idalia on the move this morning after flipping cars and flooding homes the powerful storm slides off the carolina coast we're tracking the latest and the damage left in its wake. actively advancing that's how u.s. officials are describing ongoing arms negotiations between russia and north korea. our team explains what it could mean for global safety one of the largest school districts faces major changes.

it's leaving some houston schools without librarians hear the controversial reason why and how some families are fighting back. smoking marijuana could put more metal in your blood, according to a new study a frantic rescue saves more than one life, after a team of firefighters save this donkey stuck in the mud how the owner is showing gratitude. >> now a tropical storm again, eye tail idalia will finally move back out to sea but not before hitting the southeast. the east coast now also under the threat of tornados a major gust of wind was strong enough to cause a car to flip, as the storm moved into south

carolina for more on idalia's destructive path, here's tom llamas. >> reporter: our first look at the incredible feuer eve hurricane idalia relentless sheets of rain and devastating storm surge, combining into a destructive force of hess toric proportions. the category 3 hurricane the strongest to hit the big bend area in more than a century. landfall came at keaton beach with maximum sustained gusts of 125 miles per hour homes here at any time stand a chance in nearby perry, this gas station toppled by fierce winds, and across region,roofs ripped off buildings. >> oh! oh, my gosh! >> reporter: have you ever seen anything like that in perry >> absolutely not.

>> reporter: the governor touring hard-hit perry what's your message? >> if you are in distress, you can call 911, and there will be rescue efforts that will commence the storm has passed the first responders are active. >> reporter: in steen hinhatche, water is everywhere. because of the storm surge, many communities were cut off, people were stranded or trapped in this homes. units like this one from the national guard have been deployed because of their high water vehicles and rescue units up top this yankeetown home was under water. >> this surge right here, if we had been in our property, we would have got flooded in. we wouldn't have been able to leave. >> that tree just went down. >> reporter: with trees down and roads submerged all over the area, moving can be as treacherous as staying put already two separate car crash

fatalities blamed on the weather, a total that would have grown if not for daring swift water rescues that saved dozens outside tampa. >> didn't know what i was going to do until these guys showed up i was going to stay and swim in my house >> reporter: pushed to the limit, the president offering help >> anything the states need now, i'm ready to mobilize that support. >> there goes power lines right there. >> reporter: as officials feared, eye taidali idalia over infrastructure >> that's going to be legitimate surge, a big, big deal and very, very dangerous and there we go with our, with our power here >> rest in peace >> reporter: other landmarks weren't so lucky this bed and breakfast engulfed by storm surge some of idalia's worst impacts

happening in this small town of less than a thousand in pasco county, several homes bush burned. >> we prepared for a flood, not a fire >> reporter: idalia knocked down these massive trees, crashing a home inside this car we met two of the survivors. >> it was terrifying honestly. >> reporter: summer told me how her husband brandon heard the tree snap and jumped on top of them >> you could hear it crack and, you know, collide on top of the house. >> reporter: brandon telling me he did what anyone would do who loves their family has it hit you kind of what you did? >> no, not really, figured it's what anybody would do. >> so much heroism there michelle is tracking the path of the storm this morning we'll check in with her in just a few minutes. u.s. officials say armed

negotiations between russia and north korea are advancing with thespeakinespeaking artillerg a ammunition it comes as north korea confirms they fired twoistic missiles let's bring in ali arouzi. they seem to be forming an increasingly close partnership why is that? >> reporter: you have to bear in mind that these two are pariah states that are forging an alliance borne out of a common enemy, and this's the west, in particular the united states you also have to bear in mind that traditionally, russia has supported north korea, both militarily and diplomatically, whether it's, you know, arms sales or supporting them on the u.n. security council.

and now that russia struggling to make any tangible gains in ukraine they're call mg ing favs from north korea and like iran, north korea has denied providing russia with any, with any armaments. we've seen that russian foreign minister shoigu had visited north k no north korea recently they making actively-advanced talks on munitions sales and other weapons, and of course the tension continues to simmer, frances. the russians launched a massive aerial attack on ukraine yesterday, and the south koreans, then, fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, after the u.s. had conducted some missions.

so tensions and sales. >> a scary but familiar skaen on wednesday for one of the country's top republicans. >> what are your thoughts on running for reelection in 2026 >> what are high thmy thoughts ? >> running for reelection? 2026 >> did you hear the question, senator? >> for the second time this summer, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell appeared to freeze a spokesman said he paused while feeling a bit light-headed and while he does feel fine he will see a doctor before his next event a case in the proud boys case was postponed after the presiding judge fell ill a total of five defendants were found guilty in may.

