thousands under evacuation workers right now, and according to governor gavin newsom, 17 confirmed dead right at this hour. cnn s nick watt, joins us with all the latest on the los angeles river which in normal times his river in name only. what is the latest, nick? you are right anderson. this is normally just a trickle. in fact there is usually a homeless encampment in what is the l. a. river. those people have had to flee to higher ground. you know, californians just aren t used to this amount of water. and in many cases, the states are just not equipped to deal with it. further up north and santa barbara, the floodwaters just overwhelming the sewer system in that ended up with sewage on the streets in santa barbara, and also you know, drivers just trying to drive where they shouldn t be driving because frankly they just don t know any better. so we have seen quite a few rescues, people being plucked out of their cars and when we are talking about drivers also just incre
bianna golodryga picks up our coverage now. hello everyone. i m bianna golodryga. airports are scrambling to get back on schedule after an early morning glitch throws the nation s air travel into chaos. a key safety system for the faa went down forcing a nationwide ground stoup on all domestic departing flights. that s left travelers stranded in airports or trapped on board parked airliners. the ground stop is now lifted, but the backlog of flights is still jamming airports across the country. cnn correspondents and analysts have been following these developments. let s begin with adrienne broaddus. adrienne, are things get back to normal there this morning? reporter: hello, bianna. things are getting back to normal. travelers passing through chicago o hare will experience delays and cancellations. if they stop at the information board, they will see boarding. that s a nice sign for folks leaving the airport. there s also other indications that there have been technology
accountability for the failures that horrible day. this week in no smart part due to the reporting of shimon revealed the school district police department hired a former state trooper under investigation for her actions during the mass sacre, i should say lack of actions during the massacre and shimon uncovered this video of her on the day of the massacre talking to other officers. listen. reporter: an officer asked if her children attend rob eloquent men starry. her response. do you have kids in there? my son is in daycare. he s not old enough. i saw you yeah, no, no. if my son had been in there, i would not have been outside, i promise you that. she said if her son had been inside the school, quote, i would not have been outside. i promise you that. so last night we learned there officer has been fired by the school district. fired the day after shim mon ha tried to get answers why she was hired in the first place since she was under investigation. the studen
hurrah! hip herrera! hip hurray! in a ceremony steeped in tradition, charles the third was officially declared king this morning. it was the first to ever be broadcast live on tv. family and government officials signing proclamation documents putting his son, prince william s, now air to the throne. and the kings wife, camilla, who is no queen consort. during his time with the council, he made a personal declaration, recognizing the issues that he novels. my mother gave an example of lifelong love and selfless service. my mothers reign was unequal and it s duration, its dedication and its devotion. even as we grieve, we give thanks to this mom s face for life. i am deeply aware for this great inheritance and to the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty, which have now passed me. king charles also announcing the funeral for queen elizabeth will be a public all day on september 19th at westminster abbey. it will be the first uk state funeral since
used to describe these comments that president biden made tonight. in a closed-door, democratic fund-raiser in new york. where he spoke pretty frankly about what he believes is the actual real threat that putin is posing right now when he talks about this threat of nuclear war, we have seen him kind of dangle out there and the speeches that he has given lately. president biden says he believes that is because of how terribly russia is doing on the battlefield. tonight, he used the word underperforming, talking about how he believes the setbacks which have been humiliating and, of course, the draft that putin is put in place has driven russian matter the country is all factoring into this. and it seems to be causing a real sense of concern for president biden tonight, don, who said he believes the world is the closest it has been to the potential nuclear catastrophe that it has been since the 1960s. since the cuban missile crisis, of course, we are coming up on the anniversary