buenos dias. good morning. welcome to your "new day." i'm boris sanchez. >> and i'm sara sidner. 16 people are confirmed dead following flooding in kentucky. the numbers could double. this morning we're hearing of survivors as the rain is coming more. we're learning the inspector general at the department of homeland security knew for months about the missing secret service text messages sent

during the insurrection. what that could mean for the january 6 committee's investigation. and senator joe manchin breeds new life into president biden's domestic agenda. how this latest string of legislative wins could play into the elections as democrats fight to stay in power. plus, someone might be waking up a billionaire this morning. the latest on the jackpot and where things stand right now. we're so glad you're with us this saturday, july 30th. welcome to "new day" and welcome to one of my finest people, sara sidner. >> thank you. buenos dias. we're both miami people. i'm not a morning person. >> you have to ramp up the

energy for these early hours. sadly we start with sttragedy a catastrophic flooding in kentucky. at least six people are dead including children. the death toll is certain to rise. >> the governor andy beshear said it's hard to get a fix since cell service is out in many areas. flooding wiped out homes and cell service in eastern kentucky. >> our church was cement and it completely wiped everything out. >> the fast-rising floodwaters forced many people to evacuate. you see there. the storms caught a whole lot of people by surprise in the middle of the night. >> we're hearing about this heartbreaking story. in not county four kids dieds when they and their parents were forced to climb the roof to

escape the rising water. the parents tried to hold onto them, but the young kids were swept away. >> there was a house there and this trailer with this family of six, and it just washed them a away. >> cnn's mike valero joins us live from kentucky. mike, give us a sense of what you're seeing. it's dark there, still very, very early, but the devastation seems to be really serious. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning to you. the homes seem to have been cleared off their foundations. you can see the eight lines of the white concrete foundations. also, sara and boris, you can see this 45-degree angle in front of me and over my left shoulder, and it shows you where it was pushed by the grapevine creek in hazard, kentucky.

it careened into the creek behind me. we actually have drone video captured during the daylight hours yesterday just showing you where this home ended up a hundred yards away from where we're standing, again, showing the power of these floodwaters. a tame and docile creek at normal times. as you mentioned, the death toll stands at 16 with six children part of that death toll. yesterday during a news conference, governor beshear said, hey, we think the death toll could multiple by by at le two. we're holding our breath. there are still members of the hospital system who are still missing at this hour. third, this is going to be the

only dry day in the next 48 to 72 hours. this is the opportunity for the rescuers to access the parts of the commonwealth of kentucky who are still cut off from the civilized world until we have rain chances and flood chances growing again monday into tuesday. guys, let's send it back to you. >> thank you so much for that report. survivors of the flood are sharing their stories. one woman says her home and her parents' home was badly damaged in the flooding, but this morning she's grateful because she arrived just in time to save her elderly parents. here's some of what she shared. >> after about an hour, i got in my car and i made my way to my dad's. it took me 45 minutes to make a 16-mile trip it was so bad, the rain was so 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. it was close to their house already. they had an elderly wheel-bound -- wheelchair-bound lady with them, so we got them dressed, grabbed what we could, and got them out. i'm very blessed that my sister and my niece and both of my parents are safe. >> when you look at those pictures, you can see why. cars just under water. cnn's meteorologist allison chinchar is with us. there's relief on the way, i understand, for these devastated communities. >> there is. you need it. you need time to clean up from this. flooding takes time. it's not more of an immediate effect where as soon as the tornado moves out, you can get into the cleanup. we've had two one in 1,000 year

flooding events. this is a live look at the radar. . the point is there's nothing there. that's a good thing. they need this dry time to be able to clean up and allow the water to recede. the thing is there's still flood warnings. the reason for that, we're talking about the creeks, the streams, and the rivers. those things aren't so quick to receive as say the roadways would be or the water in your home. you'll notice here this is the kentucky river. notice, we're still at that cresting point right now. so in some of those placeses, the water is still actually rising before it should finally start to come back down later on today, allowing that water to begin to recede. the thing is we've got more rain on the way. not in the short term. for todaying it will remain dry from that stchlt l. louis to ke region. starting as early as sunday mormorn

