that and the potential for the former president to influence the races. good morning, everyone. happy saturday and welcome to your new day. it is a good day. saturday, august 20th. good to be with you, boris. always a pleasure. good to be with you, amara. we begin with the concerns about a nuclear power plant on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. fighting around the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has intensified, so much so that now there are concerns about a possible nuclear disaster. cnn first reported new satellite images contradict russia s claims about the facility. they say there is systemic shelling there, but the images just don t show that. vladimir putin accuses the ukrainian military of conducting repeated military strikes at the plant. a special adviser to ukraine s armed services chief says moscow can t be trusted. russia always tells two truths and a lie. you can t believe anything they say. ukraine is not firing at their own nuclear plant
attack in central ukraine. president zelenskyy is calling it an act of terrorism. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room . it is 1:00 friday in jerusalem. this is the final hours of president biden s visit here before he heads to saudi arabia. tonight, the team is bracing for the trip to be a major test of he is diplomacy. jeremy diamond is with us in jerusalem. jeremy, clearly the effort to try to stop iran from developing a nuclear bomb was at the forefront of the talks. reporter: president biden and yair lapid met for an hour and a half earlier today. they covered everything from defense cooperation to the partnership between israel and arab countries. it was largely a show of unity. you also did see some daylight between the two sides as president biden reaffirmed his interest in resolving this diplomatically while the is really former president trump mr. called for muscular approach. presid
gun legislation in three decades, just a week after a gunman killed seven people in highland park. this legislation is real progress, but more has to be done. those families in highland park, on july 4th a parade became a killing field. the white house being urged to do more on guns as democrats are also calling for more federal action on abortion rights. yeah, there s more that needs to be done. and i know the president knows that. president biden is facing challenging political headwinds as he s hemorrhaging support in his own party ahead of the midterm elections. elections matter. a new poll shows 64% of democrats want a different candidate in the 2024 presidential race and only 26% believe that biden should be renominated. biden is already the oldest president in american history and 33% of democrats who were surveyed voiced concerns about his age. he intends to run. and if he does, i am tend to run with him. so there you go. among all voters, biden s job
the thing that s different about a vrbo vacation home. you always have the whole place to yourself. no stranger at the dinner table making things awkward. or in another room taking up space. it s just you and your people. because why would you ever share your vacation home with someone you wouldn t share your vacation with. a bright note to end the program, a real cooper roberts, paralyzed in the highland park shooting, could soon be heading back to school. hoover is currently in a hospital after being moved out of pediatric icu last week. simon says he is now doing daily physical activity to help with strength and activity. you will be there for another six and 12 weeks and is expected to join his twin brother for half the school and you have patient reba have. let s take a look. cooper is also been reunited with the family dog, george, and he s been asking him great friends, for united. the news continues, let s head over to sara sidner at cnn tonight. anderson,
murphy who is fed up with this party joins us live. plus, trump ally lindsey graham is told he must testify next week. andrew weizmann, former prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller s team is our guest. but tonight, we begin with this story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is fending a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term governor has catapulted to celebrity status among republicans thanks to his abrasive style and his relentless desire to weigh into the culture wars on behalf of the far-right. with his sights clearly set on 2024 run, governor desantis is now taking his show on the road. he is headlining rallies for key gop candidates all across the usa. just last week, he visited arizona to stop on behalf of the far-right election deniers running f