i mean, can i have a bite? only from xfinity. nah. unbeatable internet. made to do anything so you can do anything. welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," more than 50 million people are currently under flood watches across the central and southwestern u.s. we'll bring you the latest from the cnn weather center. car explosion near moscow kills the daughter of a key putin ally. we'll have details in a live report. and siege of an upscale hotel in somalia's capital is now over. we'll look at the toll and who is claiming responsibility for the deadly standoff.

>> live from cnn center, this is cnn news "room" with kim brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. horn 12 million people under flood watches in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas. the risk of flash flooding is high with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. extreme weather forced a search and rescue mission as several hikers were swept off their feet by a flash flood. one person is still missing. let's talk more about this with derek van dam. potentially dangerous situation for many. what is the latest? >> yeah, the latest from the dallas/ft. worth meteorological agency indicating that anywhere from 6 to 8 inches of rain or more is possible within the next 48 hours.

so starting now right through monday morning into the afternoon hours, that is when we're expecting the heaviest precipitation to move on, really intensifying tonight, that being sunday evening. i want to show you a broad perspective of how much rain is forecast to accumulate across the central and northern portions of texas, southern oklahoma, into louisiana and as well as arkansas. a lot of factors at play here. i'll try to get in to that in a moment. monsoonal rains continue across new mexico, but texas is an area that is getting lit with two different types of weather patterns at the same time, getting a surge of moisture from what was a tropical disturbance across the gulf of mexico and then we have low pressure moving in from the four corners, great basin region, that is providing the heavy rainfall across arizona and new mexico. so this was the potential tropical cyclone that moved on shore. it will bring in a lot of

moisture from the gulf of mexico. put together this map for you, that shading of red, that is the most moisture air, wettest air that you can get really, it will be completely saturated and it will stall out along this frontal boundary across northern texas. why that is important, that gives it the breeding ground to produce the heavy rainfall. weather prediction center showing all the signs as well. they have a level 3 of 4, a moderate risk today for flash flooding and that includes dallas/ft. worth across north central texas. so looking at the next 36 hours, you can see the showers and storms slow moving across the same locations. where the heaviest of rain exactly sets up still yet to be determined, but we do believe it will be right along that i-20 corridor and to the north. so this is the area that we're concerned about. remember this state of texas is within drought, 93% of the state, at the moment presently. so the ground is hard, it doesn't accept this rainfall

that much. it will create some runoff at first and then potential for localized flash flooding exists. so this is a big story and we'll monitor this through the weekend and into early parts of the workweek. >> absolutely. all right, thanks so much, derek van dam. russian state media report that the daughter of prominent supporter of president vladimir putin was killed when the car she was driving exploded and we're learning that russians have opened a criminal investigation. our senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is joining us from moscow with the details. still a developing story, but what more do we know at this point? >> reporter: certainly is a developing story. all of this happened late last night when a car that was heading towards the outskirts of moscow all of a sudden blew up and then crashed and burned out. at the wheel of that car was daria, daughter of the prominent sort of pro kremlin ideologue

and philosopher. he has laid ground for the sort of thinking towards ukraine in the high circles and elsewhere in russia as well. obviously a very expansionist theory of russia. but investigators have said that there was an explosive device placed inside the car. they say that they have launched an investigation. daria of course died on the spot. her father appears to be seen in some of the videos that have come in from the scene. so obviously a big deal here in russia as the sort of investigators have said that they launched the investigation. they have not placed blame yet. but if you look around the sphere of a lot of the people prominent in pro kremlin media, a lot are already blaming ukraine for this, one calling it a terrorist attack by the ukrainians even though right now of course it is absolutely

unclear who is behind this. again russians say they are still investigating. but certainly this is a massive deal here in moscow, certainly a very prominent person who by the way was also coming from a sort of patriotic event inside moscow as well. >> yeah, interesting to see what the ramifications of this will be. fred pleitgen joining us from moscow, thank you so much. and in ukraine there are warning russia may use the upcoming i sndependence day holiday to launch its worst violence yet. they will mark 31 days since its end inside from the soviet union and russian tanks will be put on display. president zelenskyy is warning russia may try something particularly disgusting to derail the holiday. for more, david mckenzie is joining us from kyiv. what more do we know about the fears of violence tied to the celebrations? >> reporter: it is a very important week upcoming here in

