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two nations pointing fingers after an attack on a prison holding prisoner of war. we're live in kyiv with the latest. how russia is getting around sanctions by plundering sudan's gold. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. it's 5:00 a.m. in eastern kentucky where a humanitarian tragedy is unfolding and will likely get worse. president joe biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including 6 children and that death toll is expected to rise. raging waters decimate...

>> i don't want go bankrupt. i don't want to lose my house. i don't want to lose my independence or the little moral value that i have. >> changes people are forced to make as inflation continues to squeeze bunts. good morning and welcome to your "new day." it's saturday, july poth. >> good morning, sara. it's great to be with you, even though we have to start with breaking news. at least 16 people are dead in kentucky including six kids. authorities there are warning the death toll is almost certain to rise. >> kentucky governor an dy beshear says it's hard to get a correct number...

kentucky. >> it's hard to put into words the amount of devastation that we've seen. you know, you're talking about some really, really good people here in eastern kentucky don't have a whole lot. and a lot of them have lost everything they've got. >> you can hear just sorrow in his voice. the fast rising flood waters forced many people to evacuate, but the storms ended up catching a lot of people by surprise because they happened the middle of the night. >> and we are learning some really heart breaking stories, like this one in knotts county, four people killed when kids and their p...

kentucky showing some of the damage left behind by historic floods that killed at least 25 people. you can see floodwaters slammed this school bus into a building, just devastated there, wrecked cars and downed trees are everywhere. tomorrow eastern kentucky is expecting several more rounds of rain that could make this flooding worse. electricity is out in many places. state officials say 21 drinking water systems have been damaged by rushing waters. there have been more than 600 water rescues. among the dead are four young kids from one family, the youngest just two years old. the g...

jackpot winner, and now we wait to see who that person actually is. >> i'm hoping that hit the jackpot. i'm pamela brown in washington. you are in the "cnn newsroom" on this saturday. in eastern kentucky the death toll rises, and the catastrophic floodwaters begin to recede. the horrors are now becoming more clear. 25 people confirmed dead, including at least four children from the same family. their aunt tells us that they were between 2 and 8 years old. kentucky's governor tells cnn that the national guard has gone on more than 660 air rescues. the floodwaters washed away roads, ...