land back. we cannot move forward in this country without a conversation about returning indigenous lands. and, that's the bottom line. hello, welcome. you are watching cnn news room and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, we will take you inside a ukrainian hospital on the front lines where doctors work to save the lives of the war wounded while coming under attack themselves. the legal and political aftershocks keep rumbling from mar-a-lago. some shaken by the search itself. others by what was found. all the while exposing widening

cracks in american democracy. plus, one year after the fall of kabul, we will speak live with the head of the u.n. delegation there about how the taliban takeover has reshaped life in afghanistan. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. we begin in ukraine where threats to europe's largest nuclear facility are prompting an outcry from world leaders. 42 countries along with the european union are now calling on russia to immediately withdraw its troops from the nuclear power plant. it comes after days of repeated shelling around the facility raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for the attacks. to the south, ukraine says the

underground resistance movement blew up a railway bridge near the russian held city of melitopol. russian troops used the bridge to transport weapons and other equipment from occupied crimea. meanwhile, a u.n. chartered ship carrying 23,000 tons of wheat to ethiopia is ready to set sail from ukraine. it is the first humanitarian cargo ship bound for africa since the war began. in eastern ukraine, fierce fighting has raged for months with a constant barrage of artillery inflicting massive casualties on soldiers and civilians alike. nick robertson traveled to the front lines. a warning, what you are about to see is graphic. >> reporter: the front line field hospital, a soldier gets stitched up. russian forces getting closer.

more casualties, military, and civilian coming in. >> a lot in the last week, when russia starts. >> reporter: the hospital has been hit more than once. its location, secret. >> this place that i'm working in, it is a stabilization point. so, all casualties are taken here. >> reporter: the medic himself injured here during recent shelling. surgeon gets patients stable and to safety and get ready to get more. >> we have to clean the rooms after the injured. there is a lot of blood on the floor. >> and then, transport units like mine, we transport to next

level of care in safer areas. >> reporter: arriving at care in a base hospital, this soldier. the spy spec volunteer ambulance keeping him alive on the journey. taken directly for a cat scan. >> we had our surgeon in the back together with the patient. doing all the necessary interventions to keep him alive. >> reporter: in other rooms, civilians are also getting treated. vitali hit by a cluster bomb. his leg badly broken. his arm requiring surgeries. i have had x-rays and painkillers, he said. now i'm waiting to go to the next hospital. no one kept at this rear base hospital for long, either. transferred even further from the front line. shelling here on the rise, too. they need the beds freed, fast.

>> everyone in this hospital knows the front line is getting closer. and that can only mean one thing e. more casualties. according to officials, 50 or 60 patients a day passing through. the ward won't be empty for long. nick robertson, cnn, eastern ukraine. and for more, we want to bring in nina who joins us live. the eu and other countries are asking for russia to withdraw its forces immediately. what more are you learning about this and the situation on the ground there? >> reporter: well this is an escalation of the rhetoric we have already seen last week where authorities became extremely concerned as they have been for months now. about fighting over this crucial nuclear facility which by the way, rosemary, is crucial not just to ukraine and also russia as well, it is the fact that it is the largest nuclear power plant in europe.

so, the fallout if any of the reactors of this facility were to be hit would be felt far and wide from obviously the west to the east as well. there is a concern that there is a real danger point here in terms of this facility potentially being used. it was captured earlier on in the invasion of ukraine a few weeks into the war, in fact, by russia. and ukraine has accused russia of using it as a launching point for attacks to other cities inside ukrainian territory. volodymyr zelenskyy, the president of ukraine, just yesterday in his evening address said that anybody who is a russian soldier targeted ukrainian cities on the other side of the river. from this facility should be facing international war crimes tribunals in the future and they would be a target by

ukrainian intelligence. in the meantime, just last week, the iea, the u.n. watchdog became so concerned about not just the prospect of fighting, but the fact they couldn't be assured that the nuclear reactors have been well maintained to prevent any kind of leak of radioactive material. they asked which is a plan that the united states also backs for there to be a demilitarized zone around this region. essentially trying to strike a deal between russia and ukraine to stop the fighting for a moment. and agree to allow u.n. nuclear inspectors inside the facility to make sure that things are running as they should be. and that the plant itself can make sure that it is safe in accordance to its nuclear obligation ifs you like. as yet, obviously, that appear to have fallen on deaf ears but the situation is tense. the villages and towns have continued to be targeted.

