hello, and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> it just washed away. i mean people in them. we don't even know how many's missing at this point. >> homes, possessions and at least 16 lives swept away, including six children with little warning. this as kentucky braces for even more rainfall after

already-devastating flooding. and, is taiwan on the itinerary? it's still a mystery as house speaker pelosi leaves for asia. putin makes his move. the kremlin's counter offer to bring brittney griner and paul whelan back home. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brunhuber. we begin with the humanitarian tragedy in the u.s. president biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state of kentucky, as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including six children. and that death toll is expected to rise. the raging waters decimated entire neighborhoods. scores of people are still missing. the kentucky governor andy beshear say it's hard to get a fix on the exact number since

cell service is out this many areas, and he added that the state has never seen anything like this. here he is. >> there are still so many areas we still can't get to. the water hasn't crested in some parts of eastern kentucky. so we can't even get into some hollers and see who is there. there are people out there all across kentucky and america that are scared, because they can't reach their relatives with cell phone service down. thousands without power. water systems overwhelmed. so we are still in search and rescue for what is an ongoing disaster. in the days ahead, as the water goes down, we'll turn towards the rebuilding, and that's going to take years. it is devastating for us. >> bridges have been demolished. and some houses were completely carried away by the raging water. cnn's joe johns reports, for

some the devastation is just too much. >> in a room completely crushed. >> reporter: tammy eversole's home in perry county now in the middle of squabble creek. like her, others have lost everything in the floods. >> no water, no electricity, no nothing. >> reporter: joe is one of the lucky ones. but he says many of his neighbors lost their homes. >> it just washed away. i mean people in them. we don't even know how many's missing at this point. it happened in the middle of the night. nobody really got a warning. that's the problem. it just happened so quick and everybody got washed away. >> reporter: nearly 300 people cut off by the flooding have been rescued so far according to the governor. the devastation widespread. debris along this creek. broken bridges. downed trees. >> i've never seen this before.

in all the years i've lived here. i have never seen this. never. >> reporter: the storm wiped out power, breaking down communication. >> the area this storm hit is totally annihilated. our infrastructure. water. telephone, internet, electricity. all the basic roads. all the basic things you would build a community around have disappeared. >> certainly done three-plus flights and/or tours over flooded areas. this is by far the worst. >> reporter: after flying over the hard-hit region, the governor delivered more grim news. >> i have received notice this that they located the bodies of those four children. that means we've got at least six dead children. that's hard. hundreds of homes. the ballparks, fields, businesses, under more water

than any of us have ever seen in that area. absolutely impassable. numerous spots. so just devastating. >> reporter: joe johns, cnn, eastern kentucky. >> for more on all this extreme weather, i'm joined by cnn meteorologist derek van dam. we heard the governor say he's never seen anything like this. this is two separate 1,000-year flood events in the u.s. what does all this mean? >> having back to back one in 1,000-year events is extremely rare. we had st. louis earlier in the week and eastern kentucky just a couple days ago where exceptional amounts of rain fell in a short period of time. what exactly does one in 1,000-year event mean? it doesn't mean that every 1,000 years we'll see a flood of this magnitude. it is a statistical average that meaning that a .1% chance.

a deck of cards, right? if we're referring to a 100-year flood, the cumulative risk over a 30-year period, the odds there about 26%. that's like pulling out any red heart from the deck of cards. a one in 500-yard flood is equivalent to the chances of you pulling out two red hearts out of that deck of cards. but a one in 1,000-year event, this flood, for example, or the two one in 1,000 year events is so rare, it's like pulling out a red diamond ace of spades out of the deck of cards. probability there about 3% over that cumulative 30-year period. but we know under climate change, a changing planet, we are seeing warmer temperatures, which leads to more atmospheric moisture which leads to increase in precipitation events.

a study recently showed a significant increase over the eastern third of the country in terms of heavy precipitation events. and when we talk about what's happening in kentucky today, we actually have a reprieve within the heavy rainfall. but notice and pay attention chose to the top portion of the tv screen in terms of the time. by sun afternoon and evening, look at the thunderstorms hitting hardest. weather prediction center has increased this to a warning. when that land is saturated any additional rainfall could allow for rivers, creek and air reas e again to become neeflooded. >> not what we want to hear. thank you. we appreciate it.

joining me on the phone from near jackson, kentucky is kayla fugate whose home was destroyed by the floods. thank you so much for being here with us. i want to stress off the top, so you and your family right now are safe. you've taken shelter in another home, sort of further away from your house. but tell me about when the floods first hit, sort of where were you and when did you realize that things were getting really dangerous? >> okay. so my son was actually spending the night with his grandfather. and he was worried about the rain. and he called me, and he's like, you know, it's raining really bad. i said okay. and he wanted me to check on his nana, my mother. so i called her, and then we lost internet. and once we lose internet here there's no way of reaching anybody because we don't have very good cell phone signal. and i was like, i'm going to give it an hour.

