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around the world. u i'm kim brunhuber. crowded airports are not expected to deter millions of americans from traveling this labor day weekend. a look at how flash floods could impact some travelers this holiday. plus -- >> confusion ahead of president biden's trip to florida later today as governor desantis says the two won't meet. we'll look at how the hurricane recovery efforts are going beyond presidential politics. plus coco gauff going ahead in the u.s. open. carolyn manno will join me to break down the match. we begin this hour in the u.s. where millions of americans are traveling this weekend for the labor day holiday. this year drivers hitting the road to celebrate will have to deal with the highest gas prices in years.

the previous record for gas during the week leading up to labor day was set in 2012 at $3.84 a gallon, according to a cnn review going back to 1990. curb prices are just shy of that at $3.83 as of thursday, according to aaa. meanwhile we're also seeing record numbers in air travel. the tsa expects 14 million people will travel through its airports this holiday. cnn's pete muntean looks at the millions of americans hitting the road and the skies this holiday weekend. >> reporter: it is a climactic end to a record-breaking summer of travel with a new survey saying more than half of all americans expect to travel for labor day. at chicago o'hare, they're bracing for a 7% increase compared to last year. the tsa says after this weekend, the summer will set a new air travel record with more than 27

million people screened at airports since memorial day. transportation saeks pete buttigieg said flight cancellations are going down, but flightaware says flights have been delay. >> this year we have seen significant improvement. that doesn't mean that the system was immune from some tough travel days this year and this summer. >> reporter: aaa says even still, travelers remain undaunted, booking 4% more domestic trips compared to last labor day weekend and 44% more international trips with destinations like vancouver, rome, and london ta topping the list. >> you're seeing trips abroad are booming. >> reporter: the crowds also

stretched to the roads. they will hit peak cop jecz on monday. before this weekend the average price of a gallon of regular gas flirted with a seasonal record set back in 2012. >> like everything else it keeps going up. that's why i'm meeting my family halfway. >> we knew they were going to go up. we knew it. so we filled up before we left jersey. >> reporter: the tsa says friday will go down as the busiest day but that is only the start. the agency says it will screen a total of 14 million people through wednesday. pete muntean, cnn, racieagan national airport. some will be extremely hot while others experience rainfall. chad myers has the forecast. >> the desert southwest is not going to look like a desert in some spots. significant rainfall with the

monsoon moisture right there off the areas around vegas, phoenix, and flagstaff. significant rainfall coming in. i'm certain in some places we'll have flash flooding because there are spots between 2 and 4 and even isolated 6-inch rainfall possibilities across the southwest. across the southeast and gulf coast, more showers especially right along the coast itself. you're going to see some colorful areas from pensacola to bi biloxi. now the middle part of the country. when does it really heat up? some spots could approach 30 degrees warmer than you should be by sunday, especially the upper midwest. look at minneapolis. you should be 78. it will be 10 2 on sunday afternoon and humid. it's not going to be dry.

record-high temperatures will be set. even in denver, 96. you should be significantly cooler than that. back up to 92 by the end of your weekend. have a safe couple of days and travel safely out there, people. in the coming hours, president biden will travel to florida where he'll tour some of the hardest hit areas from hurricane idalia, but there's confusion over whether he'll meet with florida governor ron desantis and also a republican presidential candidate. earlier in the day president biden told cnn, yes, he did plan to meet with desantis. his people are saying the opposite. kayla tausche has the latest. >> reporter: when president biden touches down in florida to survey the damage from hurricane idalia, he'll be doing so without the company of the state's top leader and a potential biden opponent, governor ron desantis.