ukraine, says by attacks launched inside this facility. behind if you like, a potential line of impunity. >> thank you. u.s. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seeking more information about the documents seized at donald trump's mar-a-lago home. the top republican on the house intelligence committee wants attorney general merrick garland to testify before the panel. he says he is not convinced that what the fbi seized was sensitive enough to pose a national security threat. agents removed 11 sets of classified documents in their search this past week. and that includes materials marked with one of the highest levels of classification. democrats say they want a congressional briefing and assessment to any potential damage to national security. >> some of those documents were marked top secret. sensitive come parted

information. among the highest designation in terms of the extremely grave damage to national security that could be done if it were disclosed. the fact they were in an insecure place guarded with nothing more than a padlock, or whatever security they had at a hotel is deeply alarming. >> joining me now is ron brownstein. senior political analyst and editor at the atlantic. always great to have you with us. >> hi rosemary. >> so, former u.s. president donald trump keeps changing his mind about the top secret documents seized at his mar-a- lago property. first suggested they were planted. then saying they were declassified and later suggesting they were protected by attorney client and executive privilege and even saying the fbi and department of justice only had to ask and he would have handed over the documents. we know that is not the case. is he fooling anyone with these

crazy conflicting explanations? >> you know, this kaleidoscope. what it says to me, he no longer feels he has in a long time that he even needs to try to make a coherent argument. these ever shifting explanations are mutually contradictory. most of them are implausible on their face. but i think he is demonstrating how much he believes he has the party in his pocket that he doesn't even have to make a serious case and they will fall in line. in fact, you know, almost many leading republicans came out and condemned this execution of the search warrant before trump said a word. before they knew anything about what was ultimately taken out of mar-a-lago. and i think it is just another example of we are seeing how

much the party remains broken to his will. >> and ron, the big unanswered question of course is why donald trump would want these top secret documents stored on his property. what do you think the likely explanation is? >> it is really hard to know. you know. what would be a good explanation. the most benign is this is someone who has collected momentos throughout his life. physical manifestations of the power. and this is the same thing as what he might have done when he was an owner in the u.s. football league. it goes from that to much darker places of what he maybe was attempting to leverage these documents in terms of some of his foreign relations with countries that have worked to curry favor for him. we don't know exactly what was in the documents and what prompted the execution of the search warrant at the moment it

was done. but the fact they used the espionage act rather than other statutes that could be kind of lesser ways of dealing with the simple mishandling of classified information suggests that law enforcement officials had concerns about what his motivations were in hoarding these documents. >> donald trump's allies trying to shift pressure onto the attorney general merrick garland calling for proof that the seized documents could have threatened national security. how will the justice department likely respond to this, do you think? >> well first, i think this is one of the most revealing aspects of the entire episode. because i think we are learning two big things over the course of this week. one is that trump feels even more unconstrained by the boundaries, the traditional boundaries and laws that have limited the arbitrary exercise of presidential power.

and he is giving the fact that he took these documents and is being so brazen in kind of claiming the right to do gives you a good idea of how he would approach a second term as president. and second, i think, you are equally seeing from the republicans in congress, that it would be even more unwilling than they were in his first term to impose any limits on trump's activities. the fact they have fallen in line so quickly is just i think an ominous signal of how they would respond. look, i think the justice department said it will be their guide post going forward. they will speak in court. so it may be a long time we hear from them after these original statements. the next time we hear from them may be when we learn whether or not they are going to indict donald trump over this.