if the internet's not back on then i'm going, because i just had this feeling, this gut feeling, because i've seen it flood here, and the amount of rain we getting was horrible. so after about an hour i got in my car and made my way to my dad's. took me about 45 minutes to make a 15-mile trip. the rain was horrible. when i got to their house they were asleep. i woke them up and we immediately went to the back porch. and the river was rising incredibly fast. t and it was chose to their house already. they had an elderly wheelchair-bound lady with them. so we got them, grabbed what they could and got them out. this was around 4:30 in the morning. and then once it hit daylight, i went immediately to my house, my mother's house in south jackson, and could you already see the river across the, it's about the

size of a football field, field from my mother's house of the river. i am like you got to get out now. my 8-year-old niece was with her. we got them out just m tiin tim because the water was rising so quickly. i've never seen water, especially the river rise the way that it did. it was like every 30 minutes it seemed like it was coming up another foot. >> that must have been absolutely terrifying, and you must have been thinking what would have happened had you not woken your parents up. >> definitely. i'm sorry, this is still really fresh and really emotional. i'm very blessed tonight that my sister and my niece and both of my parents are safe. because others are not so lucky.

>> yeah. gosh, yeah, it's just a miracle that your family did survive. i saw the pictures of your home where you have grown-up and live. it's completely under water, right? >> yes. >> is it just gone? i mean, what's -- >> so as of right now we haven't been able to make it over to the house to assess the damages, because they have the highway shut down because there's a levee between our lake and the river. and they are worry ied that tha levee is going to give way or the water's going go over the top of the highway there and go into the lake. so they have that shut down and it's only open for emergency response vehicles at this time. and the water is still high. so we're not able to know the amount of damage just yet. we know it's still there. it didn't float.

it's still physically there, because we've had people send us photos of it today. but we won't be able to get into it until the water either goes down and we can go across a mountain to get to it or until the highway is opened back up. >> gosh, the governor said it will take years for the communities to get back. i mean how long do you think it will be for you and your family to rebuild do you think ? >> well, the sad part about it is, kim, a lot of the people in this county were just starting to get close to getting back on their feet from the floods of march 2021. because that was a historic flood as well. and a lot of them, you know, we have to start completely over. and it is, it's going to take, it's going to take a lot of time. it's going to take a lot of resources. luckily, we are very

community-driven here. we all help each other. even when, you know, there's no other help that comes. we still help each other. but it's going, just like, it's going to take years. it aes it's going to take a lot of time to rebuild. >> i know you're not completely out out of the woods. there are more rains coming. i know you have your eye on a creek that's swelling near you. we westeish you and your family the best. glad they are safe, that's the main thing, and we wish you all the best. thank you so much for speaking with us, kayla fugate. really appreciate that. so for more information about how can you help victims of the kentucky flooding, go to cnn.com/impact. and do stay with us. next hour i'll be talking to meteorologist and journalist bob

henson about how climate change is playing a role in these massive natural disasters. it's not just happening here in the u.s. according to officials in pakistan, more than 380 people have been killed since monsoon season began in the southwestern part of the country. more than 110 deaths have been reported and damage to bridges has left people stranded. more storms and rain are expected across all major rivers in the country for the coming hours. and in iran at least 53 people have been killed and more than a dozen missing after heavy rain triggered massive flooding and landslides across that country. several airports and main highways have been closed. iran's meteorological agency says the rain will continue across parts of the country, including tehran. deadly strike on ukrainian

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so you're look at live pictures here. protesters have been gathering outside baghdad's parliament building. they are loyal to the cleric and protesting the new prime minister. 70 lawmakers withdrew creating a stalemate. they have been unable to form a new government since elections last october. now to the latest in ukraine, which is blaming russia for holding up the implementation of their grain export deal. they are ready to start shipments from their black seaports but russia is yet to

sign off on the location of safety routes for the grain ships. on the battlefield, russia's artillery keeps pounding locations in the donetsk region. ukraine and russia are trading blame for an attack on a prison holding ukrainian p.o.w.s. russia says 40 prisoners were killed on a strike in the facility in the occupied east friday. but both sides are denying responsibility and pointing the finger at each other. for more, jason carroll joins us from kyiv. let's start with that latest line, the attack on the prison. what more are we learning about that? >> reporter: as you say re rightly, kim. you've got each side saying that the other side is responsible for what happened. the ukrainian president weighing in on the issue, calling it a deliberate war crime, not mincing any words there, going on to say that the russians committed a quote, deliberate