ukraine. it is both the 31st anniversary of ukraine gaining independence from the soviet union and the six months on from when this brutal war started. so a lot of people here are reflecting on what they have lost in this fighting that has been stalled for several weeks even months now on those frontlines, but still seeing brutal acts of violence and shelling almost every single night. president zelenskyy has warned given the significance of the moment for people to be vigilant. he said they should not allow russia to have people get despondent through its actions. take a listen. >> translator: we should be aware that russia may try to do something particularly disgusting and particularly violent next week. that is our enemy. but russia was doing something disgusting and violent every week during those six months

constantly. >> reporter: kyiv itself has been spared for many weeks now, but i think people will be on edge as we approach this important milestone here in ukraine. >> and david, there has been a lot of celebration around the deal that has enabled the first shipments of grain to leave ukraine's ports. is that leading to more optimism around a larger peace deal? >> reporter: secretary-general of the u.n. was in odesa celebrating the deal that was brokered by turkey and the u.n. for russia and ukraine to cooperate, to allow ships to leave with massive amounts of grain that had been held hostage by the russians there because of the conflict. 27 ships have now left with millions of tons of grain. i should say, correct myself there, 650,000 tons. millions of tons was and is still waiting to be released. but you've heard from

particularly turkish officials several times now in the last few days hinting that perhaps the deal that was secured on grain can be made into a more significant discussion on the overall state of the war and possibly some kind of cease fire or peace negotiations. but from the top of the echelons of the ukrainian leadership, they have several times said that there is no way that at the moment it is the right time for any kind of negotiations. president zelenskyy himself several days ago said that russians must leave all of the territory that they have gained during this conflict to even start that conversation. so i think that at least at this stage diplomatically a long way from that point but still the death toll and violence continues. several more people announced dead in that devastating attack in the northeast of ukraine that happened last wednesday according to ukrainian officials. the death toll mounts here even

as ukrainians work up to celebrate, probably the wrong word, but at least commemorate the liberation from the soviet union. >> david, thank you so much. deadly siege at a luxury hotel in somalia is now over. at least 20 people were killed after gunmen stormed the hyatt o hotel friday evening. dozens others injured. larry madowo is following this story from nairobi. so, larry, what more can you tell us about the attack and who is behind it? >> reporter: we're waiting to hear more from somali police. they told cnn a few hours ago that the siege was over. the siege took more than 30 hours at this hotel that is frequented by local politicians, senior government officials and even some journalists. it began friday night when gunmen detonated three explosives outside the hotel and

then they made their way into the building and began to shoot at staff and guests there and took some hostages. confirmed number of 20 dead, but the fear is that that death toll could be much hire as they go room by room and essentially sum up those would have been taken to hospitals. one hospital at least said that they were receiving some people in critical condition and even some bodies. so still a ways to go here to get the full september of the damage and the pain, the tragedy of what happened at this hotel. damage and the pain, the tragedy of what happened at this hotel. we heard an elite counterterrorism force was inside the hotel engaging with the gunmen. ask is here is video from last night. so there was gunfire and some explosions into the night.sk is night. so there was gunfire and some explosions into the night.k is

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health officials are doing to get ahead of the spread. and dozens of students who went missing eight years ago, details ahead.

monkeypox has caused officials to declare a local public health emergency in king county, washington. an emergency proclamation was signed on friday. officials say it will give them the flexibility to respond effectively. there have been nearly 300 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the county. the biden administration has declared it to be a national public health emergency with 14,000 cases confirmed by the cdc. meanwhile, earlier this week the biden administration announced new measures to address the outbreak, they are making nearly 2 million more vaccine doses available and they are working to get the word out to those at increased risk including a plan to make thousands of vaccines available during pride events. >> reporter: this weekend appears to be the start of the biden administration new response strategy and that includes ramping up vaccinations. so some states are already participating in these efforts.

in north carolina, a pilot program from the white house and cdc is under way to distribute moonky po monkeypox vaccines at the pride events this weekend, this at a time when united states is home to about a third of the monkeypox cases in the world. there are more than 14,000 cases in the u.s. and more than 40,000 in the world. when you think about it, the u.s. makes up 4% of the world's population, but based on these numbe numbers, about 35% of the world's monkeypox cases. and the hope among health officials is that for the new u.s. response strategy to get the virus under control. back to you. the polio virus may be spreading in new york state. last month one case was diagnosed in rockland county. just a few weeks later, the virus was found in waste water in new york city. further testing shows that it

was in waste water as early as april. and a former state official says vaccinations are more important than ever. >> we're always at risk of new infectious agents or infectious agents that we thought were in our history, of them coming back to our country. and what it says to me as a pediatrician and a parent is it is so important to ensure that our children are vaccinated fully and on time. so that if and when things like polling i polio are reintroduced in our country, our children are fully protected and a lot of children are not fully vaccinated. >> new york state health officials say this is just the tip of the iceberg and specific there are several hundred cases in the community. and in london, another area where the polio virus has been tested in waste water and they are scrambling to protect the most vulnerable. salma abdelaziz has the story.

