pete: hello good morning it s 8:00 o clock hour on the east coast, that was a navy band northeast ceremonial band that you were listening to. they have been here all morning and they were here yesterday and they are fantastic, it is the day before memorial day, the day before we recognize, honor and remember all those who lost their lives in service to our great country. from that we have fewer e-mails honoring service members in their lives that were killed in action. pete: let s start with john and judith who are in remembering their son john j dunn, he was killed in an intruder aircraft to japan in 1984. rachel: honoring the navy johnny johnson he was killed aboard the uss plymouth when he was torpedoed by an au boat off the coast of cape henry virginia back in 1943. lastly lynn is remembering her cousin billy mays in the vietnam war 1965 the family says, the heartbreak is still as wrong today as the day we were notified. let me tell you all the vietnam veterans never miss
machines. see how long they can perform that, flying birthing people. as we honor the air force s 75th birthday we are grateful for the air force. they drop us off places and they drop bombs on people and they were preceded i was correct, u.s. army air corporation 1926 to 1941. we transformed into the air force in 1947. rachel s father a master sergeant in the air force will join us. rachel: yeah. will: that is great. i think sean went up in an army fighter jet. rachel: i think national guard. maybe it was national guard. will: i have had the honor going up with the air force with luke air force base in arizona in an f-16. in awe of what those men do, the fighter pilots, the entire apparatus of support behind them. absolutely amazing. meanwhile 50 days until the midterms. last night donald trump was out campaigning in ohio for senate candidate jd vance. this is what he had to say what is at stake 350 days from now. the choice this november is simple, if you want to continue
down to earth uncontrolled. and kansas voters are set to become the first to decide if abortion rights should change in the wake of the roe v. wade reversal. you re in the cnn newsroom. well, in eastern kentucky, it is more dreaded news after days of heartbreak and anguish. the threat of more rain now hanging over parts of kentucky decimated by this week s deadly flash floods. a flood watch is now in effect, and that is raising concerns about the massive search and rescue operation wrapping up its third day. 25 people are confirmed dead, and that includes four children all from the same family. they were siblings between two and eight years old. kentucky s governor says he does not know how many are still missing but says the death toll could rise for weeks as bodies are recovered. washed out roads and bridges and slowing those efforts. and with at least hundreds of homes destroyed, the misery seems to deepen by the hour. it s hard to put into words just the amount of
earlier than previous known. in fact, for more than a year. and the death toll is rising tonight in kentucky. homes completely under water. in just a matter of hours, we will speak to a pastor whose church was entirely washed away. let s go outfront . good evening to you. i m jim sciutto in for erin burnett. outfront , breaking news. the white house responding here on outfront after putin ups the ante on a prisoner swap deal. cnn exclusively reporting that president vladimir putin is demanding even more when it comes to the swap. according to sources, not only does he want viktor bout in exchange for brittney griner and paul whelan, the russians also now want a convicted murderer to be released. he was sentenced to life in president there. you broke the story. what more can you tell us what about the russians are demanding here. reporter: yeah. what we are told is earlier this month after they proposed the deal for viktor bout for paul whelan and brittney griner, they
after a dry start for many, showers will develop. some of the heaviest this time more likely in parts of eastern england, particularly stretching from northumberland down to about norfolk, temperatures are still ranging from the high teens in the west to the low 20s in the ease and, like for the last few days. we start the weekend still with low pressure in charge. a band of rain pushing is, followed by more showers. it s going to be a blustery day with some sunny spells between the showers and, in the sunshine, not feeling bad. temperatures i7 the showers and, in the sunshine, not feeling bad. temperatures 17 or 18 in the west, low 20s further east. high pressure is set to built in, which should settle the weather down for the weekend next week, and it should start to get warmer, with temperatures for some which in the mid 20s. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 30th june. you can keep up to date with all today s stories on the bbc website. now on bbc1, it