desantis's spokesperson telling cnn, we don't have any plans for the governor to meet with the president tomorrow. in these rural communities and so soon after the impact, the security preparations alone that would go into such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts. but that goes directly against what president biden said friday, telling cnn when asked whether he would be meeting directly with with governor desantis, in no uncertain terms, yes, and whelp i asked the homeland security adviser whether such a meeting was in the works, she said, it's customary. >> we're just planning a visit. i will say every time i've been to florida with the president, he has met with governor desantis and traveled the disaster zone whether it's traveling the surface or where the building collapse was. often they'll meet, have a brief meeting with the emergency responders. it could be in the open or in the briefing room. they're very collegiate when we

have the work to do together in helping americans in need. very president biden warned desantis of his potential meeting days ago and at that time the white house raised no concerns. they're suggesting that the change of plans or change of heart was governor desantis's alone. president biden is expected to visit the hardest hit communities that the hurricane swept through just days ago. at the white house, kayla tausche, cnn. turning now to former president trump's legal troubles here in the state of georgia where he and 18 codefendants are facing charges for trying to overturn the state's election results. about a dozen defendants in the case have pleaded not guilty and waived their appearances in next week's arraignments. rudy giuliani is reportedly

facing mounting legal bills. his plea came one day after 13 others pleaded guilty. the judge will soon rule on mark meadows to have his case moved to federal court. meadows helped to overturn the election results. meadows claims he was just caring out his duties. >> reporter: we're following a flurry of developments in the georgia election interference case of the 19 defendants who were charged as part of the sprawling racketeering case. we now know dozens have entered pleas of not guilty. those include people like former president donald trump and his former personal attorney rudy giuliani. we're still waiting for the others to decide what they're going to do if they're going to plead on paper or show up in person next week. we're also waiting on a ruling from a federal judge who's

considering whether mark meadows should be able to move his case from state court in georgia to federal court. we know that donald trump's team is watching that decision closely because trump may try to do the same thing, which is move to federal court. if that's the case, we would lose the ability we would have in state court to have cameras on these proceedings to see a trump trial on camera. that doesn't exist in federal court. no cameras allowed. again, there are a number of steps in this case that could move forward next week. sara murray, cnn, washington. there are new calls for senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to step down, and the calls are coming from inside the party. >> reporter: right now the senate is the most privileged nursing home in the country. mitch mcconnell has done some great things and he deserves credit, but you have to know when to leave. >> republican presidential candidate nikki haley's comments come after mitch mcconnell froze

on camera for a second time in weeks. occasional light-headedness could be linked to the senator's concussion last week. earlier i spoke with nancy jenker and we discussed whether there should be any age limits for politicians. here's what she has to say. >> the president has the ability to launch a nuclear weapon. members of congress have the ability, the power to wage war, to, you know, vote on spending. so i do think that we need to consider what's relevant to their ability to do that job. i would argue going back to the case of mcconnell, senator mcconnell, the concern may be he may be impaired to do the job. it's not that he's 81. the other problem with age cut-offs is they feed ageism.

it's really a problem in this society. in 2014 there was a poll and many retires felt forced out of their job. in 2020 they surveyed individuals who were 50 to 80, and 82% of them faced ageism in daily life. so if we start to point to age, which is really a marker of something else, then there will be negative effects in terms of impacts on attitudes toward older adults. it really puts older adults down unfairly. two more members of the proud boys have been sentenced in their roles in the capitol insurrection. one received 18 years in prison. nor dean claimed he went to the capitol to be a leader and keep people out of trouble. a video shows dominic pa dough

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now to crimea where russia says it's foiled three attacks on a vital bridge in the past few hours. rush's ministry of defense claims it destroyed three ukrainian sea drones loaded with explosives launched at the bridge. it's just the latest attempt on an attack on the bridge that's a critical lifeline for russian forces. they've identified a russian man accused during the atrocities. the sbu says he ordered his

subordinates to open fire on two cars concacafed civilians. a man, wife, and his daughter were killed. only a daughter, 9, survived. let's start with the reported ukrainian attacks on the bridge in crimea. what are you reporting? >> reporter: it's important that it has been occupied by russia from before this conflict back in 2014. ukrainian leadership have always maintained it should be ukrainian, it should be ukrainian controlled, and that clearly from these attacks we're seeing is still a key message of that part of the offensive. have a listen to what ukrainian president zelenskyy had to say about the importance of crimea.