mass murder of ukrainian prisoners of war, going on to say there should be a clear recognition of russia as a terrorist state. again, some 40 prisoners of war were damaged during that attack. dozens more were badly, badly injured. you know, after what happened there during that attack. according to ukrainian intelligence, they say it was carried out by some sort of a russian mercenaries. they are the one whose are responsible for what happened. but a very different story from the russian point of view. the russians are saying, nope, what happened was it was the ukrainian those are responsible for the attack. they say it was carried out with the help of weapons provided by the meshes. of course cnn cannot independently verify who is right in this, who is wrong in this. the red cross is offering their assistance in this matter as well, saying that the red cross also put out a statement saying that p.o.w.s are protected under

the international humanitarian law. so when something like this happens, it's very difficult to discern who is telling the truth. but the ukrainians are asking not only the red cross but the united nations to step in and conduct an independent investigation. kim? >> all right, thanks so much, jason carroll, we appreciate it. the biden administration is accusing russia of bad faith in proposing that a convicted russian murderer be exchanged for paul whelan and brittney griner. cnn has exclusive reporting. the kremlin also wants a prisoner serving a life sentence in germany. the u.s. dismissing the offer as a stalling tactic. here's what jim sciutto was told. >> reporter: holding two american citizens hostage in exchange for an assassin and a third party country is not a

serious counter offer, jim. it's a bad faith attempt to avoid a very serious offer and proposal that the united states has put forward. and we urge russia to take that offer seriously. >> now no one expects the kremlin to make any final decisions about a swap until brittney griner's drug striel is over. russian courts have a very high conviction rate. so griner's team is pleading for leniency. >> reporter: wnba star brittney griner focussed on the final and decisive phase of her trial on drug charges in russia. griner's lawyer says the athlete is keeping the faith. >> she's quite nervous. and she knows that the end of the trial is approaching. but she really appreciates all the support hshe's getting.

>> reporter: griner's team is building their strategy on trying to get leniency from the court. >> i do understand what my charges are against me. and with them being accidentally in my bag, i take responsibility, but i did not intend to smuggle or plan to mu smuggle anything to russia. >> reporter: the legal team believes so far their strategy has worked. >> the court listens. the court accepts already almost all our evidence, so i think that it is going how we planned. >> reporter: but conviction rates in russia are well over 90%. and brittney griner faces up to ten years in prison if found

guilty. the u.s. has been frustrated by a lack of progress trying to organize a prisoner swap to get brittney griner and paul whelan, who's currently serving a 16-year sentence for alleged espionage, which he denies, released. secretary of state blinken says he raised the issue. >> i pressed the kremlin to step the substantial proposal that we put forward on the release of paul whelan and brittany griner. >> reporter: but the russians have made clear they don't want to speak publicly about prisoner swaps. >> translator: this topic was discussed over a year ago, during the geneva meeting between presidents putin and biden. there they agreed to authorize competent people to deal with these issues. the foreign ministry is not one of them. >> reporter: brittney griner's legal team says they have not been made aware of any negotiations and are only focussed on the tough legal

battle ahead. >> she has to say that she love everybody. she misses her family. of course her wife, and, again, she appreciates a lot the huge support she's getting from wnba, from the sports community in the usa and russia worldwide. so she's very, very grateful. and it really means a lot for her. >> reporter: fred pleitgen, cnn, moscow. u.s. officials arebra braci for how china might react if nancy pelosi visits taiwan. here she is. >> the president earlier, well, earlier in his term, talked about a strong emphasis on the asian pacific. he, he has visited there as vice president has visited, the

secretary of commerce and others. and we want the congress of the united states to be part of that initiative. i'm very excited should we go to the countries that we're, you'll be hearing about along the way. >> blake essig is following developments for us from tokyo. so we have threat ints from bei, hand wringing in waufshington. and we still don't know whether or not heshe is going to taiwan. >> we do know the prospect of her visit has infuriated china. it has vowed to take resolute and forceful measures fortif th trip goes ahead. this was the backdrop for a more than two-hour phone call between president biden and xi jinping.

