thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. it s friday, everyone. good morning. we are so glad you re here with us on cnn this morning. i m so happy to be joined by my friend erica hill. good morning. nice to be back with you. nice to have you. we start with sad news as we get to five things to know. a deadly tornado ripping across the texas panhandle surrounding cities. the governor rushing in aid to the devastated town of perryton. attorneys working on former president trump s classified documents case need to reach out to the justice department by today to get security clearance, the first order from the judge overseeing this case and underscores the sensitive nature of the documents the former president is accused of withholding. multiple agencies hit in a cyber attack run allegedly by criminals. the agency warning the government isn t the only target. hundreds of american companies could be at risk. secretary of stat
joining the crowded field. is there room for another candidate from the sunshine statesome with him there are three of them. we ll can him. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto, and this is cavuto live. i hope for dads tomorrow s a great day. in the meantime, fast-moving political developments. lucas tomlinson. reporter: good morning, neil. president biden departed for philadelphia for his first re-election campaign rally, as you mentioned. hopefully, the traffic situation is okay after that mess on i-95. biden removing this endorsement from some of the largest labor unions in the country. it s the earliest endorsement from the afl-cio in history. here s the president. we are a democracy, and so we ve been engaging our members, listening to them, and they want someone who will stand up and fight for them. and that s exactly what this president has done. he said he wants to be the midwest pro-union president when he took office, and he has absolutely delivered. reporter
hi there, thank you for being with us. the authorities in ukraine say more than 42,000 people are at risk from flooding, after the collapse of a major dam in the south of the country on tuesday. president putin has said ukraine was behind the breach, which he called a barbaric act . while kyiv and moscow blame each other, once again, it s civilians paying a heavy price for russia s war. this is the scene in the city of kherson entire houses and streets submerged underwater. some people waiting to be rescued in affected areas have been forced to spend the night on their roofs, or in trees as the waters rose. the dam supplies water to large tracts of agricultural land, including in crimea. and the reservoir behind it provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant further upriver. both areas are under russian control. the united nations says the dam collapse will have grave and far reaching consequences . 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is in the city
dozens of strike days are announced by security officers through july and august. # i m forever blowing bubbles. and west ham on the quite for the club s first trophy in a0 years. and on newsnight at 10.30pm: we ll go deeper behind the headlines and talk to some of the key players behind today s stories. good evening. as many as 29 towns and villages in southern ukraine have been overwhelmed by floodwater, following the destruction of a major dam in russian occupied territory. ukrainians and russians are blaming each otherfor the damage to the nova kakhovka dam, which has led to thousands of people being moved from their homes in the region of kherson. president zelensky says hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have been left without drinking water, while emergency services are searching far and wide for people stranded by the floods. water levels are still rising rapidly, and ukraine s prime minister has urged the united nations, the international red cross and other agencie
announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. thank you for being with us. we began in ukraine where floodwaters are still rising in the city of kherson after a major dam was hit on thursday. tens of thousands of people have been stranded and whole neighbourhoods submerged. officials say they could be a catastrophic impact on agriculture which would worsen the global food shortages. this eastern bank of the dnipro river is currently a no man s land. neither russia nor ukraine control here. now, no one can live here. the ukrainian army drone spotted catalina trapped in her home. they tried to drop her water no luck. her son then makes the crucial catch. they re both taken to kherson, along with her daughter, maria. a city once occupied by russia, then liberated by ukraine, now on its knees. translation: we managed to find the simplest boat, i but my father and a neighbour got carried away in it. it came loose, and the current was too powerful