mor morning, we'll start to see the rain come in and then we'll start to see the rain bands pick up. >> difficult for those folks in kentucky. allison chinchar in the weather center, thank you. now we turn to the january 6th investigation. cnn has learned new exclusive details about the missing secret service text messages sought by the select committee. according to multiple sources, the inspector general of the homeland security knew about those missing messages for months. >> cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wild has the story for us. >> reporter: the inspector general was aware of the missing text messages as of 2021. but the office was notified the text messages were erase and notified the office in may,

seven months earlier. the secret service explained the text messages were lost as part of the cleaning of the cellphones. the sources also told cnn that one of the main problems here is that key personnel within the secret service didn't realize the texts were totally gone, and when they did realize this, they tried to go back to the cellular provider to retrieve that information, but they couldn't do it. again, that was back in spring of 2021. a few months later in july of 2021, inspectors at the attorney general's office told the department of homeland security they were no longer seeking the text messages. kafarry's office started to look into the missing text messages again. oopsz these details show how many knew they were gone.

further, if they were gone in 2021, it's going to be so much more difficult now, more than a year late erngs r to try to get information back, information that could very well be lost for good. >> the legal department is preparing for a legal fight with trump's white house officials as his inner circle is about to testify about the former president's actions and conversations surrounding the attack on january 6th. one major point of interest is the 25th amendment. we're learning they're seeking testimony of the cabinet members who discussed removing then president trump from office. >> key witnesses include former treasury secretary steeben mnuchin and the former dni, john ratcliffe. at issue are claims of executive privilege that the president is going to try to invoke to try to

shield information from the federal grand jury as the investigation deepens. cnn's ryan nobles walks us through those details. >> reporter: the department of justice is inching closer and closer to former president donald trump. new cnn reporting shows prosecutors are girding for a fight against executive privileges, to force witnesses to testify about the role trump play may have played leading up to january 6th. >> when the court considers the issues, they haven't looked favorably toward the white house and the presidency. the biggest and most obvious one is the united states versus nixon. >> reporter: trump himself is not considered to be a target yet. a list of trump officials who have already cooperated with the committee and are cooperating with the doj is growing. it comes as transcripts of interviews are handed over to

investigators. >> they have indicated they want access to a certain number of transcripts. we have negotiated back and forth. >> reporter: the committee has also stepped up their outreach and engagement with cabinet officials. former chief of staff mick mulvaney met with investigators thursday and said they're very interesting in the false claims of election fraud and their access to the white house. >> the inner circle who have been identified as the crazying how did they get the access that they did? >> reporter: "washington post" reported that text messages from wolf and guch nelly were lost from their electronic devices. wolf said he handed over his phone intact when he resigned after january 6th. meanwhile the house minority

leader kevin mccarthy, who cassidy hutchison said was one of the republicans who pleaded for trump to call things off claims she doesn't remember him calling her that i don't think i wanted a lot of people coming up to the capitol, but i don't remember the conversation. >> reporter: and, boris and sara, we're learning more about the timeline when the inspector general of the department of homeland security may have first learned the text messages may have been deleted. it's much earlier than he may have told congress. they could have been gone as early as may of 2021. that's more than a year before he informed the congressional oversight committees that were interested in this information and also the january 6th select committee. i spoke on friday with jamie raskin, a member of the committee. he told me he is very suspicious about the way these text were deleted, and he believed the committee needs to know more

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china has vowed to take, quote, resolute and forceful measures. don't forget she warned in a previous phone call not to play with fire when it comes to taiwanese sovereignty. blake, bring us up to speed on the potential visit. it seems the stakes are pretty high. >> reporter: incredibly high. boris, sara, we know the speak over the house nancy pelosi is going to visit japan, south singapore, malaysia, excuse me, but the big question, as you guys pointed out, we don't know whether or not nancy pelosi is going to visit the self-governed island of taiwan. we do know the prospect has infuriated china and beijing has vowed to take forceful and resolute measures if she takes the trip.

