News Wrap: US intelligence reviewing security risks of Mar-a-Lago documents

Read the Full Transcript

• Geoff Bennett:

  It is good to be with you. And as we come on the air tonight, we've got new reporting on the fallout from the top secret documents recovered from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. U.S. intelligence officials have informed Congress that it will conduct a damage assessment evaluating the potential national security risks resulting from any disclosure of the documents. It's the first known acknowledgement by the intelligence community of the potential damage caused by Mr. Trump's possession of highly classified material, including human source intelligence.

  In a statement to PBS News Hour today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said it will, "closely coordinate with DOJ to ensure this assessment is conducted in a manner that does not interfere with DOJ's ongoing criminal investigation.

  The Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania was once photographed wearing a Confederate uniform for a faculty photo. Reuters obtained this nine year old photo through a Freedom of Information Act request. The image shows Doug Mastriano on the far left with his colleagues at the Army War College where he worked until retiring in 2017. Mastriano is currently a Pennsylvania State Senator. He's an election denier, and he was in the crowd outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

  More baby formulas should be heading to retail store shelves soon. Abbott Laboratories in Sturgis, Michigan said in the statement, it is restarted production. Abbott is the largest U.S. supplier of baby formula. It's shut down earlier this year over reports of bacterial infections in infants spurred a nationwide shortage. It'll take about six weeks for the baby formula to ship to stores.

  In Ukraine today, shelling continued around Europe's largest nuclear plant, with Russia and Ukraine trading blame in Ukraine's second largest City, Kharkiv. A Russian missile left a huge crater on a city street this morning. No one was injured. And 12 miles from the front line, Ukrainian residents returned after extensive shelling earlier in the week to try and salvage what was left of their ruined homes.

  In Pakistan, the death toll from widespread flooding neared 1000 today, rescues were underway across much of the country to evacuate 1000s of stranded people. 30 million people have been affected by the floods since mid-June when the monsoon rains arrived early.

• No Name Given (through translator):

  We have suffered great losses, our houses have been destroyed. Also, there was a loss of life. Our neighbor's children were swept away by floods. We have also suffered great losses. There's 10 to 20 feet of water everywhere.

• Geoff Bennett:

  Pakistan's Prime Minister visited displaced people at a relief camp today. The United Nations pledged $3 million earlier this week and plans and additional $160 million to help with the recovery effort.

  And at the U.N. in New York talks designed to protect marine life fell apart in the early hours this morning. The U.N. treaty is designed to protect biodiversity and two-thirds of the world's oceans by setting aside 30% as marine sanctuaries, but only 1% of the high seas are currently protected. Oceans are key to fighting climate change since they absorb more than 90% of the excess heat from the warming planet. Talks are set to resume next year.

  And a dolphin calf in Thailand has a new lease on life after being rescued by fishermen who found him flailing in shallow water, nicknamed Paradon, which means "brotherly burden." He was transferred to a marine center where he's had a month of around the clock care. The Irrawaddy dolphin is considered a vulnerable species whose survival is threatened by habitat loss and illegal fishing.

  And still to come on "PBS News Weekend," one airports effort to make air travel easier for people with disabilities. And what's behind Philadelphia summer spike in gun violence.