>> reporter: it is a disease once eradicated from the uk. but after decades of zero cases, polio appears to be spreading again. a total of 116 instances of the virus were identified in 19 sewage samples collected in london between february and july this year officials say. no cases of the virus have been reported in the uk so far and the risk to the spublic is considered low. but this doctor says officials have reason for concern. >> it has can come as quite a surprise that we've seen so many cases identified in sewage which suggests that there may be some transmission between people. >> reporter: in response, the uk announced a vaccination drive for children aged 1 to 9 in london. >> there are many children who haven't had their usual course of immunizations which is why there is a real concern that that opens up people to

potentially contracting polio. >> reporter: polio was once one of the world's most feared diseases, viking children younger than five the hardest. the worst form of the virus can lead to permanent paralysis. >> how long have you been here? >> three years. >> reporter: there is no cure for polio. vaccination is the only prevention. polio was first detected in sewage samples from this facility. afterwards more samples were taken from other sewage facilities across london and more polio was found. what is concerning for officials is that these areas, these neighborhoods, have lower vaccination rates. in london, nearly 14% of infants under 12 months have not received a primary course of polio immunization. the shortfall is significant says professor hayman. is this an overreaction by public health officials? >> absolutely not. this is what needs to be done in all countries because we live in a world where people travel very

much and can carry in-if ekss with them. >> reporter: but with vaccine hesitancy and fatigue soaring, doctors will face a challenge. >> there is a real drive to reach the communities where vaccination isn't really done, isn't really encouraged. and just try to myth bust a little bit about why vaccination is important. >> reporter: the government aims to complete the polio vaccine drive by september 26. a major feat for an overstretched health service, but it says a necessary response to protect the city's youngest. salma abdelaziz, cnn, london. mexican court has issued arrest warrants for 83 people in connection with the disappearance of dozens of students back in 2014. the suspects mainly military personnel and police are accused of organized crime, forced disappearance torture and homicide. warrants were issued just hours after former attorney general was arrested in connection with the case. the disappearance of 43 students

on their way to a protest eight years ago sparked international outrage. rafael romo has more. >> reporter: where are our children? the question has been asked thousands of times, but the answer remains elusive. for the last eight years, the parents of 43 missing college students have been ask position tposition -- asking the same question. they have marched around mexico. they have met with top mexican government officials. even with president lopez who welcomed them at the national palace, the presidential mansion. at one point they even commandeered whole plazas in a desperate effort to remind the nation that their children were still missing. it has been almost eight years since 43 stoountsudents from a

st teacher's college went wheres and whereabouts remain for most a mystery except for three after small bone fragments were identified thanks to dna testing. a report unveiled by mexico's undersecretary for human rights who led a truth commission on the case provided more details, but no definitive answer. he had the disappearance constitutes a crime of the state in which member of a criminal gang and mexican security forces were involved and complicit. he also said that federal and state authorities at the highest level looked the other way and were negligent even when they had knowledge of what was happening. yet no answer for the only question that matters to the parents, where are our children. through a human rights group, the parents only said that they have decided to deeply analyze the commission's report before

making their reaction public. a month after the students went missing, this man told us that his son called him the night he disappeared to let him know the students were being shot at by police. by the time we met up again a year later, the government's version that the students were killed and their bodies burnt at and la landfill had been discredited. and he was clinging to the hope of finding his son alive. believe me, i will bring him back, he said. other parents have told us over the years that they aren't even hoping for justice to be done anymore. a parent told me we just want to be able to give our children a proper burial. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. in turkey, at least 34 people have been killed in separate traffic accidents. we want to warn you the first video is graphic. it captures the terrifying

moment a truck carrying fertilizer lost control and plowed into pedestrians and cars in southeastern turkey. at least 19 people were killed and 26 others injured. turkey's health minister says the failure of brakes was to blame. and to the east of the first accident, at least 15 people died when a bus veered off the highway and crashed in to an unrelated traffic crash. among the dead were three firemen, two paramedics, two journalists and eight bus passengers. millionses in california are being asked to restrict their water use. we'll get what some people are doing to help save the valuable resource. plus what one school district in virginia is doing to solve a big teacher shortage problem. s not good. you sound... tired. oh, ththanks. what? when did i- morning! oh, great. there's two of them. good days start with good nights.