tensions continue to get worse. this was a backdrop of a more than two-hour phone call between the president and xi jinping. china firmly opposed taiwan independence and warns that the u.s. saying that those that play with fire will perish by it. now, if the trip does happen, it would be the highest-level u.s. visit to the island in 25 years with pelosi being second in line to the presidency. and even though her trip to taiwan is still uncertain, earlier this week the pentagon said it's developing a security plan to send ships and aircrafts to the region to keep pelosi safe. and they say to get pelosi to taiwan would involve ships and land-based assets to protect a bubble around her airplane that could warn of any potential threats. although senior military officials say no military assets

have moved toward taiwan, the u.s. has an aircraft carrier, the "uss ronald reagan," and its striker conducting routine operations in the south china sea. while officials say -- or lawmakers can in china and u.s. have weighed in, it's worth noting they're keeping a low profile to avoid the perception that taipei is encouraging the speaker's visit, which could provoke beijing. >> yeah. there's a lost heat around this and a lot of people begging her off. blake essig, thanks so much. president biden got an unexpected boost in a flurry of activity in congress. let's take a look. there's the passage of the c.h.i.p.s. act that boosted the building of semi-conductors, a climate package passed by

manchin and chuck schumer and an assault weapons ban latest. joning us is daniel lippman with "politico." daniel, good morning. let's start on the weapons ban that passed last night. it has almost no chance of passing a filibuster in the senate. who or what is standing in the way there? >> what's standing in the way is the ten republicans needed in the senate, and they're uniformly against this assaults weapons ban. their base voters are against it, and so there's no reason for them to see to give biden a win on this. and so they -- congress did pass that bipartisan, you know, gun reform bill a few weeks ago, but republicans are unwilling to take this extra step because, remember, when you're a politician in congress these days, the biggest worry you have is fighting off a primary, not

in a general election. so that is something that is a no-go zone for republicans. >> daniel, perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the last week is biden's domestic agenda was resuscitated, news that joe manchin struck a deal with this wide-ranging legislation bill. now we wait for kyrsten sinema, the senator from arizona, because her vote is going to make or break this bill. what factors go into her decision? >> i think, you know, the factors are she doesn't want to embarrass biden. she doesn't want to probably go down in history as the senator that blocks important climate change action, you know. everyone looks to their legacy, and sinema is in that group of senators. you know, this would be an historic bill, almost $370

billion in funding for climate change. remember under obama it was less than $100 billion. so, i think, she's seen as more liberal than joe manchin. remember, she started off as a green party-type person in arizona, and so this is kind of her bread and butter or it used to be. and so, you know, she doesn't want to face the rackwrath of t left. she may have a primary in a few years. that will factor in. this could really help democrats' chances in november in terms of getting democratic base more excited because they've been worried about not having a lot of wins recently. >> yeah. i did want to ask you about democrats' chances in november, but november 2024 because as my cnn colleague alison cam rat ta heard in a conversation with a group of democratic voters have views the white house won't like

hearing. listen to this. >> i always saw joe as a one-term transitional figure, and i'm hopeful that the democrats can field another nominee who's even stronger than joe. >> that coincides with this new cnn poll that shows some 75% of democratic voters want someone other than joe biden to run for their party in 2024, a poll the white house says they're not worried about. daniel, should they be? >> well, there's no chance of any democratic -- you know, serious democratic opposition in a primary against a sitting u.s. president. and so i think it's more a factor of democrats feel like, you know, biden has not gotten enough done, and so this could actually help his case, the flurry of action on the hill. but there isn't a wide democratic bench, and i think democrats are waiting to see if donald trump runs again, and if

