portions of the state. just minutes ago we were seeing this video of a levy that failed overnight in monterey county. that has forced evacuations, washed out roads and bridges. this week s atmospheric river, the tenth to hit the state dropped more than a foot of rain in some areas. at least two people have died in the most recent storm and more rain is on the way for some hard-hit areas. several feet of snow is blanketing the sierra, nevada mountains. they worry melting snow could cause more flooding. california national guard in high water vehicles are staged throughout the state. mike lareo is in vallaero. reporter: we re in the heart of the flood zone and we have all of this flooding in the downtown area because from that video you just saw, the levy is about 3 miles behind us and as soon as that levy had a breach around midnight local time, jim, all of that water had nowhere to go but here except for low lying areas. you can see there s a little bit of a dry spot in our
adrianne shropshire, susan del percio, online with chris hayes starts now. starts now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, one of the most frightening trends in american politics in recent months has been the prioritization, across the country, of conservatives and republicans from state to state targeting lgbtq folks. it s one of the, if not the unifying policy priorities in the modern republican party 2023. it s especially pronounced at the state level. the american civil liberties union says it s tracking nearly 400 anti lgbtq bills across the country. tennessee, to name one state, in particular, is home to multiple examples of this particular noxious trend. there is a new law criminalizing many types of drag performance. is 12th night fond of? that will find out. a bill working its way through the legislature which would allow state clerks to refuse to officiate gay marriages if they so choose. but it s not just the states. we are seeing this disturbing trend of
legal huddle. meeting with his lawyers to talk about fighting a potential criminal indictment. all the while his potential 2024 challengers takes s new slogan to a key state. then the largest bank failures since 2008. s v b, silicon valley bank imploding in just 30 hours. how did it happen and what are the consequences? and our friday night cap is here talking all about the biggest stories of the weekend some you may have missed. the 11th hour getting underway right now. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is finally friday and you know what that? means we are closing out the week with a friday night cap and you do not want to miss a minute. so get comfortable and settle in because that is coming right up. but first, the twice impeached ex president, he s getting ready to spend his weekend huddling with lawyers in florida to figure out a strategy for dealing with an escalating legal threat. we told you last night donald trump has been invited to appear before a m
rebuttal witness on monday now, this morning i receive a whole slew of phone calls, from journalists asking me i i m going to be back to th da s office tomorrow, as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing they re tomorrow whether it before the grand jury or it just to meet with them for a interview i m not sure but, ye i was asked to make myself available. the witness michael cohen s rebutting, nbc news ha confirmed that attorney, bob costello, who was once a legal adviser to michael cohen wil testify on monday before the grand jury looking into th 2016 hush money payments, made to adult them star, stormy daniels. trump s attorney is, asked the da for bob costello, t testify. late last night after trump surprise social media post predicted his tuesday arrest we learned that manhattan da alvin bragg, sent a message to his offices employee assuring, them that efforts to intimidate them would not be tolerated. it s not every day that such a important log
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with joe biden heading off to poland tomorrow. he will deliver a message of solidarity just a few days ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s full-blown invasion of ukraine. he will reaffirm support for that country. this comes on the heels of the munich security conference where the u.s. staked out some hard-nosed positions, accusing russia of war crimes and warning china not to give russia lethal aid. we saw the vice president, secretary of state tony blinken all delivering these messages to russia and china. tell us more. reporter: and white house officials have said it s a crucial time as we hit that one-year mark of russia invading ukraine. and joe biden will mark that with his trip starting tomorrow in poland. and during that time, he plans to reinforce the unity and support behind ukraine. now, he will be meeting with the polish president during his visit there, as well as a group of nato