a second investigation going on. i don't think you will hear a lot from them. what garland said this week was probably take him at his word. they speak in terms of what they file in court. >> and, ron, the phish and justice department seized 11 sets of classified documents in that search last week. including documents marked with one of the highest levels of classification. and democrats on the house intelligence and oversight committees say they want a congressional briefing. and assessment on potential damage to national security. where do you see all of this going politically? and what impact could it possibly have on the midterms, do you think? >> well, you know, republicans said that the initial reaction shows that their base is going to be even more energized. hard to imagine that there is much more energy that you could

squeeze out of the trump base. democrats see this as a continuum of events for their base. the overturning of roe v. wade, the mass shooting, the tragedy in uvalde, january 6. it all points to a bigger broader midterm. again, as we saw in 2018. i do think as we said before, it underscores the stakes. to me, the clearest message that is coming out of this reinforces what we are seeing in these primaries state after state. what we will see tuesday night. that the republican party remains enthralled to donald trump. it is his party. and putting republicans in the majority in the house or the senate or both is institutionalizing a kind of a

movement that remains largely under, predominantly under his direction. and in many ways, that creates almost as some people called it, a dual incumbency situation in november. where you not only have the tradition of voters dissatisfied. but, you also have the 93 million separate americans who have come out to vote in one of the past three elections against the donald trump defined republican party. they may also now see much more motivation to vote than we would have expected three or four months ago when democrats were pretty down in the dumps about the trajectory of the biden presidency. well, there is much more to come on cnn including the changes that have taken place in afghanistan. and the years since the taliban seized kabul. like #9 the champ. rotisserie style chicken double monterey cheddar. the champ is truly made

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the taliban is now on the outskirts of kabul at the gates ready to come in. but they don't want to come in violently. they want to come in

peacefully. >> it has been one year since kabul fell to the taliban. you will of course remember the chaotic scenes at the airport with afghans so desperate to escape, they chased planes as they took off. families huddled outside the gates though many afghans were evacuated before the u.s. withdrawal was complete on august 30th. others had to stay behind to live under taliban rules. many hard won gains have been reversed in the last year, afghan women have been nearly forced out of public life. however, some are still trying to make their voices heard as you can see in this video from last week. now take a look at the taliban's response. despite the group's assurances they would respect women's rights, women are now blocked from most workplace ins afghanistan and girls are no longer allowed to attend high school. we have the u.n. secretary

general's deputy special representative for afghanistan. and a u.n. resident and humanitarian coordinator. he joins me now live from kabul. thank you, sir, for being with us. >> thank you very much for having me. >> today marks one year since the taliban seized control of the afghan capitol after that chaotic u.s. troop withdrawal. since then, the taliban have rolled back all progress made for women and girls and the country is in dire economic shape with millions of people on the brink of starvation. you have witnessed a lot of this. talk to us about what has happened inside the country the past year. >> indeed, the situation on the ground was difficult and remains difficult throughout the year. through a joint effort we had with all partners, the worst case scenario this winter, the mass starvation of people in afghanistan was avoided but we are still in a place.

nearly 19 million people experience food insecurity. and 6.6 million need food. ipc4. on top of it, half of the children under five are malnourished. economies. the economic context of the country remains very complex. >> given afghan assets were frozen by the west after the taliban takeover, what need to be done to improve the lives of women and children without those funds being diverted and used by the taliban? >> the only way forward,

economic growth centered on the villages. on simple people. these countries in rural country. and we have a basic choice. you can try to create several million jobs in the agriculture and food sector to make a situation available. then the people can feed themselves. and that's the way forward. because the situation is very difficult. >> of course, one of the demands of the west, when it pulled out of afghanistan was for the taliban not to harbor terrorists and yet the al qaeda leader was killed in kabul by a u.s. drone strike recently. what does that reveal about how much the taliban can be trusted, especially if much needed funds are returned to afghanistan under the control of the taliban?