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we may be in a recession, but it's complicated. we have a strong labor market. >> as the interest rates are rising, who makes the call on whether we're in a recession or not? cnn's christine romans breaks it all down. >> hi, boris and sara. the headlines gripping the conversation, will we or won't we have a recession? the u.s. economy shrank for a second straight quarter. gross domestic product, gdp, contracting 0.9% in the spring after shrinking in the first quarter. an independent committee of economists at the neebr, they're the ones who will make the official call. the neebr makes the decision on the activity lasting more than a few months and judges each case

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they're trying to determine how much in damages jones will have to pay for families of two sandy hook victims who sued and won. jones' position to seek bankruptcy protection also comes after he was found legally responsible in a separate defamation case in connecticut. joining me now to unravel all this is cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney and just a fabulous guy, joey jackson. thanks for being here, joey. >> great to see you, sara. gr . >> thanks for waking up early to unravel this. can you talk about this that's underway in texas? the jury is deciding damages. >> keep in mind the context, right? already there was a default judgment issue. what does that mean? it means he was accused of and found response aboutable for

spreading lies and a conspiracy theory in tof something significant, the killing of 21 first graders. by not participating, default means if you don't participate, you don't avail yourself to the legal process, you lose. base pond that, now you stand to get into, right, liability having been determined for defamation, you get into the issues of damages. damages are a jury making an assessment as to what monetary awards come out of your liability. that's the process we're in now. in order to halt that, delay that, and otherwise impair that proceeding, we're now seeing a bankruptcy filing, keeping in mind bankruptcy is something companies do avail themselves in american, but they avail themselves of it because they want to seek reorganization, seek protection from creditors in the event they owe money legitimately that they can't pay. this seems to be done the in the

context of avoid, not pay for their responsibility. so with regard to how it affects it, though, it's early to tell, the federal bankruptcy court, which we saw early this year when he did the same thing, can delay a state proceeding. but i think when there's a delay, justice delayed would not be justice denied. again, very briefly, in the event you want to file bankruptcy protections, file them. they should be for legal purposes. the issue here is whether that was around a legitimate filing, and if not, if he's found responsible, he should pay up. >> the judge will have to approve, as i understand it, a bankruptcy. they'll probably look at all of these different things. he's tried this before. three smaller companies tied to jones declared bankruptcy earlier this year. i'm actually curious just about the pain that these families have experienced because of some of the things that he has said. and will that be something the

jury really looks at, the emotional pain that they have been through after, you know, it's kind of torture for them. their children were killed, and he basically called it fake. >> yeah. i really think so. i mean, certainly we have first amendment&ri rights in this country, but that folds when people are impaired in a very detrimental way and they impact families as you noted. this was not a conspiracy. this was not families in cahoots with the government in order to deal with any or make statements related to gun control, right? it happened. and so when you do that and you affect someone by saying it's not real when they lost their child, that's problematic. why do i mention that? it's not going to be lost on the jury, sara, that has to assess damages, that is, money, and how much they're responsible for paying. what damage did you cause, how were they impaired, and what award were they given. keep in mind as we have this discussion, the whole purpose is

to shield themselves from any monetary liability. i think at the end of the day the courts catch up with this maneuver, and while they might delay it, again, at the end of the day, if you're doing it for famous purposes, the law will catch up with you. i think clearly here under these facts, clearly sympathetic, the jury could award millions of dollar dollars. $150 million was asked for. >> you look at this declaring of bankruptcy with several of the companies linked to him. is it a possibility the judge will look at this and see he's trying to potentially avoid having to pay these judgments and decide, no, you can't -- is that a possibility where the judge says, no, i'm not going to agree to this bankruptcy? >> yeah. i think that that has to be a possibility, and that will be what attorneys will be arguing. again, you know, we have laws in this country designed to protect

companies and individuals. in the event you think you have to restructure, reassess debts and creditors, if you're a debtor, owing money, you can do that. but if you do it under false pretenses, false purposes, to shield yourself from legitimate issues, it becomes a problem, and it will be tough to say and see how the judge doesn't see that and the jury doesn't see that as a real motivation for doing that. yes, i think that's a very viable path that happens in this instance. >> joey jackson, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> always. great to see you, sara. a quick reminder you can cap the episode of "united shades of america." with kamau bell. don't miss it tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. on cnn. and we will be right back. and effortlessly adjusts

