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uncertainty building on whether house speaker nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her visit to asia. well have a live report from beijing. plus -- political chaos in iraq as protests in baghdad force sessions of parliament to be suspended. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >> its 5:00 a.m. in eastern kentucky. an area that has already severed through days of heart break and anguish after massive flash floods is waking up this morning to more dreaded...

across the country. >> and democrats in a race against the recess, trying to pass president bidens key agenda items with the midterm elections looming. how much can congress get done? were grateful that you are starting your week with us, bright and early this sunday, july 31st. good morning, sarah. >> good morning to you, boris. >> great to be with you. we begin today with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and re...

more missing text messages, the washington post reporting tonight that text from trumps acting homeland security secretary chad wolf and his deputy can cuccinelli are missing. they tell the post that the textbook from a key period leading up to january 6th. we have a new cnn exclusive reporting tonight that prosecutors are getting ready for a court battle to force former trump white house officials to testify about conversations they had with the former president. joining me now to dis...

excessive climate change. good afternoon, im jim sciutto in for erin burnett, and "outfront" tonight, preparing for battle. cnn has learned that investigators want to force former trump officials to testify in court, and will use the court to do so. they want to know the actions of former president trump around january 6th, and this is the clearest sign yet that they are zeroing in on trumps actions as he tried to cling to power. this development is coming as the january 6th select c...

invasion of ukraine. and i will just end by saying that according to officials, there was a discussion of a possible face-to-face meeting going forward. theres no timeline for that, but they are going to follow up and set up that meeting. >> mj lee, thank you. lets turn now to selena wang in beijing, gathering chinese reaction to joe biden and xi jinpings phone call. what did china have to say about mo pelosis possible trip to taiwan? >> reporter: while the readout did not specifically...

>> were in extreme conditions, but things can always get worse. >> reporter: and any ecologist will tell you a healthy forest needs fire to rejuvenate itself. but since world war ii, smoky the bear has been preaching fire suppression. across much of california, all this fuel has been loading up over the decades, a fire drought really, just in time for the old-fashioned drought. a 22-year megadrought. this combination now making californians rethink everything they know about property values and ...

Suppression. across much of california, all this fire has been loading up over the decades. a fire drought really, just in time for the old-fashioned drought. a 22-year megadrought. this combination now making californians rethink everything they know about property values and insurance markets and defensible spaces. >> in the course of my career, ive seen the biggest fire happen year after year after year. it is impressive. >> reporter: no offense, you dont look like a grizzled veteran. it is n...

And, across much of california, all of this fuel husband loading up over the decades of fire drought, really, just in time to build the old-fashioned. not a 22-year megadrought. this combination,, now making californias rethink everything they know about property values and insurance markets and defensible spaces. >> in the course of my career, i have seen the biggest fires have been year, after year, after year. >> yeah. >> its impressive. >> now, no offense, you dont look like a grizzled veter...

Especially scary is that it devastated a lot of land really fast and the winds are not howling like they wouldve been, right? >> that is correct. we are in extreme conditions but things can always get worst. >> any ecologist would tell you that a healthy force needs occasional fire to rejuvenate itself but, ever since world war ii, smoky the bear has been preaching fire suppression. across much of california, all this has been loading up over the decades a fire drought, really, just in time for ...

Guest Opinion: Fire Drought Editors note: Indoor dining, you were fun. For those of us who have bought and sold the notion that having our society get vaccinated would be the key to never seeing our bars, restaurants and other establishments closed to COVID-19 ever again, the advent of another round of Extreme Risk for Crook and Deschutes and 13 other counties is nothing short of a total disappointment. Alas, so is seeing a loved one die of the virus. ...