hello, everyone. i m biannabianna. this morning, the president met with the leaders of the bucharest nine in warsaw, poland. that s the group of nato countries closest to russia s borders. biden praised the leaders for their continued potter soft ukraine ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion. as nato s eastern flank, you re the front lines of our collective defense. and you know better than anyone what s at stake in this conflict. not just for ukraine, but for the freedom of democracies throughout european and around the world. cnn s chief white house correspondent, phil mattingly is in warsaw. so, phil, what was the outcome of president biden s meeting there with the warsaw nine? i m sorry, the bucharest nine? you know, bianna, this was a 72-hour period full of clear symbolism, dramatic moments. this meeting was also critically important. it wasn t something that was going to draw a massive headlines, but the president s reassurance, commitment, and
new day starts right now. four ukrainian regions illegally annexed by russia under martial law this morning. the russian military does not even have complete control of the areas, in kherson, the russians are trying to accelerate the relocation or evacuation of some 60,000 residents in the face of ukrainian advances. vladimir putin perhaps struggling to maintain his grip even inside russia. introducing several levels of increased security measures. overnight a russian rocket struck a children s school in a village in zaporizhzhia. and destruction towards the south after another night of strikes targeted the energy infrastructure. here in the u.s. president biden weighing in on the declaration of martial law saying it reveals putin s dwindling options in the war. i think that vladimir putin finds himself in an incredibly difficult position. and what it reflects to me is, it seems his only tool available to him is to brutalize individual citizens in ukraine. the state
year. tropical storm warnings up for parts of texas. we re going to see some heavy rainfall in certain parts. we re going to tell you where and what that means for drought conditions. and a massive fire erupts at a boat yard in massachusetts. what we re learning about the fire and the damage that s been done. welcome to your weekend, saturday, august 20th. we re grateful to have you. thanks so much for waking up with us. great to be with you, amara. i can t believe it s august 20th. i wait for the weekends to know what the date is. i m realizing, oh my gosh, we re close to september. that s good. cooler weather, please. we were just talking about that, yes. it s almost halloween. good to be with you, boris. of course. we have a lot of news going on. we begin with the intense situation surrounding the z zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. that lies on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. the fighting around the area have intensified so have concerns abo
midterms. punching ballots yesterday giving insight how voters are feeling ahead of november. pat ryan projected to win the state s 19th district special election. his campaign pushed hard on the issue of abortion offering insight into the potential impact of overturning roe versus wade heading into the midterms. in florida ron desantis will face-off against a former member of his party, charlie crist as they look to slow desantis ahead of 2024. i ll going to beat this guy and as long as we do what is right, tell the truth, get help from friends across the country because if you want to help joe biden get a second term, we need to shut ron desantis down in florida now. you come help me now and you don t have to worry about him in 24 because this show will be over on november 8th. we ll have more on that race and others in a moment but we re also following this. cnn learned more than 100 classified documents comprising some 700 pages were found at trump s ma r-a-lago home
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