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now from baghdad because at least 60 people have been injured there when protesters stormed the iraqi parliament. this is in the fortified green zone where there are a lot of government buildings. >> this is the second time in less than a week the demonstrators are rallying against the nomination of a new prime minister. dozens of people have already been transported to hospital, 60. what can you tell us about why and how this unfolded? >> well, look, sara, we are seeing those stunning images once again this week of hundreds of protesters as you said, breaching the heavily fortified green zone, storming the iraqi parliament in baghdad. this is the second time this week. and these protesters are loyalists to the cleric.

we saw earlier this week protests from the same loyalists in response to the nomination of the rival shiite leader. he was nominated by the largest share alliance for position of prime minister, and this comes after months and months of political deadlock and stalemate. actually it fell short slightly of the kemah jort. now we're seeing key protests in the nomination of his rival, but this has been seen as the only way to bring an end of months and months of stalemate, much to the support of his supporters. we heard from the outgoing prime minister calling for calm on wednesday. we have seen a pretty serious security presence, security forces cracking down on protesters, using water cans and tear gas, trying to push them

outside the green zone to rae store calm in the area, but there are real concerns because it's the largest protest we've seen in baghdad since the october elections. there are concerns this could open the door once again to further political instability in iraq. we have had heard calls for support. >> thank you so much. there's a debate that's been reignited in the nfl. is there a double stanned for for black quarterbacks in the league? this is back in the news. now another quarterback a star is weighing in. stay with us. i've already told everyone! (cool guy) $30.....that's awesome. (mom) it's their best ununlimited prie ever. (woman) for $3$30 a line, i'm switching now. (vo) the network you want. the price you love. only frorom verizon.

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so kansas city chief player doesn't understand. >> this is an issue that goes back a really long time, decades with the league. tell me what's going on. >> there was a time there were no black quarterbacks in the nfl. rose bowl mvp yet wasn't drafted into the nfl. he eventually became a hall of famer. things are different now. we could see ten of the 32 nfl teams with starting quarterbacks this season. one is kyler murray. but they put the topic of black

qbs in the spotlight again. it included an addendum, requiring them to do four hours of independent game study in the game weeks. kyler murray called it disres disrespectful. yesterday mahomes was asked why he thinks black quarterbacks face criticisms that others don't? >> i think every day we're proving that we should have been playing the whole time. we've got guys that think just as well as they can use their athleticism. it always is where we see guys like me, lamar, kyler, get on them when other guys don't, but at the same time we go out there and prove we're some of the best quarterbacks in the league. yankees'al staar aaron judge making his presence felt last night, robbing melendez of a home run, stretching out like a pair of pantyhose on a pole.

he launched into the night sky. a two-run shot. his 40th of the season. one is good. twice is nice. eighth inning, bases loaded, judge unloads them, grand slam, thank you, man. the most homers by any yankee ever, and there's still two months to go. this one's for you, sara. one high school player has taken the commitment leto a level. what better way to announce you're going to play for the gators than ta to bring two live gators. he's a speedster. i hear they have a pretty good journal it. program there, sara, at the university of florida. >> yes, they do. >> chomp, chomp, baby, let's go. >> chomp, chomp. you notice the gators' mouths

were taped though. he knows. we come for you. coy, thank you so much. >> you've got it. the next hour of "new day" starts right now. le good morning and welcome to your "new day." i'm sara sidner. >> good morning, sara. i'm boris sanchez. this morning 16 people are confirmed dead after devastating flooding hits kentucky. the governor there believes the death toll could double. this morning we're hearing from survivors as the state braces for more rain in the coming days. and the january 6 committee is zeroing in on former president trump's inner circle. the former high-level officials now willing to testify, and how significant those discussions could be in the investigation. plus, we have new details on that proposed prisoner swap to get two americans out of russia. how a convicted murderer could be the key to getting brittney griner and paul whelan home.