in the blast. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. more than 12 million people under flood watches, heavy rains pummeled phoenix, leaving streets and walkways flooded. meanwhile, a storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. so let s talk more about this with cnn meteorologist derek van dam. so much going on. what is catching your eye right now? well, some of the new flood watches that have been issued by the national weather service encompass some large metropolitans across north-central texas including dallas, fort worth, 12 million americans under flood watches as we speak. lots going on here. we re trying to get to all of it. i want you to see what s kind of the broader scope of what s happening. there s this low pressure system that s part of the monsoon that s brought the heavier rain and flooding you saw a moment ago across phoe
sophisticated weaponry is helping ukraine challenge for key cities, in the south and the east. us presidentjoe biden and china s president xijinping held a phone call today, and there were warnings and assurances about the us position on taiwan. taiwan is an island off china s south east coast. it behaves like an independent state but beijing considers it part of china, and says it will re take it, by force if necessary. there have been tensions between the us and china over that possibility. and today, xijinping told joe biden that the us should abide by the 0ne china principle with regard to taiwan according to chinese state media. with regard to taiwan and president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded that on taiwan. the us policy has not changed. let s remind ourselves what this is all about. back in may, this happened. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan, if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s t
great to see you both. fbi documents show agencies sensitive documents, compartmented information. four top-secret chemistry marked secret, and three marked confidential. some of the records seized last monday are covered by attorney-client privilege. well, that the problem. and a growing number of republicans are calling on the justice department to release the affidavit that attorney general merrick garland used to sign off on the search warrant. i m going to pause and ask you what you would like me to do at this point, because you are kind of toggling back and forth and it s a little confusing. okay, all right. thank you. we love our team. ever since news of that fbi search first broke, some in the mainstream media have appeared to be delighted about the raid. i think the shortest distance between donald trump and an orange jumpsuit is this investigation with the documents. perhaps the orange jumpsuit is forthcoming. i think a lot of people do want to see donald trum
[ speaking foreign language ] umbrian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques. it s all about the skill and hard work that goes into producing its precious raw ingredients. from innovative farmers to noble hunters. and let s not forget the chefs and butchers preserving the traditional ways of cooking. and a note for any vegetarians watching. umbrians eat a lot of meat, like particularly pork. like a lot of it. huge amounts of it. i surrender. to the pork. umbria is named after the umry, one of italy s most ancient peoples. their landlocked homeland is right in the middle of the country. bordered on the west by its more glamorous neighbor tuscany, it s often overlooked. but while the landscape here is similar, the culture is very different. less fancy, if you will. and i hear the locals like it that way. they re like flames, aren t they? i m heading deep into the heart of sagrantino territory, umbria s luscious wrld-renowned red wine, to meet a man