>> absolutely. the recent developments have not contributed in anyway to create a better trust or a better relationship between international community and the authorities of afghanistan. had a responsibility to provide the duty of care. it is very difficult to convince the good people around the world and the governments and the contributors to please help us invest in afghanistan. it is a very difficult situation. and the people of afghanistan, the ordinary people of afghanistan are dealing with all these difficulties. >> and you know it has to be said, they have had a year to run the country. how would you assess the ability of the taliban to govern? >> well, we have to look at various aspects of what is

happening but in reality, we still don't have any detailed social development agenda. no national development plan. and we do not have an explanation how, for instance, various sectors would be supported. and there is no availability of the detailed national budget. the country used to have a $15.5 billion budget. there is no announcement of how it is structured and what it consists of. in access of these key elements, the country continues to work in survival mode. and moving from surviving to thriving will take effect on the economy. the banking sector. and a lot of efforts. >> thank you very much for talking with us, we really appreciate it. >> thank you very much for having me and thank you for staying focused on afghanistan. >> of course, thank you. an electrical fire swept through a church in egypt setting off a stampede and killing at least 41 people.

many of them children. weeping families watched as the caskets of their loved ones were carried to a funeral service late sunday. the fire broke out during packed morning services. a second floor air-conditioning unit caught fire sparked by a short circuit in a power generator. most of the deaths and injuries were caused by smoke inside church classrooms. just ahead here on cnn, a second u.s. congressional delegation is in taipei just days after house speaker nancy pelosi's visit provoked outrage in china. we'll have a live report next.

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welcome back. a bipartisan delegation is in taiwan sparking renewed outrage from china. the five member group ledly ed markey says they are reaffirming support for taiwan. it comes on the heels of nancy pelosi's trip to taipei which also angered beijing. we have more on this. good to see you christy. so a second delegation visiting taiwan just days after speaker pelosi's controversial visit. what are they hopeing to achieve with this and how is china responding? >> according to the americans, this is a visit that is aimed to shore up support as well as stability. and, we have yet to hear a fresh response out of beijing

just yet. but look, this is another u.s. delegation in taiwan. this time led by u.s. senator ed markey. part of a two day unannounced visit to taiwan. part of a larger trip to the indo-pacific visit and comes two weeks after nancy pelosi made the controversial visit to taiwan drawing the ire of china. this latest delegation of congressional leaders met with taiwan's president. they are set to meet with other elected official ins taiwan and business leaders as well. on the agenda, expanding economic cooperation between taiwan and the united states including investment in semiconductors and finding ways to reduce tension in the taiwan strait. i want to bring up a statement for you from the spokesperson from the office of senator ed markey talking about the aim of this trip. in it, the statement says this. on their visit, the delegation will reaffirm the united states support for taiwan is guided by

the relations act. and will encourage stability and peace across the taiwan strait. taiwan has thanked the u.s. delegation for the visit. they have turned to twitter for the ministry of foreign relations of taiwan to issue photographs of the visiting congressional leader as well as this message. saying this. quote, vice minister extended the warmest of welcome to taiwan's long standing friend senator markey and his cross party delegation. we thank the like minded u.s. lawmakers for the timely visit and unwavering support. we are awaiting word from the minister of foreign affairs in beijing for a response. but got an early reaction from a spokesperson of china's embassy in the united states in washington dc. the spokesperson took to twitter saying china firmly opposing any official ties between the u.s. and the taiwan

region. they should act in with the one china policy. back to you. >> all right, thank you. and, still to come, a long wait for results could soon be over. we will go live to kenya where the outcome of the presidential election is expected to be announced today. blendjet's bacto school sale is on now! grab the a+ deals on blendjet 2.

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kenya's presidential election winner is expected to be announced in the coming hours as authorities race to count votes. right now, the deputy president and the opposition leader are the front runners and the race is extremely close. the election commission says about 87% of the votes are verified with the remainder expected later today. if neither candidate wins, more than 350% of the vote, there will be a run off for the first

time in kenya's history. so let's turn to larry who joins us now from kasumo. so what's the latest on these election results? >> reporter: the latest, the last 15% of the votes are waiting to be verified so kenyans can know who will be the fifth president of the country. it has been a long wait. the longest on record to know who the president is. and they will have to announce the winner within the next 24 hours required by the constitution of the country. but it has been extremely slow. part of the reason is a quirk in the system. 46,000 forms from each of the filing stations is transmitted electronically. the physical forms have to be verified. and in that process, agents of the major presidential candidates kind of begin to nitpick and say no, this is not