>> translator: without these places, they could have a real look. the civilization exists there? no. does tourism exist there? no. did they increase the number of workplaces? no. >> now, these drone attacks that happened overnight connect a bridge to crimea. that's why they have been focused in this area. these sea drones come in a week of many drone attacks we've been talking about all week really. there's been quite serious drone assaults on russian territory. this time sea one drones are targeting the bridge. they're unmanned boats with explosives on board. ukraine has maintained that they're not responsible.

but they have talked about the use of sea drones in the past. we spoke to the head of security who said these sea drones are a unique invejs by ukrainians and they do not have private companies that make them. they claim they have the ka passion it and they can use them on a variety of targets by sea or air at an increasingly far distance. >> we're also hearing warnings about a new capable icbm system that can deter enemies. what can you tell us? >> clearly this is russia's reminder to the world that it has very capable nuclear arsenal. it was due to go out in september 2022. it is now ready to go on duty now, according to the russian government, and it's a clear

reminder, let's not forget, that president putin warned back in april they're capable of reaching the united states and anyone threatening russia should be very careful. it's strong rhetoric, rhetoric we've heard many times before and it comes at a time when russia itself has been under attack. we've been talking about attacks on russian territory throughout this week presumably from ukrainian drones. it's coming alongside tensions. >> katy polgase from london, thank you, appreciate it. upon his return to kyiv, he spoke with christiane amanpour about ukraine's allies.

here's part of the interview. >> i wish some things happened when i arrived in ukraine some time ago, but things happen as thereafter happen. countries need time to go through their reflection process, decision-making process, and we're not criticisming anyone for being too slow in providing weapons because we understand there there's a certain real. please, governments do not criticize our counter-offensive for being too slow, but respect we are fighting for what we have against the enemy who is strong the most important agreement is the agreement reached between president biden and others on providing ukraine with f-16s, and we're deeply grateful to the united states for giving the green-light for these deliveries.

>> again, academy going to read what you said in paris. the number of mine fields and fortifications is impressive. russian planes and helicopters dominate the air. we talked a little bit about that and what you need. can we talk about what your forces seem to be doing and that is really deploying drones, and we saw an attack inside russia very far inside russia this week, carrying out attacks. i know you never talk about this stuff, but actually one of your generals did and did confirm it and did complain the planes were deliberately targeted. i don't know what you can say about it, but what are your allies saying about you attacking inside russia? first of all, can you confirm that for us? >> well, when i'm asked this question, my answer is always the same. as foreign minister, i do command what happens in other

countries, but in the case of the russian aggression against ukraine, i do not condemn what happens. >> no, no. it's meant to be ukrainians attacking inside russia. >> yeah, but i don't know who exactly is doing that and why it's happening. i think the question should be different. it's the question that the people of russia should ask president putin, why instead of protecting us and our lives, you are sending our men to the war in ukraine and make them die in thousands. north korea fired more missiles early saturday. the joint chiefs of staff says it detected several cruise missiles, adding that the missiles were fired into the yellow sea. they say they're analyzing details. they ramped up joint military exercises on thursday.

still ahead, the candidate of the new right. how vivek ramaswamy is gaining traction among the rising force in the republican party. plus strong warnings in asia. another one threatens taiwan with more wind and rain. stay with us. with amazon's back to school deals, you can save money by spending less of it. makes sense! oh, i i see what you did there! - what? - what? i don't geget it. hehe.

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political moment, fueled by a trump-like populism. >> i think what we have in a lot of this country are a lot of conspiracy realists. >> reporter: that some supporters prefer to the republican front-runner. >> do you think he can beat trump? >> yes, without a doubt. we're tired of losing. trump lost. >> it doesn't seem to make sense. how are you going to beat trump when you have a trump base and he is running? >> i think the way i'm going to do it is speaking in an uninhibited way. i think i'm the only candidate this this race at this point that's speaking my mind truly without running it through preordained filters. that's proving to be a competitive advantage. it does draw backlash at times, but i think that's what people in this country are pining for. >> in your book you had much different things to say about donald trump than you're saying here today. >> that's not true. >> reporter: but it is true. in his 2022 book ramaswamy

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iowan hear from ramaswamy, the more you hear questions about his foreign policy ideas like giving parts of eastern ukraine to russia. >> i was the one who asked the question about ukraine. i think he's wrong about the ukraine. >> reporter: and whether this ramaswamy moment is just that, a moment. >> he's the new flavor of the month. we've seen this in previous presidential races. someone catches on and then they fade. >> someone uses the word to describe you as political artist, obnoxious, annoying, conspiratorial, little regard to truth, practicalities of american government. how do you respond to people who say he's an opportunist, an interloper. >> i guess i'm never going to to debunk someone else's preconceived notion nor am i going to try to. my job in this race is to tell them who i am and what i stand for. >> reporter: ramaswamy will spend his labor day weekend in

