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capital. it has been nearly a week now since thousands of residents in jackson, mississippi have been able to have clean tap water. a major water treatment plan began failing last monday after it was damaged by flading, but when will people there finally have clean water to flush their toilets or brush their teeth or take a shower? fema is now saying its too early to know. >> where we are focused right now from fema is being able to make sure we can provide and support the mississippi ...

wont come until tomorrow. these conditions making the already dangerous fight against two raging wildfires in northern california all the more peril yous. more than 10,000 acres scorched and still growing. governor gavin newsom is declaring a state of emergency. hundreds evacuated as flames race closer to homes and structures. our chris winn and cnn meteorologist tom sare here to walk us through it all. you have in santa monica, and thats where we in the west go to cool down. how hot i...

the white house. joe, what will we hear from the president tomorrow in this big labor day appearance? hes really kicking off the start to the mid-term cycle. >> reporter: you know one thing that is very clear and that is the president, jim, is definitely interested in getting out there and showing his stuff, as it were. hes going not only to wisconsin. hes also going to pittsburgh. and later in the week hes going to columbus, ohio. that, of course, is going to be essentially a groundbr...

russian military forced the others to shut down and it lost its main connection to the nations power grid and atomic safety experts are extremely worried. cnns melissa bell has the latest from ukraine. >> reporter: theres been good news from the ukrainian counteroffensive tonight according to officials here in kyiv with an aide to president zelenskyy of what he says is the ukrainian flag. this town has been the center of battles for some time and we are getting some confirmation of the...

on these attitudes, the sea can be terrifying. they say that below 40 degrees south there is no law. but below 50 there is no god. at the ends of the earth is a land of extremes dog humbly spectacular wildlife. for centuries, people and animals a battle for supremacy. of but now, animals are becoming allies. together, they face new challenges. in a rapidly changing world. >> you are at the mercy of elements. this is the story but it takes to survive. on the edge of the world. patagonia...

we remember two legends. >> i contributed a great deal to the game. >> basketball superstar and civil rights champion bill russell. >> captain, the enterprise is up there. >> and television trailblazer initial nichols of "star supreme court." >> power. power. >> these protest remembers at the steps right in front of the senate. many of them slept overnight on the steps outside here to protest the failure of the burn pit legislation. >> they all have this mumbo-jumbo about a budgetary g...

>> it was this combination of feeling awe and at the same time a little bit of horror and shame. it goes into your heart and into your mind and it doesnt leave you. ♪ ♪ >> at the ends of the earth is a land of extremes. home to spectacular wildlife. for centuries, people and animals have battled for supremacy. but now enemies are becoming allies. together, they face new challenges. in our rapidly changing world. >> you are at the mercy of the elements. >> this is a story of what it...

gotten so bad that it wasnt safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. >> rescue, what is your emergency? >> reporter: but ever since, the fires in california have gotten worse. >> dixie fire. >> woolsey fire. >> are more towns burned to the ground, more forests devastated a...

>> at these latitudes, the sea can be terrifying. they say below 40 degrees south, there is no law. but below 50, there is no god. at the ends of the earth is a land of extremes, home to spectacular wildlife. for centuries, people and animals have battled for supremacy. but now enemies are becoming allies. together, they face new challenges. in our rapidly changing world. >> you are at the mercy of the elements. >> this is a story of what it takes to survive. on the edge of the world ....

and catastrophic wildfires, a climate state of emergency in the united states.♪ ♪ >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. we begin in ukraine, where there is more fallout from thursdays brutal attack on a detention facility in russian held territory in the east. on sunday, the u.s. ambassador to you range said russia must be held accountable for the attack, and dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians were killed in the strike, kyiv says, mosc...