what they announce or whatever. and that has really slowed down the process. friday, this is what the chair of the electoral commission said. >> we advise that agents in this exercise cannot proceed the way we are proceeding as if we are doing a forensic audit. if we do that, we will not be able to finish this exercise. >> reporter: the agents of the two major candidates have been kind of laser focused on each of those forms and slowed down the process exceptionally. that is why today, we still don't have a winner. it is supposed to be in the hours ahead. it is really a tight race like

you mentioned. if neither of them gets a majority, there will be runoff for the first time. they hope that finally, he wins it this time. >> we will continue to watch this. larry joins us live there, many thanks. india's prime minister focused on the nation's path forward in an address marking 75 years of independence from british rule. an anniversary also shared by pakistan which had its celebration sunday. in his speech, mr. modi said diversity is the country's key strength and pledges to develop the country in the next 25 years. at a border post, flags performed a flag ceremony amid the independence day services.

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a blazing hot summer in the u.s. is not over yet. more than 10 million americans are under heat alerts from the southeast to the west coast. while other areas are bracing for potential flooding. meteorologist has been covering all of this. he joins us live. the extremes continue don't they? >> they do. it has been a summer of excessive temperatures. i want to break down what is happening here. as you noted about 10 million americans, much of it right

here, across portion of the central valley and california where temps get close to 110 degrees. in and around san jose and sacramento. you expect it to be hot. by that, we mean 92 to 95. sacramento running 15 degrees above that value. much the same in redding and bakersfield. and the heat wide reaching across texas, arkansas, and louisiana as well. 107-degree heat indexes in place there. but good news here over the next several days. and, especially one of the earliest we have seen here. seen excessive heat for weeks across areas of the plains. look at the significant divide of temperatures across the western half of the u.s. where big time heat remains in place. and the color contour shifting to green and yellow indicative of much cooler temperatures. and the long range forecast supports that. a significant shift in temperatures. dallas has experienced an

incredible summer. temps the next couple of days close to 100 degrees. then thursday and friday, notice what happens. we get a little bit of a break. we haven't seen that in quite some time. around the southwest, the monsoons have been in full effect. flood alerts in place across las vegas. temperatures up there warming to 97. albuquerque, around 92. a few thunderstorms across this region that will keep your temperatures slightly cooler but the trend, the overall trend here is trending toward a cooler trend for areas of the southern and south central united states. rosemary, after a summer of incredible heat, not necessarily the bottom right yet. but still a glimpse at cooler temperatures. >> amazing looking at all those temperatures. just extraordinary. thank you so much, appreciate it. more than 200 cities and counties across china are under the highest heat alert with temperatures soaring once again. they are expected to top 40 degrees celsius. or 104 fahrenheit in the day ahead. most of the areas affected are

in eastern and south western china. people are being advised to stay indoors and take precautions to prevent heatstroke. the northern summer has been brutal in europe with scorching heat and extreme droughts. but there may be some relief this week with a cool front forecast for the u.k., france, and spain. meanwhile, wild fires are still raging in parts of spain. one of them in the country's northeast. forced around 1500 people to evacuate on sunday. the fire was first reported saturday afternoon and quickly spread overnight. so let's look more at europe's heat wave. scott mcclain joins me from london. the extreme heat is drying up london's river thames. what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: that's right rosemary. look, in this section, this famous section of the river, the water level rises and falls with tides. so the problem may be out of sight out of mind for people in

central london. if you go 130 kilometers that way west to the head waters of the river, you will find there is no water at all. we were toured around that area by a local rivers expert who says that look, it is not uncommon for the head waters of a river to dry up in the hot summer months but what is uncommon is just how much of the thames this summer is completely dry. some areas are completely done dry. others, moisture, mud. a few stagnant puddles. but we had to go 15 kilometers downstream to find any meaningful flow of water at all. because large swaths of england are in the midst of a drought. southern england has gotten just 17% of its usual precipitation. today is the last day of the fourth heat wave this summer. along the river, we found that farmers, well, their cattle are grazing in fields that are completely dead. they are having to now dip into their supplies of hay they had