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the sounds of blowing conch shells rang out over the sunrise over maui on friday, part of a day long individualual honoring the victims of the wildfire. u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy will be in maui later today touring the air with congressional lawmakers. they want to see firsthand what happened on the island and plan to meet with officials involved in the recovery efforts.

a storm began losing strength after lashing hong kong with high wind and rain. gail-force winds are affecting many places, so much so they've rescheduledaround 384 flights for today. there have been reports of flooding and fallen trees but so far no casualties or massive damage. wheen while to the east the tie fine is expecting to gain more strength as it edges closer to the island. the latest classroom ban targets a long robe. macron reaffirmed that those and other religious symbols would not be allowed in the schools

and teachers would have help to enforce the new rules. >> reporter: special staff will be seconded to work alongside teachers to support them and end gauge in the necessary dialogue with families and pupils, but we won't let anything get past us. at the start of the school year, i will be frank with you. we know there will be cases, some through negligence perhaps but many to try to defy the republican system. we must be uncompromising. >> critics have denounlseced th ban. days after a coupe swept a president from power, the new military leader promised a return to democracy. in an address he says he doesn't want to rush into new elections that make, quotes, the same

mistakes as the previous regime. in his remarks he said the break would not be permanent. for more on this, cnn international correspondent jim bittermann joins us. take us through it. >> reporter: i think for one th thing, the break will not be part of nguema's break. what does it mean? the military once it takes power is very reluctant to give it back up, so while the opposition cheered the overthrough of the dynasty which has been going on for more than 50 years, now they're a little dunous after hearing this televised address. here's the way the televised address as general nguema went to the public.

>> re >> translator: the aim is to make them more in line with international substantial dards, fundamental freedoms, democracy, and the rule against law, but the fight against corruption, money laundering, and above all, the preservation of the environmental which is a battle endearing to our country. >> he's watching very carefully and seeing what kind of substance is behind general nguema's words. in any case the french have a great deal of vested interest in gabon. they do over $300 billion in business with them. at the moment no one is saying

anything about evacuating them but there are french soldiers who will aid in an evacuation if it becomes necessary, but at the moment, it's not happening. >> jim bittermann, thank you so much. for the 43rd time since becoming head of the catholic church, 86-year-old pope frances -- francis is traveling to mongolia. it has about two dozen catholics. neighboring catholics were on hand to meet the pope. joining us is senior vatican analyst john allen. john, there seems to be a lot more to the pope in general than mongolia itself. why would he travel some 5,000 miles to visit fewer than 1,500 catholics? >> reporter: this trip is probably going to set a new

record for the country with the fewest catholics than any pope has ever visited. the conventional estimate is about 1,450. he can actually shake every catholic's hand in the country before he is done. why mongolia? because in part this is simply one of the hallmarks of the francis papacy which is the outreach to the peripheries. this is a pope who generally bypasses the centers of power and wants to reach out to those forgotten, neglected, and marginalized places on the globe and try to give them a moment in the sun. but that said, kim, we also should not forget that although mongolia is a tremendously sparsely populated place of around 3 million people, it nevertheless is nestled cheek by jowl with two superpowers, china

and rush. you look at particularly the conflict in ukraine, obviously this trip gives him the opportunity to address those two giants. >> absolute. so one of those giants, china, explain how the catholic church functions there. it sort of has two parallel tracks, one official and one underground, right? >> yes. since they took over in 1949, the catholic community has been split broadly speaking between an official church that is recognized by the government and an unofficial or underground church sometimes called a catacombs church. the long-term project has been to try to heal that rift, try to put the two churches back together. they don't want a skis. where a church does not have any

relationship with authorities in roam. critics will tell you that the vatican kind of threw out the baby with the bath water on the deal and they gaev out too much and china is repeatedly violated it. the vatican is hoping over time all of this will work out and lead to full diplomatic relations between rome and beijing. i think they see this trip to mongolia in the presence of a small but nevertheless resolute number of catholics as a down payment on that ultimate goal. >> fascinating trip since the pope's health has been in question over the past couple of months. but we'll continue following john allen in rome.

still to coming spain's open court opens a case against ruis rubiales on that kiss. that report is coming up. please stay with us. - what? - what? i don't get t it. hehe.