the proud boys leader could face up to 33 years in prison, the longest sentence of any january 6 defendant. he will likely be sentenced on tuesday. we're learning new details about how much a former president is said to have inflated his wealth new york attorney general letitia james says donald trump overstated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion one year. and this filing came as part of james' sweeping civil lawsuit brought against the trump organization and the trump family, alleging a multi-year effort by the company to inflate their assets trump has denied all wrongdoing in this case, calling it a witch-hunt the trial is set to again in october. president biden met with his cabinet last night to talk about the federal response to maui's devastating wildfires the the

president announcing that the energy department will allow $95 million to help improve the grid they discussed ways to strengthen safety protocols. there have been more dry, windy conditions this week causing more fire risks of search operations from the deadly fires are nearly over. the official death toll remains at 115 lives lost with hundreds st still missing. > we >> we're looking at idalia bringing storm surge 6 million people impacted. can you see the green, that is a fl what /* flood watch if you are in wilmington or around wilmington, where you see the red shaded areas that's where we're looking at the

chance for flash flooding right now. we're looking at moderate river flooding 48 inches isolated is possible especially where you see the brighter colors. that's where we're expecting the highest amounts of rain. the moderate risk is in the pink color. could see some flash flooding. we're looking at rain, additional rain in portions of florida, anywhere from up to three inches possible. where you see the yellow pockets. that's where we could see heavier rain, also lookinge southern plains, 102 in san antonio. we're going to take a look at the rest of thursday's forecast

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schools? >> it feels like they're being taken apart, dismantled. destroyed. >> reporter: this summer, the state of texas took over hisd, a district of almost 2,000 kids, a blue city in a red state they have swapped the superintendent for a charter school owner and former leader of dallas schools. some like houston mayor turner say it's a hostile takeover. >> let's not be fooled >> reporter: everyone agrees, houston schools needed to change some were failing. many students fell behind in reading and math district leaders tried to improve. and the state even gave them a b rating in 2022 they took over anyway and laid off employees and replaced libraries in underperforming schools so they could give some teachers higher salaries >> i can't afford a laptop for my kids.

so books is where we get to travel, to dream >> reporter: jessica's daughter so much see starting fifth grade at one of the new education system's schools >> i barely know how to read i just started reading this grade because my english teacher helped me a lot. >> stripes >> reporter: she says the library was a place where she could practice >> i say and-- >> reporter: the superintendent understands families are worried about change but argues book also still be available on shelves. in a district where there are so many kid whose are struggling to read, why disrupt the library of all places in. >> so, reading is key. we may not ahave librarians. but even in this room, books are on the shelves >> to you believe librarians are important in. >> every single position has value. we can't be all things to all

people, and we can't have everything we want >> reporter: so does that mean you're robbing peter to pay paul >> i wouldn't phrase it that way. what i would say is we're putting in a bold, different, model that works >> reporter: jessica campos considered busing sophie to another school, awayfrom her neighborhood and friends >> i'm not going to do that, because i'm not going to leave those kids there >> reporter: she says parents aren't go to let their school change without a fight ann to houston, texas. it's almost 5:00 in the morning, somewhere. right? we have the cocktail menu of nutritionists, next. and the red flag when it and the red flag when it comes to lighting up infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment.

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turned around, i looked and said god, her mother's down there i knew i couldn't get her up by myself so i started calling people. >> heard the call go out, i was like, all right, we have a donkey in a pond, what's the first thing we need to do in neff had an incident like this before >> they showed up with backboards, ropes, straps and everything, and the one guy stood there and made sure he took a place of holding her head up so she didn't drown >> at the end of the day, it was pregnant as well whe we had to worry about two lives instead of one >> we pulled the donkey out of the pond and she actually stood up and took off. having that feeling, when she stood up and took off, it's amazing. that's going to stick with me the rest of my life. >> i've got other donkeys, but this one right here has a special place in my heart. thank you. there's no words that will take the place of what they did

kind of like some people's got dogs i got donkeys. that donkey is like my kid come here, emma, emma, look here i mean, i live by myself, and that donkey is part of my family >> now he's going to be i guess are a have a grand donkey, i guess the coast guard races to rescue four people and a dog after their boat took on water off the coast of new jersey. a crew discovered the boat slowly sinking the commanding officers saying they saved those on board just minutes before the vessel capsized, and thankfully, nobody was hurt >> now to another rescue this one a 6 month old beagle was rescued from a hot car in connecticut. riggs was found locked in a car at a beach with a temperature at 122 degrees. the east haven fire department was called to help release the

trapped dog. now the pup is if n good health and adopted by the fire department look at that face. in it >> it doesn't get better than that thanks for watching. >> have a great thursday, see you back here in time for friday a long weend for some keof

right now at phi sz, take a look at the air quality that will continue today as wild files elsewhere send ash our way. we will let you know when the conditions will go away. that summer cold may not be a summer cold. a new covid variant is spreading across the country and here in the bay area. we have expert advice to keep you and your family healthy. and also, idalia continues on a path of destruction. now that the sun