during the call, xi said china strongly opposes taiwan independence and china says those who play with fire will perish by it. if the visit does occur, it will be the first visit by a high-ranking official in years. it's developing a security plan, moving ships and aircraft into the region to keep pelosi safe. military operation to get pelosi to taiwan would likely include ships or land-based assets with high-powered radars to provide a protective bubble around her airplane that could warn of any potential threats, although senior u.s. officials are saying no military assets at this point have moved toward taiwan. the u.s. currently does have an aircraft carrier, the uss ronald reagan as part of a routine

operation with fighters and reconnaissance on board that aircraft carrier. while officials and lawmakers in the unite andd states and chinae weighed in. taiwanese are likely keeping a low profile. now as for the people living in taiwan, a general lack of concern has to do with the fact that beijing hasn't amassed troops or issued any stronger warnings against the island. it's important to remember that taiwan has been living under the constant threat of china for more than seven decades. and some people in taiwan don't think china will do anything. if the visit does take place, beijing has vowed to take action. what that looks like, kim, is anyone's guess. >> all right, we'll keep following this story. blake essig live in tokyo.

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i'm kim bruin hnhuber, and this "cnn newsroom." we're learning new information about secret service text messages that may have been deleted around the time of the u.s. capitol riot. the department of home hand secur land security was aware of the missing texts as early as may of 2021. they could shed light on events that day, especially concerning testimony that former president trump wanted to go to the capitol. now all of this as kevin mccarthy responds to key testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. mccarthy was pressed about a key phone call she said he made to her as rioters converged on the

capitol. >> she testified under oath saying that you called her after donald trump said that he told his supporters they were going to go to the capitol. and were you concerned about those remarks and said don't come up here, figure it out, don't come up here. did you tell her that? and why were you concerned about the prospect of donald trump coming to the capitol on january 6? >> i don't recall that. i recall talking to jared, i recall talking to trump. if i talked to her, i don't remember it. if it was coming up here, i don't think i wanted a lot of people coming up to the capitol, but i don't remember the conversation. >> why were you worried specifically about trump coming to the capitol. >> i don't remember that. >> you don't remember being concerned about his comments? >> no, because i didn't watch it. this is what is so confusing. i didn't watch the speech. i was working.

so i didn't see what was going on. >> did you want him to come to the capitol? >> no, i never communicated to him about coming to the capitol. ly >> she said he allurssured yout he was not coming to the capitol. >> i don't recall any conversations with her about coming to the capitol. >> missing text messages are just one issue that appears to be gaining traction within the u.s. justice department. cnn's ryan nobles has our report. >> reporter: the department of justice is inching closer and closer to former president trump. new cnn reporting revealed that prosecutors are girding for a big fight over executive privilege to force witnesses to testify about the role trump may have played in the events leading up to january 6. >> when courts have considered

these separation of powers issues in the context of criminal cases, they haven't really looked favorably toward the white house and the presidency. the biggest and most obvious one is the united states versus nixon. >> reporter: president trump is not a target yet. but the list of officials cooperating with the committee and the doj are growing. as transcripts are handed over to federal investigators. >> they have indicated they want to have access to a certain number of transcripts. and we've negotiated back and forth. and the committee see ass a way make that available to them. >> reporter: they have also stepped up outreach to cabinet officials. mick mulvaney met thursday and said that they are very

interested to their access to the white house. >> that certain group of people described as the craze eies, wh did they get the information. >> reporter: text messages lost from government-issued device. wolf said he handed over his phone in tact when he resigned after january 6. meanwhile, the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, who hutchinson said was among the leaders who pleaded for trump to call his supporters off, he says he doesn't remember tcalling he. >> i don't think i want add lot wanted a hot

of plot of people coming to the capitol. >> it was a long time before he alerted anyone in congress of that fact. we're told that the current dhs ig knew in may 2021 about the missing text messages. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. wall street just closed out the month on a high note after three days of solid gains for all major u.s. indeces. it was the dow's best month of the year so far while the s&p 500 and nasdaq saw their best months in two years. but the euphoria on wall street hasn't stopped recession fierce.

jerome powell had this to say. >> i do not think the u.s. is currently in a recession. and the reason is, there are just too many areas of the economy that are performing, you know, too well. and of course i would point to the labor market in particular. as i mentioned, it's true that growth is slowing, for reasons that we understand. really, the growth was extraordinarily high last year, 5.5%. we would have expected growth to slow. >> meanwhile, the fed's preferred inflation measure just hit a 40-year high as americans grow tired of the high cost for everything from gas to food. and recession fears in europe after the economy posted growth in the second quarter. it grew by .7 of a percent, but it's not all rosie. eurozone inflation rose, a new record. and germany is flat lining.

u.s. house of representatives have taken a step on the polarized gun debate in the united natiostates, but likely to be more symbolic than anything else. >> on this vote, the yeas are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed! >> with that announcement, lawmakers in the house passed a ban on assault-style weapons, but it's expected to falter in the senate where it has little chance of overcoming a republican filibuster. house democrats pushed the measure after a spike in mass shootings involving this type of gun. assault style weapons were banned in 1994, but the measure expired ten years later. and more than 60 days after

a gunman killed 19 students and 2 teachers, one young girl is going home from the hospital. she passed out roses along the way. still to come on "cnn newsroom," the global monkeypox outbreak claims its first fatality in europe as the need for vaccines becomes more desperate in the u.s. and pope francis is back home after nearly a week in canada where he apologized to indigenous peoples. stay with us. hey, i just got a text from my sisister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow.

