yes, the time has come for a fresh approach to dog food. everyday, more dog people are deciding it s time to quit the kibble and feed their dogs fresh food from the farmer s dog. made by vets and delivered right to your door precisely portioned for your dog s needs. it s an idea whose time has come. all right. the craziness at the border, these migrant surge numbers get more incredible by the day and now you have states and cities like new york and new jersey, arguing who is going to house them and when and how to support and deal with them. it s a mess and the epicenter seems to be eagle pass, texas where you ll find our casey stegall. hey, neil, good to see you. a mess might be an understatement as we ve been reporting on the story for multiple years. crossings have slowed dramatically for the start of new year, and it has been fairly quiet this morning here in eagle pass where we are stationed. yesterday, let s show you some video, we witnessed two large groups, one
world. i m laila harrak. thousands of people ordered to evacuate their homes in california as the storm-battered state endures another round of heavy rain and flooding. donald trump facing new legal woes. the former u.s. president now weighing whether to testify before a grand jury about his alleged role in a hush money scheme. plus, a major step for the middle east as iran and saudi arabia strike a deal to restore diplomatic ties. the surprise agreement helped along by beijing. we ll break down what it all means. announcer: from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we start this hour in california, where residents are getting battered by more storms, the result of yet another atmospheric river. at least two people are dead and nearly 10,000 people are under evacuation orders. more than 40,000 homes and businesses currently without power according to poweroutage.us. the central coast has been the hardest hit with creeks being turned into raging rivers
one donald j. trump. the new york times is reporting that prosecutors in the manhattan district attorney s office are signaling that criminal charges for the former president are likely to come for his role in the hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels. the times reports the prosecutors offered mr. trump the chance to testify next week before the grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the potential case according to four people with knowledge of the matter. such offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. it would be unusual for the district attorney, alvin bragg, to notify a potential defendant without ultimately seeking charges against him. the manhattan district attorney s office has declined to comment. now, if those charges are made, it would be the first indictment of a former united states president and the first time that trump, who has faced numerous criminal investigations, would be charged with a crime. as you may remember, that $130,000
jokes with him alongside a budget proposal while he was in philadelphia yesterday. his plan has little chance of passing the republican-controlled house, making this more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. meanwhile, there are significant developments this morning out of the manhattan d.a. s office that signal criminal charges could be coming for donald trump. we ll get into the details of why. also ahead, a lackluster debut for the subcommittee on so-called weaponization of the federal government has some republicans frustrated now with congressman jim jor t jordan an game plan. we ll be joined by the writer of the piece in a moment. good morning to morning joe. we have jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene washington. and special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. good morning to you all. as i mentioned, we re going to begin with the new york times report that the manhattan district attorney
just after the top of the hour, i m john berman. and i m bianna golodryga. prosecutors say he s been charged with the murder of his still missing wife. that s just the beginning. some of his searching were extraordinarily gruesome. prosecutors say evidence of blood was found in walshe s car, and he found protective suits, mops, cleaning supplies. we re outside the courthouse. this was an extraordinary level of detail, bryn, some of which we never have heard before. reporter: just stunning detail of the actions the prosecutors say brian walshe took after his wife ana disappeared, not before, but after. a number of google searches on his son s ipad. take a listen to just some of them. at 4:55 a.m., he searched how long before a body starts to smell. at 4:58 a.m., how to stop a body from decomposing. at 5:20 a.m., and 5:47, ten ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to. at 6:25 on the 1st, how long for someone to be missing to inherit. at 6:45 on january 1st,