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." more than 12 million people across southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. heavy rains have pummeled parts of arizona. in new mexico and west texas, the risk of flash flooding is also high with some areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. millions in southern california are looking at more water restrictions amid an extreme drought. residents have been asked to suspend outdoor watering for 15 days next month as officials work to fix a leak in a 36 mile water pipeline from the colorado river. mike valerio has details. >> reporter: this critical repair is expected to happen between september 6 and the

20th. and one of the reasons that we picked this backdrop is to show you just part of the expanse that will be affected by this. as we zoom in right in front of us, this is culver city, california. just about 40,000 people. and as we zoom in a little further, just to the right of the century city skyscrapers, that is beverly hills which is just about 30,000 people. both of these communities within the several dozen that will be without colorado river water for the middle of next month. so as we have more and more of these shortages, and you look at this green expanse, more people are tearing out their green lawns, replacing them with native plants that use far less water. you'll hear from a homeowner who is doing that exact thing in addition to a potential vision of the future. watch. >> although i didn't want to say good-bye to my beautiful lawn, it was like a park, i realized that the grass wasn't going to make it. so i decided to change the

landscape and put in some arid plants. >> what we want is in the future people to be walking down the street taking their dog or kids for a walk and when you do see a yard that is turf, that is not the normal. that is the abbey normal. so we want something different. >> reporter: we can sympathize, but what we found is that there are a multitude of locallies throughout southern california that are paying people between $2 and $6 per square foot to tear out their lawns, put in native desert plants that use far less water. mike valerio, cnn, culver city, california. turning now to the fbi search of donald trump's florida home, we expect to learn this week whether a federal judge will unseal all or part of the affidavit seeking the warrant. the fbi agents seized nearly a dozen sets of sensitive materials at the location including some marked with the highest secrecy.

biden administration is not commenting publicly but some officials are privately expressing concern over how and why trump had them. ex-trump attorney and fixer michael cohen offered his opinion. >> i believe that donald was going to use it as a get out of jail free card, to ultimately extort america in order to prevent them from incarcerating him or at least indicting him. put me in handcuffs, this goes out to china, north korea, russia. would he use information to blackmail the country in order to keep him free? absolutely 100%. >> trump and his defenders claim he had a standing order to declassify the materials but 18 ex-trump officials dispute any such order was ever given. the latest from arlette saenz. >> reporter: the white house has largely refrained from weighing in on the fbi search of mar-a-lago, but cnn has learned that u.s. official has expressed

concern over the classified developments taken by former president trump. especially when it comes to what it could mean for the intelligence community moving forward. now, the white house does not have any window into what exactly was contained in that material. but officials are concerned that it could put the sources and methods that the intelligence community uses to gather information at risk. there are also some diplomatic concerns as well. and whether there might be any tensions with allies over some of those documents that were taken by the former president. now, the white house has really adopt this had very tight lipped strategy when it comes to addressing that fbi search trying to maintain some distance from the justice department's investigation. the white house has said that president biden has not been briefed on the probe and that they are simply learning of the latest developments as they have emerged through the press. now, meanwhile the man who served alongside former

president donald trump, former vice president mike pence, said he took a different approach to classified documents when he left office. in a recent interview, pence was directly asked whether he retained any classified information when he left the white house. and he responded, quote, no, not to my knowledge. he also declined to weigh in any further on the fbi search and the documents that the former president might have taken saying, quote, i honestly don't want to pre-judge it before until we know all the facts. so so far no further comment from the former vice president as to the way that president trump handled those documents. but the current white house behind closed doors is expressing concern about how this all played out. arrlette saenz, cnn, wilmington delaware. just over a week before public schools are scheduled to open for the new school year in philadelphia. and a union representing about 2,000 bus drivers, attendants,

