S START IN CENTRAL EUROPE WHERE MAJOR CITIES ARE BRACING FOR THE WORST FLOODING IN YEARS TO HEAD DOWNSTREAM. IN BUDAPEST, SOLDIERS FILLED SANDBAGS TO KEEP THE RIVER FROM OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. FLOODWATERS HAVE CLAIMED AROUND 20 LIVES SO FAR ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE AND SUBMERGED ENTIRE TOWNS.
THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. IN POLAND, THE GOVERNMENT DECLARED A STATE OF NATURAL DISASTER IN THE SOUTH FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS. IN AREAS WHERE FLOODWATERS HAVE RECEDED AS SEEN HERE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, RESIDENTS ARE LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES.
>> THE DAMAGE WILL BE HUGE. ALL IS DESTROYED DOWNSTAIRS. THE FLOORS ARE GONE.
WE ARE LIKE NEWLYWEDS RESETTLING AGAIN BUT IT IS NOT VERY AMUSING. AMNA: IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL, IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT SEEN AS THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE SOME 100 WILDFIRES THAT HAVE KILLED AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE. MORE THAN 50 OTHERS HAVE BEEN INJURED AND WITH NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST, NATIONAL AUTHORITIES SAY A FIRE ALERT WILL STAY IN PLACE UNTIL THURSDAY.
THE SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TODAY ON WHETHER TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROTECT IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OR IVF. THE FINAL TALLY WAS 51-44. 60 VOTES WERE NEEDED IN FAVOR TO OPEN DEBATE ON THE MEASURE.
THAT WAS THE SECOND TIME SUCH A BILL CAME TO THE FLOOR THIS YEAR AND IT WAS WIDELY EXPECTED TO FAIL BUT IT WAS A CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS TO PUT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ON THE RECORD AND DRAW A CONTRAST BETWEEN KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP ON THE ISSUE. CHUCK SCHUMER SPOKE BEFORE THE VOTE. >> EXPANDING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR IVF IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE.
A SURVEY FROM PEW RESEARCH SHOWED SEVEN IN 10 AMERICANS SAY ACCESS TO IVF IS A GOOD THING. JUST 8% OPPOSE IT. 8%.
AMNA: IVF PROTECTIONS CAME TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT RULED THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS CAN BE CONSIDERED CHILDREN UNDER STATE LAW. SEVERAL CLINICS CANCELED THE TREATMENTS. THE REPUBLICAN-LED LEGISLATURE THEN ENACTED A LAW TO PROVIDE LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE PROVIDING IVF SERVICES.
NEW DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT THE COMPANY BEHIND THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE THAT IMPLODED LAST YEAR ON ITS WAY TO THE TITANIC WRECKAGE SITE. FORMER OCEAN GATE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR DAVID LOCKRIDGE TOLD A COAST GUARD HEARING TODAY THAT THE COMPANIES CO-FOUNDER, STOCKTON RUSH, WHO DIED IN THE ACCIDENT, PUT PROFITS OVER SAFETY. >> BAD ENGINEERING DECISIONS.
I WOULD SAY THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS. THERE WAS A BIG PUSH TO GET THIS DONE AND A LOT OF STEPS ALONG THE WAY WERE MISSED. AMNA: INVESTIGATORS RECENTLY RELEASED THIS PHOTO SHOWING REMAINS OF THE TITAN LODGED IN THE SEAFLOOR.
THE VESSEL IMPLODED IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, KILLING ALL FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD AND RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE UNDERSEA EXPIRATION. INSTAGRAM IS ROLLING OUT A NEW TYPE OF ACCOUNT FOR TEENAGERS. NEW USERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WILL BE PLACED INTO PRIVATE ACCOUNTS AUTOMATICALLY.
THIS MEANS THEY WILL ONLY RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM THOSE THEY FOLLOW OR WHO ARE CONNECTED TO. SO-CALLED SENSITIVE CONTENT LIKE PEOPLE PROMOTING COSMETIC PROCEDURES WILL BE LIMITED AND TEENS WILL BE NOTIFIED IF THEY HAVE BEEN USING THE APP FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR. THE NEW POLICY COMES AS META-FACES DOZENS OF LAWSUITS THAT SAY IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS CAN BE ADDICTIVE AND HURT CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH.
WALL STREET ENDED WITH LITTLE CHANGED TODAY AS INVESTORS WAIT FOR TOMORROW'S DECISION BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE ON INTEREST RATES. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE SLIPPED 15 POINTS, FALLING BACK JUST A BIT FROM YESTERDAY'S RECORD HIGH. THE NASDAQ ADDED 35 POINTS ON THE DAY.
THE S&P 500 BARELY BARGED, ADDING JUST ONE SINGLE POINT. STILL TO COME ON THE NEWS HOUR, HIP-HOP MOGUL SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS WITH RACKETEERING, VIOLENT -- ON CHARGES. THEY CONTINUE SPREADING LIES ABOUT HAITIAN MIGRANTS.
WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTIST AND PHYSICIAN FRANCIS COLLINS DISCUSSES HIS NEW BOOK ON SCIENCE AND FAITH.
