Right here, its apocalyptic. I mean looking at that and were going to hear, i know you had on your show people on the ground there my show also going to talk to some of the residents who are climbing out of this with kids, trying to juggle that with schools being closed, figuring out a place to live, where to get water, food. It is an ongoing crisis for these people, and were going to continue to shine a spotlight jim, thanks so much. Ill take it from here you bet. And good morning, everyone. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington, and we begin this hour with exclusive new video Into Cnn that will give you more perspective on the scope and the scale of the catastrophe in the southeast and what people are dealing with right now in this very moment. You are looking at the wounds of asheville, North Carolina one of the cities that Helene Hit the hardest. Take a look here. This is the river arts district, just more than a week ago. It was a vibrant, beautiful area
Here. Gillian it is a total joy. Take a look at this the closeddoor interview with lawmakers. Which was released on the same date that form a President Trump face to state indictment, at that time enough putting creams of double standards into pretty stark relief. Case in point, the former Police Commissioner to commit a crime similar to hunter biden, but rather than a plea deal, ended up getting sentence and surveying ten months and praise and listen. I went through that some of my life, and this is the way the criminal Justice System the serfs to be and i wanted to take accountability for what i did. This is the where the Justice System this must be designed. And it should be everyone should be held accountable across the board, im sure that millions and millions of americans across the world they want fairness in the Justice System. Lucas jones is from capitol hill with more details. Hello lucas. It is not just a gentleman involved in that case, but the amount of money involved in t
republicans are expected to torpedo a bipartisan immigration and foreign aid bill. well, democrats aren t entirely on board either with that bill. fail to go pass immigration reform is especially embarrassing for republicans who have been screaming for decades that the border is in crisis, and needs to be fixed through legislation immediately. but now that a once in a multi-decade opportunity to do something about it is in front of them, they re about to decide that chaos at the border is politically better for them than an attempt to fix it. in the gob smack words of conservative republican senator james lankford who cowrote the bill, quote, are we as republicans going to have press conferences and complain the border is bad and intentionally leave it open after the worst month in american history in december. well, senator, it seems the answer is yes. so what exactly is happening in the republican party? who is in charge? and is this these failures, what they want? joining
still waterlogged from previous storms. nearly two dozen rescue teams standing by. giant waves and wind gusts near 90 miles per hour in big sur. highways littered with downed trees. some areas preparing for half a foot or more of rain. in the mountains several feet of snow. rob marciano and jaclyn lee are both in the storm zone for us tonight. ginger zee times it out. linsey: the u.s. plans for more strikes against militants backed by iran after dozens of strikes against houthi rebels who have been disrupting shipping in the red sea. why the biden administration says the strikes are meant to de-escalate the situation. linsey: the battle over america s southern border, more than a dozen republican governors show support for greg abbott while former president trump and the house speaker push back against a bipartisan senate bill. intended to address the crisis. why this is coming to a head right now. linsey: in chile, the death toll is rising. more than 60 people killed i
hi, boris. i m amara walker. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the investigation into the hush money scheme involving former president trump and adult porn star stormy daniels. trump taking to truth social saying he expected to be arrested on tuesday and is calling on his supporters to protest. an indictment has been happening soon and he has been preparing for the next steps. kaitlan, we will begin with you. what are you learning from trump s team in regards to the potential indictment? donald trump is out there doing what he does. he is making public statements saying he expects to be indicted on tuesday by the new york d.a., but that as far as we can tell, as far as the reporting coming in from our large team of reporters working on this, that s political posturing. it is not based on anything that the trump team has learned at this point that there has been an indictment returned or even that there would be an indictment returned on tuesday. boris and amara