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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 a...

across the country. >> and democrats in a race against the recess, trying to pass president biden's key agenda items with the midterm elections looming. how much can congress get done? we're 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 rescue crews make their way through flooded areas and we are expecting yet another round of heavy ra...

more missing text messages, the washington post reporting tonight that text from trump's 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 discuss all of this, senior crime and justice reporter caitlin pollens, and john wood, former senior i...

excessive climate change. good afternoon, i'm 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 trump's actions as he tried to cling to power. this development is coming as the january 6th select committee is speaking to former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and former secretary state ste...

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. there's no timeline for that, but they are going to follow up and set up that meeting. >> mj lee, thank you. let's turn now to selena wang in beijing, gathering chinese reaction to joe biden and xi jinping's phone call. what did china have to say about mo pelosi's possible trip to taiwan? >> reporter: while the readout did not specifically mention pelosi, they gave a strong warning about playing with fire when it comes to taiwan. in ...