today s republican party exists in is that there s a so-called deep state and that is out to persecute the ex-president, his allies and other conservatives. now having managed to become house speaker by the skin of his teeth, kevin mccarthy is enacting an agenda based entirely off of that warped and delusional world view. one of his first acts, removing congressman adam schiff and eric swalwell from the house intelligence committee. mccarthy denied it had anything to do with the fact that they are critics of a disgraced twice impeached ex-president and his allies. the cardinal sin appears to be i led the impeachment of his master in mar-a-lago, for withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid in ukraine, a nation that was then at war with russia, in order to extort that country and to help donald trump s re-election campaign. you are seeing the fulfillment of kevin mccarthy s corrupt bargain, with marjorie taylor greene, somebody who declared on january 5,
president biden s lawyers alert the justice department they discovered obama-era classified documents at a washington office biden used during the trump presidency. plus, a juggling act abroad today. the president sitting down with neighbors to the north and south. the biden white house wants help curbing migration and drug trafficking. mexico s president says the united states needs to pay for attention and give more respect to latin america. first on cnn the special counsel jack smith hits rudy giuliani with a new subpoena. it s for records about how donald trump paid him as giuliani tried to overturn the 2020 election. up first for us, new cnn reporting on the classified discovery kicking up a storm of questions for the current president of the united states. a source telling cnn the documents found in joe biden s private office included intelligence memos an a range of allies and adversary, iran among them. more detays in a moment. minutes ago, no response from presid
hello, everyone. i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. right now dangerous storms are battering california with relentless rain, deadly flooding. there have been dozens of water rescues, and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes. 34 million people are under flood watches as the storm pushes south. at least 16 people across the state have died in this recent outbreak of storms. in central california a 5-year-old is missing after being swept away in flood waters. a crew suspended the search when the weather became unsafe for the rescue teams. heavy rainfall led to this rock slide in fresno. boulders and debris forced highways across the state to close. firefighters in ventura county rescued a 70-year-old man after rising flood waters trapped him inside his suv. the onslaught of rain is turning streets and creeks into these raging rivers that you see on your screen with some seeing more than a month s w
incredibly careful in sort of steering clear of commenting on the details given that the doj is currently looking into the matter, so we ll have to see whether the president is a little bit more willing to dive into the details and share anything more that we don t know but again, you know, earlier today just sort of exemplifying this, the white house counsel spokesperson said they re just s simply limited in what they can say because the doj is looking into the matter but they want to handle things correctly and they may be able to share further details at a later time. we ll see what question the president gets and also, just more broadly speaking of course, how he addresses the various issues that he has been discd discussing over the last 48 hours with the leaders of canada and mexico as we ve been talking about for the last couple days. migration and immigration is going to be a top issue that the three leaders have been talking about at this meeting, jake. m.j. lee st
urgent weather emergency out west. mandatory evacuations and emergency rescues are under way in california. as an unrelenting series of storms batters the state, triggering mudslides, flash floods, and opening massive sink holes. 90% of california is under flood watches or warnings right now. it caught people who have been here 50 years, caught them unprepared. how quickly was the water rising? you could watch it. you could see it rising. it was rising quick. in my experience, the fastest i have seen it rise. at least a dozen people have lost their lives to these storms and authorities are frantically searching for a 5-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters. adding to the urgency, forecasters say another dangerous storm system is moving in. we re going to get an update in moments. and i m speak with the mayor of santa barbara where mandatory evacuation orders are in effect in some areas. also, the high stakes three amigos summit between the u.s., mexico, a