uncertainty building on whether house speaker nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her visit to asia. we ll 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. it s 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 news, more heavy rain is on the way. a flood watch is now in effect and that s raising concerns about the ongoing search and rescue operations. at least 25 people have been killed, and that number includes four children, all from the same family. their aunt telling us they were siblings between 2 and 8 years old. neighbors say the parents tried to hold on to them, but the young children were swept away. there was a house there, and this trailer with this family of six, and it just washed them
equality. one example in 1961, russell and the celtics boycotted an exhibition game after a kentucky restaurant would not allow black players, and they returned 50 years later. a few years ago before the march, i met dr. king, and one of the great experiences of my life, and he invited me to be up h here. i respectfully declined, because the organizers had worked for year to get this together. i hadn t done anything. so, i wanted to continue my life as an interested bystander. now, lately, i have heard a lot about how far we have come in the 50 years. but from my point of view, tyou only register progress by how far you have come, and we have only begun. and also, initialnichelle ni was the first woman who was cast in a television series on her strength and power. but you are so busy at your command. and it is this moment in 1968, this kiss that made history as one of the first interracial kisses shown on television, and she recalled that kiss years later. it change
condition. several football players among them a campus in mourning tonight. dennis rodman telling nbc news he s going to russia to help bring brittney griner home. the former basketball star has played a role in international diplomacy before the nationwide teacher shortage and how some school districts are dealing with it. kids in classrooms but the teachers are remote. and they were a secret weapon during world war ii now, finally being honored. we re with the last of the navajo code talkers. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. in a part of the country so accustomed to drought and heat, it s raging water that s trapped tourists this weekend, and destroyed businesses in southeastern new mexico, a flooded highway made it impossible for tourists to leave one national park, and in utah s zion national park, flash floods tore through canyons rescue teams are still out looking for one hiker that s been missing since friday tonight, 14 million peopl
Candid views of this president. You talk to them one on one, theyre pretty up front about the fact that they dont take all the president s words to heart. That they are kind of getting used to how he conducts himself and his disregard for the facts. And thats a remarkable thing for an american president , members of his own party, in the congress to say. Its where we are. And im kind of used to it too now, because you talk to members of the congress. And in private, they dont even bother offering a defense of this president. They acknowledge he says things that are not true. Look at what bob corker told us a few months ago in that interview, where he really broke with the president. He said the president tweets things that are not true, you know it, i know it, he knows it,
damage to the fabric of american democracy, and thats an extraordinary thing for them to say. Yeah. But yet they wont say it publicly. Heres what i have to ask you, and one of the main reasons im asking you. In are o
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