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breaking news, longtime entrepreneur and musician jimmy buffett has died. he was 76 years old. his music will forever be known with warm beaches and a shaker of salt. he began his career in country music but found himself singing about a mythical tropical place called margaritaville. the singer was hospitalized and had to postpone a show in amay. he didn't say what was ailing him but would respond as soon as he was able to. he passed away peacefully friday surrounded by his family, friends, and dogs, and living life, quote, like a song till the very last breath. we'll have more coming in the

hours ahead. all right, we're now approaching two weeks since the spanish soccer team won the women's world cup and the scandalous turmoil in the aftermath shows no signs of abating. cnn's carolyn manno joins us now from new york with the latest developments. luis rubiales had lots to say. >> he's really been under fire ever since that famous kiss now when he kissed jenni hermoso on the lips. on friday he released this statement saying he will continue defending himself to, quote, prove the truth. now, he did ite, i made some obvious mistakes which i regret sincerely from the heart. it is true for such errors i have asked for forgiveness. he went on to say, i have learned that no matter how great the joy and deep the emotion, even when a world cup is won,

sports leaders must be required to exhibit exemplary behavior, and mine wasn't. this opened a misconduct case against him. last week fifa said it was suspending him from all football-related activities for 90 days. that's the latest there. in the meantime novak djokovic is still on track to win a record 24th grand title at the u.s. open, but he had to do it the hard way on friday night. he dropped the first two sets to fellow player. the match did not end until 1:30 in the morning. a lot of people were looking at the match like one that might trip him up. the 36-year-old admitted he had to pump himself up even after being pushed to the brink. >> i did a little pep talk in the mirror. i kind of laughed at myself because i was so pissed off and

agitated and annoyed with the result and the game, but, you know, i had to kind of force myself to lift myself up. tonight it, and i'm grateful. >> there's no player more tougher in the game. in the meantime on the women's side, number 6 seed coco gauff got off to a rough start. the 19-year-old american made error after error in the first set against elise mertens and then turned it around, winning the last ten games in a row in the round of 16. she will face world's number one carolyn woz on sunday that might be the most watched and anticipated match so far. woz is back after being away for three years and having two

children. finally football college season will get underway with more than 70 games this weekend. it didn't look like that was going to be the case. the cardinals were down by 15 points at half. quarterback jack plumber rallying his troop for three touchdown passes to score 27 unanswered as louisville pulls off their first ever ever victory in the state of georgia. back to you. >> that game just taking place a few feet from where i'm standing. but, of course, the big question, will that other georgia team, the bulldogs, repeat their national championship from last year. we will see. carolyn manno in new york. thank you so much. really appreciate it. india has just launched its first observation mission to the sun. have a look. >> four, three, two, one, zero. less five seconds.

lift off. >> magnificent lift-off. >> india's space agency is sending the probe to a region about 900,000 miles from our planet. the mission is caring scientific instru millionaires to care out a journey. it was more than a week ago they became the first spacecraft to land the spacecraft near the south pole. russia's left a mark on the moon. see a look. nasa officials say it was likely created when russia's unscrewed luna space mission collided on august 1st. russia's space agency says its first lunar mission in 50 years went wrong because of an engine

failure. taylor swift is at it again. the pop star's eras tour is smashing presale records hours after sharing the film's trailer on social media, inviting people to check it out in theaters in north america come october. >> people come up to me and they're going to be like, you're going to do a show with all the albums in it? i said, yeah, it's going to be called the eras tour. see you there. >> amc's theater chain says it pulled in a whopping $26 million. a big day easily beat the previous record. spider-man, no way home, that came in at just under $17 million in 2021 and amc says swift smashed the record within three hours of tickets going on sale. i'm kim brunhuber. you follow me on x, formerly known as twitter @kimbrunner.

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