mechanics and others have voted to go on strike if they don't have a new contract by the end of this month. the union is asking for higher wages, better training programs like active shooter training. school district officials say they are hoping to security a new contract as soon as possible. in virginia, the richmond school district is offering financial incentives to fix a big teacher shortage. experienced teachers would get a $10,000 payout and new teachers $8,000. they need to fill about 120 classroom vacancies before the school year starts in about a week. school officials say this is the most widespread teacher shortage in decades. listen to this. >> this is the worst i have seen it in about 25 years in education. and i think that it is the accumulated stress, exhaustion, feelings of disrespect that many teachers experienced over the last two, three years throughout the pandemic. and so it is not just localities

struggling to find folks. the entire field has contracted over the last year or two. and so i think really going forward we're going to need much greater investment and teacher preparation and support once teachers come into the classroom. that is certainly pay, but it is so much more than that. it is better professional training, better support for principals so they can cultivate teacher leadership in their buildings. >> the district is also trying to find strong long term substitutes to fill some of the vacancies. all across the country parents of students are feeling the pressure from yet another shortage. bus drivers. nadia romero has that story. >> reporter: there is a nationwide shortage of school bus drivers, and we're seeing it in places like tempe, arizona and right here in the atlanta area. we're outside of one of the bus depots for fulton county schools here and you can see behind me

there are plenty of buses but not enough drivers. the school district says they are short about 200 drivers to start the school year. and take a look at the numbers. just saturday morning, there were two recruiting fairs to try to lure in more people who would want to drive a school bus. they are offering more than $20 an hour, a six hour workday and paid training amongst other bonuses and incentives to try to get people do the job. i want you to hear from one georgia school bus driver who says that it has been so difficult with just having staffing shortages. >> we just work harder and longer and double back and try our best to get them all home as safely and fast as we can. it is an important job and people don't realize we really do need you. we need them out there. >> reporter: it is not just happening in georgia. in st. louis, the public schools there, they are having to cancel about 35 routes. the superintendent says they are giving away weekly gas cards, $75 gas cards and metro passes to parents and students who are

impacted, but they hope to have that issue resolved in the first two weeks. they start school on monday. nadia romero, cnn, fulton county, georgia. different type of fighter goes after russian targets in ukraine. still ahead, how russian troops and critical infrastructure are coming under partisan attack. and nasa is taking its first steps to return men and women to the moon. the artemis program is about to launch. details coming up. olay body wash hydrates for healthier-looking skin in just 14 days, from dry and dull to firm and radiant. with olay body, i feel fearless in my skin.

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sophisticated piece of russian military hardware blown to smithereens by ukrainian forces. ukraine says this video shows a strike on a russian counter artillery radar friday, followed by a massive explosion that reportedly also destroyed a number of russian military vehicles. meanwhile ukrainian drones are keepi keeping russian air guesses business city in cry me i can't,

this video from saturday. earlier in the day russia said it shot down another drone that ended up crashing on the headquarters of the russian black sea fleet. so while russia and ukraine trade fire on the battlefield, some ukrainians are putting up stiff resistance behind enemy lines. they are partisans waging clan dep did de clandestine war. they go after anything. and ukraine says they blew up a key railway bridge that russia used to transport military equipment and director of u.s. national intelligence said in june partisan activity in southern ukraine was rising. editor in chief of a site that recently covered the work of partisans is joining me from kyiv. thank you so much for being here with us. so talk to us about these partisans, who are they?

describe the profile of a typical resistance fighter. >> in the first days of russia's occupation of southern ukraine, there was really a huge resistance movement. people were coming out into the streets protesting. very quickly because russians used force against then and wounded many, it died down but the resistance did not. so basically many of those people who were against the occupation to participate in those rallies now self organize and have become the partisan movement. and this movement is coordinated by a division called the special operations forces. and it was actually in 2016 this division was created. and so the profile of a typical fighter, it could be really anybody. it could be somebody who has military training and can do some complicated tasks.

