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alert and new warning from beijing, and major escalation of rhetoric out of china. suggesting if house speaker pelosi flies to taiwan with a fighter jet escort, the chinese military could shoot her plane down. happy friday, i'm john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. >> sandra: developing story. that is brand-new, i'm sandra smith in new york. that stark warning just came from beijing, it happened moments ago. china state media saying a fighter jet escort for pelosi would constitute a "invasion," but still no word whether pelosi will be visiting taiwan. yesterday chinese president xi...

man: 4, 3, 2, 1, fire. it's just evolution. it's just changing. everything has a shelf life. nothing stays the same. man: we continue to be one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, and there's no reason that shouldn't continue. this city has this whole other trajectory and life unto itself. las vegas has this mystique. man: the vegas strip has seen everything from sammy and frank to siegfried & roy. las vegas is the most thoroughly modern 21st century city that we have. announcer: this is beyond fairytale, it's inconceivable. las vegas evolved. it's unlike anywhere else in th...

The vegas strip. the nonstop sheets of rain overwhelmed casinos there. brand-new pictures now. somebody taking that video showing the water flowing through the ceiling there. the video does not identify which that is, but several famous resorts did see a lot of water damage from the rain. of course, the flooding was even worse when you left the gambling floor. this video shows intense flooding and sloshing water in a vegas parking garage, looks like a river, john. >> john: and particularly when you consider that nevada had its dryest june in 128 years, and then in -- and then this happens. hot...

>> the people here in the motor city have been watching the city go down for a long time. they hope this is rock bottom and they can only rebound from him. shep? >> shepard: mike tobin live from detroit. news flash, lots of gamblers like to smoke. atlantic city's rebel resort and casino. announcing some big changes as it restructures under bankruptcy protection. for one, letting folks light up on the gambling floor. rebel opened last spring as ac's only smoke-free casino, turns out there was a reason it was the only one. it also dealt with problems like construction costs overruns and super st...