been saving up for winter. we found one town where the thames had completely run dry. an look, scientists are predicting this kind of drought conditions in the summer, this is going to become more and more common in the future. so i asked that rivers expert about whether or not it is still about solving climate change or whether it is about adapting to it. >> we still have a possibility of keeping the rise in temperature down to 2 degrees but yes, adaptation is important. we must wake up and understand. this is a stark warning to us. we have to change our behavior across the whole of society. our homes, gardens, water companies. industry. all of us have to make that change. >> reporter: so reservoir levels across the country are extremely low in some areas. and so, water restrictions are already in place in some areas. there on the way. in other areas like here in london where they are widely

expected to be put in place. but the idea of being asked to conserve water is not exactly sitting well with people in england. that is because the water companies themselves are some of the worst offenders when it comes to wasting water. case in point, rosemary, 20% of all of the water in england in the system is wasted due to leaks in the system. and the thames water area, well, they are the worst offenders. if there is good news here, there's predictions of thunderstorms on the way for later today. but given just how dry the ground is, this brings a whole new set of problems. potential risks. and that is flash flooding. rosemary? >> yeah. all right, scott mcclain, many thanks. and that's the view from england. melissa bell now with the drought that france is facing. >> reporter: this is the heart of the wild fire raging to the south since last tuesday. it has now been contained

officially from this sunday. to a 40-kilometer zone. we are in the heart of it but as you can see, it is far from extinguished and you can really get a sense of why these wild fires have been such a problem this summer in so many parts of europe. the dry conditions you can see there, where the flames went through there, the ground remains extremely hot. the smoke begins to rise. and the job the firefighters all across is to get to those areas where the smoke appear to prevent it from turning to flames. the danger is the difficulty is for the firefighters here in france is elsewhere in europe, we have seen in july and august as well. these extremely hot conditions that continue. the winds that can continue to pick up. already given the conditions in july and august, it is 650,000 hectors of land. that is two-and-a-half times the average of the last 15 years. melissa bell, cnn. new york governor kathy

hochul visited the institute where celebrated author salman rushdie was stabbed multiple times times on friday. she said these kinds of attacks could not stop freedom of expression. >> so wisdom will always prevail over ignorance. tolerance will always prevail over hate. courage will always prevail over fear. and the pen will always prevail over the knife. >> she says the writer is now off a ventilator and recovering in hospital but his condition remains critical. the suspect accused of stabbing rushdie is pleading not guilty to second degree attempted murder and other charges. well, three people were injured in a drive by shooting

outside an illinois amuse. park sunday night. shots were fired in the parking lot of six flags greater america north of chicago. the park was shut down early while authorities investigated. no arrests have been made. but, police say the victims were targeted. the award winning actress anne heche has died days after a fiery car crash into an la home left her brain dead. her rep says she was taken off life support on sunday. in a statement, her family said anne will be deeply missed, but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work, and her passionate advocacy. cnn's chloe looks back at her life. >> oh, he just wanted to give us some time alone. >> reporter: anne heche rose to fame on the soap opera another

world playing the twins from 1987 to 1991. it earned her a daytime emmy leading to films like donnie brasco and wag the dog. but it was her highly publicized relationship with ellen degeneres that put her in the spotlight. >> she is the embodiment of male and female. that is why our energy connected so quickly and easily. i always felt in my being that i'm both male and female. >> reporter: they were considered one of hollywood's first lesbian power couples before breaking up after three- and-a-half years. heche said she believed it damaged her career and cost her roles. >> this is impossible. >> reporter: she eventually bounced back in her career and personal life and appeared in numerous tv shows and was married eight years. they had a son. she also shared a son with her former costar james tupper.

>> i never told anyone i heard voices and spoke to god. >> reporter: the actress was open about her battles with mental illness. in her memory call me crazy, she talked about enduring sexual abuse as a child. she knocked on a stranger's door and made strange statements. >> i think i was at the bitter end. i was ready to leave this planet on my spaceship. >> reporter: a fiery 2022 car crash put her in a coma and left her with severe burns. anne heche led a life of public highs and lows but through it all, she shined on screen and strove to stay hopeful. >> i always wanted to heal my life and see the good side of life and the good in everything that happened to me. and i could not be happier with who i am right now. i couldn't be happier with what i have been able to accomplish in my life. >> and may she rest in peace.

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