aviv, the family of hamas hostages held a rally in front of israel s military headquarters. organizers say it was not an antigovernment protest but rather a call for israel to do more to secure the hostages released. and cnn was part of the first group of foreign press g
their part. there s a good chance you, your families and friendses, will be able to get together in your backyard or your neighborhood and have a cookout or barbecue and celebrate independence day when we mark our independence as a nation and our independence from this virus. joining me now, nbc news chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-anchor, kelly o donnell, yamiche alcindor, former deputy white house chief of staff to president obama, jim messina and former rnc chair, michael steele. welcome, all. kristen, let me start with you. if big primetime address last night after a major legislative win. now of course the challenge to make sure that americans understand why it is that they are receiving the help that they have. what s the plan going forward? reporter: that s right. now the president and vice president are going to be focused on selling this massive piece of legislation that just passed, $1.9 trillion covid relief and of course one of the cente
45 have become president what d you think when you think of those 45 individuals we have called president? how many do you think did a goo job? what do we want in a leader? do we even expect the president to be a leader? do we want to present leaders who will tell us what we want t hear, do we want leaders who will tell us the truth, even if it s not what we want to hear? there is some consents and slightly like george, washington,. probably the same with john adams and i ve always admired abraham lincoln in large part because everything come of the failures them of the self doubt he overcame it to lead us through the most divisive time in our country s history. lincoln, a government of the people, by the people, for the people. i liked ronald reagan because h was hopeful. he also lost he lost the nomination, he came back to become one of the more popular presidents we ever had. my grandmother spoke highly of franklin roosevelt. folks still mourn what could ve been with john