it could be somebody who just wants to resist in a smaller way and participates in a sticker war and just goes out every night and plasters occupied cities with stickers and posters saying that the ukrainian army will come soon, that the ukrainian army is close and collaborators will not survive. so both of these -- >> so let me jump in because i want to ask you, we gave sort of two recent examples of their work in destroying certain things. take us through sort of what effect they are having. >> they are having a huge effect. many analysts think that because the resistance movement is so strong, this preventing russia from absorbing those regions. as you know, they -- russian occupiers want to hold a

refe referendum in southern ukraine and justify the absorption into russia. and they have postponed it so many times and this is because of the active resistance movement. they see that they have no support. they cannot find the people willed to carry out the referendum. and partisans are working where the armed forces are bouncing from the site of mykolaiv. >> as you point out, not all of these activities are violence. as you said, some of them spray graffiti, others distribute leaflets and so organization in kherson even launched a newspaper. how important are communications and psychological warfare in this war? >> communications are hugely important. of course we don't know exactly how the resistance movement works because the details are scarce. because from the few entries that we're given by its

participants, a huge role is played by messengers and dpms by which they communicate and plan their operations. and as well there is a special chat box organized by the special operations forces where anybody can submit information on the movement of russian troops, the movement of russian equipment. so i'm sure that there are secure means of communication of these partisans with the ukrainian military for more sensitive operations such as monitoring the equipments and personnel. >> on the flip side, i mean, they are targeting so-called collaborators who they deal as traitors, but is there a danger that they could get it wrong, that without sort of proper high level intelligence and coordination, that they could target innocent civilians or enact sort of a form of mob justice? >> well, you know, i think the last thing on their minds is mob justice. basically they are living in an occupied territory where they could be killed any moment

anytime that they are going out on these operations. i don't think that they would want to risk their lives for mob justice really. and of course like where do they get these list of collaborate t? it is obvious. they take up a position and no room for mistake there. they have taken up position, they are in command, they are collaborating with the russians. so there is really very few chances of any mob justice in this case. >> let me ask you before we go, i mean, there has been plenty of reporting that vladimir putin overestimated the amount of support that he could count on in ukraine. on the flip side, do you think that they have also underestimated the ferocity of the resistance behind the lines as well? >> i think definitely.

i think that they have definite live yunderestimated the resistance. they thought that they would march in here and be greeted with flowers. that is not happening. ukrainians are resisting behind the lines and ukrainian army just needs more equipment, more weapons to finish off the job to drive russian okay fireccupiers our land. >> we'll have to leave it there. thanks so much, i appreciate your time. pressure-filled rematch of two olympic boxing giants, ukrainian boxer alexander usyk defeated joshua in a split point decision saturday. it was down to the wire in the 12th round with usyk eking out double digit victories from two of the three judges. so he gets to retain his four title bouts. after his victory, usyk received

praise from volodymyr zelenskyy. and saudi arabia held its first ever publicly held boxing match between women on saturday. the 32-year-old won in a first round workout. and she was born in somalia before fleeing to the uk as a child. she is the first muslim woman to win the british boxing title, the first somali man or woman to compete in the olympics. and ali helped start the somali boxing federation. just ahead, a small plane makes an emergency landing and winds up at the end of a driveway. we'll have the amazing details coming up.

you're looking at a video of a small plane after it made an emergency landing on a residential street in orlando, florida. it came to rest at the foot of a driveway according to florida highway patrol, the pilot sustained minor injuries. the national transportation safety board will investigate the cause of the crash. for the first time in 50 years, nasa plans to send humans

to the moon. giant step toward that goal takes place later this month with launch of an unmanned rocket in the beginning of the artemis program. christina macfarlane reports. ♪ >> reporter: a mega moon rocket on a slow 6.4 kilometer ride aboard a giant nasa crawler before reaching it launch pad this week, one of the final steps before the artemis 1 begin as mission set to journey farther than any spacecraft built for humans before. it is the first time in about half a century that nasa-built rocket is sent. august 29, the mission is set to begin a 42 day journey that travels around the moon before returning to earth. sitting atop itsis nasa's orion capsule designed to separate in space.

it carries a mannequin that can collect data on what a human crew might experience. and two other phantoms will be aboard made of material that mimics the soft tissue of organs and bones of a woman. this time the mission is unmanned but the launch of the most powerful rocket ever built kicks off a more ambitious plan. this is the start of nasa's artemis program which aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025. eventually build a lunar base and make way for further exploration to mars and maybe even beyond. christina macfarlane, cnn. i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back with more "cnn newsroom" in just a moment. please do stay with us.

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welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," heavy rain is threatening millions of americans with the potential for flash floods to hit major cities in the central and southwestern u.s. we'll have the latest from the cnn weather center. plus -- the deadly siege on an upscale hotel in somalia's capital city finally comes to an end. we'll get who's claiming responsibility for the 30-hour standoff. and russian medi