this is the las vegas the world knows, the casinos, the hotels, the clubs. but step off the strip and you ll find another world that couldn t be more different. a world where lost people hide in plain sight. this is crazy. in the middle of the desert. oh my gosh. in boarded up buildings. wow, look at this place. even underground. it is pitch black in here. it s a world that can be dark, unpredictable. step out! and sometimes very dangerous. oh, someone s just coming out. could be a drug deal. it could be anything. police. you re unlawfully occupying this residence. tonight, las vegas natives introduce us to a side of sin city that few get to see. come out. come out. someone s in there. come out. and it s shocking. oh my god . realtor scott beaudry believes in vegas. vegas is like the phoenix. vegas will always survive. it s always been a mecca for individuals to make a new beginning. scott grew up here and has seen the city s
am taking the train. kaitlan, thank you very much. we appreciate it. cnn newsroom starts right now, of course, with the breaking news as well. good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. we are following the breaking news this morning after u.s. flights were grounded, the faa now lifting that ground stop. u.s. flights resuming here. there is, though, as you can imagine a huge mess unfolding at airports across this country and, frankly, around the world. a key faa safety system went down earlier this morning, that led to some scrambling from coast to coast. here is where we stand at this hour, the faa says it is set to resume more flight departures this hour, but in terms of the backlog, the damage that we re seeing, the delays and cancellations, understandably rising by the minute. new york lines are growing, atlanta and chicago delay warnings taking over departure screens. they may be the lucky ones stuck in the airports that are already i
america s second largest city slammed by flash floods and bracing for more. the justice department documents found into a private office once used by joe biden. and a huge celebration in the streets of georgia as the bulldogs go back to back in the college football championship. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. right now, 90% of the population of california under flood watch. america s second largest city is slammed by a relentless storm. flash flooding, mudslides, wind damage all across central and southern california. this is video just in from santa clarita. firefighters pulling a person out of that car as water rushes around them. there are scenes like these all over the los angeles area. roads now closed. firefighters rescuing people caught in these flash floods. santa barbara county alone responding to some 200 calls like this. in some cases it s better to leave the car home
watch. what they are facing and we re live in vents ura county. and classified documents from the time joe biden was vice president discovered in his office. and bloody knife, $450 worth of cleaning supplies, and a husband now accused of misleading the police. ahead the new evidence that is now coming to light in the case of that missing massachusetts mom. and we begin though in california where rivers are overflowing, streets are flooding, boulders and trees are crashing down, at least 24 pe 14 people have died in the storms that have hit the state over and over again. and according to governor newsom, there is no end in sight. 90% of the state s residents are under a flood watch this morning, sand that is where dramatic rescue happened. and take a look, a firefighter on the roof of an suv as water covers the hood splashing up to the top of the windshield. that firefighter eventually gets the 70-year-old out through the window and up the ladder to safety. and this is
reset. good morning. parts of america s largest state under water as millions face a flooding disaster in california. dramatic rescues under way now as roads buckle, cars submerge and downtown l.a. at risk. we ll take you there live. more classified documents and another investigation, this time it is a different president. the current one. what president biden s team has discovered in his private office, but also why his case is different than the one playing out at mar-a-lago. rudy giuliani subpoenaed as the special counsel follows the money. chilling discoveries in the search for a missing mother. what her husband searched online and what he bought after her disappearance. deborah norville will join us live. and new twist in russia s war, why the united states is making a significant change involving the weapons it is sending to ukraine. we have new reporting just moments away. cnn this morning starts right now. and thank you for joining us, everyone. we re goi