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largest nuclear facility and inside the space command where there is concern about a new russian spy satellite. a terrifying scene on a busy california highway a small plane crashes but luckily everyone got out alive and elon musk just sold nearly $7 million worth of stock. i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we begin in ukraine where the largest nuclear power plant in europe has been coming under attack the soviet-era facility was shelled over the weekend and inspectors so far have been denied access to the site. our morgan chesky starts us off from ukrainethis morning >> reporter: russia refusing access to the largest nuclear power plant in europe, rorked by explosion and now operating in

dangerous territory. inspectors unable to visit the ukrainian facility now forced to speculate about damage it sustained over the weekend video shows smoke rising after a series of explosions both russia and ukraine blame each other for. raising the alarm for a nuclear catastrophe. >> any attack to a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing. and i hope those attacks will end. >> reporter: the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is twice the size of the infamous chernobyl. and employs nearly 11,000 people the 1986 meltdown of that plant exposed millions to radioactive debris, killing thousands within 36 years the national energy company saying recent strikes damaged several buildings and forced one of the six reactors to go offline. the exiled mayor whose town

borders the plant says they have already kiflled one employee fo not following orders if there is a meltdown at the plant, what happens to your town will it cease to exist >> my community will cease to exist. >> reporter: that's it >> that's it >> reporter: to the south in crimea, a kran strike on a russian airfield sending a massive mum of smoke rising skyward. the country fighting to retake the russian-occupied south will soon have more help, the u.s. pledging more aid. including rocket launchers that have been so effective they're slowing russian shelling now to the latest fallout from the mystery at mar-a-lago there are still many questions this morning about why the fbi searched former president trump's florida home, what they took and with only 90 days until the midterms what the political

fall out may be. what have we heard from mr. trump's legal team about monday's search? >> reporter: well, phillip, good morning. more questions than answers still this morning but his personal attorney who was there at the time says about a dozen boxes were pulled, not only from his private residence at mar-a-lago but from his office there the president has said that agents opened a safe inside that office as well they spent about 10 hours on the property, according to his personal attorney. multiple sources are telling nbc news that the fbi was looking for classified documents, some of those considered highly sensitive. last night, trump hosted people at his new jersey golf club, including congressman jim banks.

>> we largely, all, everyone in the room encouraged president trump to run for president again. and the sooner he gets out and starts campaigning the better. >> reporter: now some close to the former president say that this could really expedite an official announcement. he said everything but officially that he's going to run again for president. he did, though, release a campaign-style fund raising video just hours after the agents left mar-a-lago so phillip, a lot unfolding as you've talked about. and let's see what happens today, as this moves forward >> we know you'll continue to follow that for us, jay. thank you. in the first primary night since the fbi search at mar-a-lago former president trump is still a gop king maker trump-backed candidate also a bcandidates had a big night.

in wisconsin, the trump-backed candidate beat out the pence-backed candidate it sets up a match against tony evers. >> i'd like to thank president trump for his support. it was a tremendous validation of our meteoric rise in this campaign he knows that we need new leadership in madison, and he see as lot of similarities he didn't have to run for president, i didn't have to run for governor he wanted to drain the swamp we found out it's a really big swamp. >> he is one of six gubernatorial candidates on the ballot who have not said whether they would certify biden's win >> scott jensen easily won the nod for republican governor in minnesota and called the 2020 election results into question and a week after the washington primary, jamie herrera butler

has conceded her race. she was one of the few republicans who voted to impeach mr. trump. ilhan omar narrowly survived her primary against centrist don samuels. projections show that becca balunt won her primary and set to be the first female and openly gay member of congress. authorities arrested 51-year-old mohammad sayeed. officers recovered a gun used in the death of two victims albuquerque police are working on finding a possible motive for the shooting, but the department said in a press release that an

interpersonal conflict may have led to the killings. >> reporter: as monkeypox continues to spread, the fda is allowing a single monkeypox dose to be divided into five doses to knock late more people and in order to low ause the lo dose it has to be given under the skin after reports of monkey being attacked and poisoned, the world health organization has issued a statement. the agency is stressing that the current outbreaks are not linked to the primates. a mother and daughter have been charged with felonies by nebraska police over an abortion after facebook turned over chat records. according to prosecutors, jessica burgess acquired abortion pills for her daughter celeste, who was 17 at the time. the investigation began in april