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there are growing concerns about the monkeypox outbreak, which the world health organization declared last week a global health emergency of international concern. spain is reporting what's thought to be the first death in europe from the virus. earlier friday the first person

to die from monkeypox outside of africa was reported in brazil. and the philippines reported its first case of the virus on friday. monkeypox can spread from person to person mostly through long physical contact, sex and respiratory droplets. the centers for disease control say there are more than 5,000 probable or confirmed monkeypox cases in the u.s. san francisco's mayor says the number of monkeypox cases has almost doubled in the city in the past ten days, and she's appealing for vaccinations now. >> we want to make it known that san francisco has one of the highest case rates already of monkeypox of any other major city in the country. we don't want to be ignored by the federal government in our need. so many leaders of the lgbt community have also, weeks ago, asked for additional support and

assistance. >> and we'll hear more from an infectious disease specialist from california coming up in the next hour. pope francis is back home in italy after a six-day trip to canada where he apologized for the role the catholic church played in past abuses. the pontiff spoke to reporters during the flight back to rome and acknowledged that indigenous people in canada suffered genocide, something that had occurred at residential schools. that generation of indigenous children were forced to attend for decades. he also discussed his health and acknowledged he had to slow down due to his age. we are joined live from rome. the pope using the word genocide, there. a significant admission, raising questions as to why he didn't say that during his actual apology tour. >> reporter: well, that's right, kim, and that's exactly why he was asked by a journalist on the plane why he didn't use that

term, and he did say, well, it's a technical term, but he didn't use it because it didn't come to mind, but that what he had been describing throughout the visit, that is the forced removal of children from their homes, from their tradition, from their language amounts to a cultural j genocide. he was happy with that term but didn't use it because it didn't come to mind. it's an important term for some indigenous people there because it was used by the canadian truth and reconciliation commission and they wanted also to hear the pope use that term, which is what he did on the plane returning from canada. as you mentioned, kim, he also discussed his health, because of course it was obvious on the trip he was using a wheelchair for most of the time and it was the first time on the plane that he used the church and he said he may have to slow down the rhythm of his trips. he will continue to travel but will have to readjust some of

the schedules because he said, you know, the knee problem is still bothering him and doctors had offered an operation but he doesn't want to have a knee operation. because last year when he had an operation for intestine he had anesthesia for six hours and has traces of ha in him. he's afraid of having anesthesia again and doesn't want to have a knee operation. so he's going to continue going ahead with thhis travels, he sa but into the in the same rhythm as he has in the past. finally, he responded to some of the rumors we heard last month about a possible resignation. he said it wouldn't be a problem. popes can change, but that is not something he is contemplating for the moment. >> appreciate the report, delia gallagher in rome. thanks so much, and we will be right back. ow . then we found shipstation.

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that is "energy", off beyonce's latest album "renaissance", seventh album has officially dropped. if social media is to be believed, it doesn't disappoint. >> reporter: baeyonce has finaly released "renaissance part one." it came out on friday and is an album full of dance tracks. here's a listen to one of the songs, "energy." ♪ ♪ beyonce's fans are thrilled because this is the first solo album that she has released in six years. she also dedicated this album to the lgbtq community, specifically on her site, paying tribute to her uncle johnny, who was gay, and she said this was for him and he served as an

inspiration for this album. there is going to be a part two and part three album that is going to be releasing soon, so the renaissance for now continues. back to you. >> it's been three months since actor will smith smacked chris rock in front of the world on the academy awards, you remember this. the attack was all anyone talked about at the time, except for will smith. now he's got something to say. he posted a five-minute video on instagram in which he publicly said he's sorry and explained why he didn't apologize for the slap in his acceptance speech for best actor later that night. >> it's all fuzzy. i've reached out to chris, and the message that came back is that he's not ready to talk. >> smith apologized to fellow actors and oscar nominees for

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♪ hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> just relieved to get out of there. i'm going to lose everything i have. >> catastrophic and deadly flooding across kentucky as rescuers are still working to reach people in areas where the roads are simply gone. we'll look at what role climate change is playing in all of this. russia and ukraine's blame game.