to speak at any moment about the latest in his state. some of the hardest hit areas aren t out of the woods yet. another strong line of storms is forecast to move in later this evening. that is expected to compound the challenges for first responders and those who still have no homes. hotels and motels are full. so are shelters, which are forcing some people to sleep in their cars now. in perry county, one official said more than 50 bridges have been washed away. let s begin in eastern kentucky. cnn s evan mcmorris-santoro is in the town of hazard. we spoke to you last week. things look pretty bad. as the waters recede, you really see the extent of this devastation. reporter: that s right, jim. not only do you see what came before, you can get a look at how hard it s going to be to get everything back together here. you talk about bridges in perry county. i m in perry county and i m along highway 28, an important road here. i can explain to you exactly what went on when it
taiwan, despite these warnings we have been discussing from beijing. the biden administration showed support for her decision. we want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely. we ll make sure of that. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric. there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy. our will ripley is in taipei, the capital taipei, taiwan, this morning. and will, i wonder, we ve heard, as we discussed, rhetoric like this, inflammatory rhetoric often from china as it regards taiwan. they amped it up, but i wonder what taiwan is feeling about this visit, particularly from such a high level? reporter: well, there s certainly a difference probably what they re feeling at the president s office versus what we would be observing evidence folks, this is pretty universal, don t care much about it. they re not following it
it will be president biden or bust, top democrats say they don t have the plan b to replace the president at the top of the ticket at this point. voters for months now have been giving him terrible marks on top issues and expressing grave concerns over his age, fitness for office, foreign policy, economy, you name it. the list is ugly for him. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. those top democrats sounding totally dismissive of the idea of abb, anybody but biden. we aren t going to have plan b. it s plan a, joe biden. this is palace intrigue. you don t think there is a risk to putting your eggs in one basket. he is our president and we have a nominee. nobody has a plan b. he is the president. i expect him to be the nominee and win. the oldest president ever. did ronald reagan have a plan b? i don t think that s how elections happen. harris: that is at the lack of a plan b could be driving the party to kill any competition to the president is
cnn has learned that house speaker nancy pelosi is expected to visit taiwan, despite china s warnings. it was previously unknown if she would visit while leading a congressional delegation to asia. we re learning that joe biden stopped short of asking the house speaker not to visit after saying publicly the u.s. military did not believe it was a good time. china, again, warned this morning against the visit, repeating that its military won t sit idly by. not clear what they mean by that. plus, the death toll rising in kentucky. the governor announced this morning at least 30 have died. hundreds are still unaccounted for. this follows devastating flooding the eastern part of that state. more storms are potentially on the way. we ll have the latest updates in a moment. first, our top story this hour, nancy pelosi expected to visit