before roe was overturned. and an investigator's affidavit states that celeste had a miscarriage at around 23 weeks shortly of a taking the pills. a spokesperson from met ata says nothing they received in the search warrant mentioned abortion the warrants were accompanied by non-disclosure orders which are since lifted and in mississippi, a grand jury has declined to indict a woman in the murder of emmett till the death of 14-year-old till sent shockwaves back in 1955 and galvanized the civil rights movement in this country no one has ever been held criminally responsible for his death. now to weather and more

troubling news for those hard hit in kentucky. here's bill karins in for michelle hi, bill >> great to see you. we made it through last night. we were under a flash flood watch last night, and it continues into today step one, we made it through fine but we're going to have to wait and see what happens the radar is really kind blanked. afternoon storms expected tloutd this region. and notice the storms starting to fear up around 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. i pause this at 6:00 p.m. with a lot of heavy rain in the d.c., norfolk area scattered storms in kentucky and west virginia. and finally, that region get as break as the a couple days

for the cooler drier air to make it into virginia and north carolina temperatures not bad in the south but a lot of storms, too if we can make it through those storm, we have beautiful weather for a lot of people this weekend. >> that's what we want to there, bill, thank you. two people are lucky to be alive after their plane crashed on a highway it burst into flames on a freeway in riverside county. both managed to escape uninjured. firefighters were able to put out the flames, report nothing other injuries and only slight damages to one vehicle still to come, why ferrari is recalling nearly every car it's made in the last 17 years

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just beneath the u.s. satellite. >> that's really irresponsible behavior >> reporter: in an exclusive interview news, space command says russia may be trying to get an up close look at oust spy capabilities >> we see that it's in a similar orbit to one of our high-value assets for the u.s. government so we'll continue like we always do to continue to update that and track that >> reporter: last week our cameras were the first ever allowed inside the space command joint operations center in colorado springs >> that's the zenith, the very top of the space operation centers within the u.s. department of defense. >> reporter: it tracks any rocket launch anywhere in the world. from the war in ukraine to chinese military exercises off taiwan to that russian satellite launch how quickly do they learn that something has launched somewhere in the world >> we have some really good

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espn reporter, m.a. vopel has announced he is transitioning to male. he has covered sports for the network since 1996 he added he wanted to be his authentic self while receiving an award next month. colleagues are showing their support. a scare on the little league field turned into a major display of sportsmanship a texas batter lost control of

the ball, beaned that kid from oklahoma, hit him right in the helmet he would take the base and noticed that the pitcher was in tears and walked over to console him. it is the end of an era for one of tennis' biggest stars serena williams announcing her fair farewell, saying she is ready for an evolution away from the game >> reporter: with the racket, grit, and that competitive drive. >> that's good footwork right there. >> reporter: serena williams changed tennis and women's sport, but now the grand slam champion from compton, california, says her next big match will be off the court. the 40-year-old opening up in an article for "vogue", saying she will be evolving from tennis in the next few weeks, saying i have never liked the word retirement, saying the best word

to describe what i'm up to is evolution. planning to grow her family. williams recognizing the impossible expectations of working moms, saying believe me, i never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. i don't think it's fair. if i were a guy, i don't think i'd be writing this because i'd be out there playing and winning while my wife would be doing the physical work of expanding our family >> i guess there's just a light at the end of the tunnel >> reporter: williams admits this was a painful decision but is ready for what's next, hoping to be remembered as someone who transcended the sport. and to her fans across the world she says i'm going to miss that version of me, that girl who played tennis, and i'm going to miss you >> our thanks to tom llamas for that report. there are so many people, whether you're an athlete,

sports fan, parent or just somebody who's been working for decades and ready to retire that can relate to this essay it is incredible every word of it, just hung onto it >> she is the best and most influential athlete of this entire generation. not much argument when it comes to that.

right now at 4:30, the search for a missing teen intensifies, all new revelations about the moments before she vanished after a party and new images, too. the message for bay area kids who may have been partying with her that night. plus -- >> social media is not free. it costs you your privacy. you are the product. you provide data to the platform predicts nudging your behavior. >> police build the case against a teenager after