good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn. i m amara walker. president biden is expected to visit the border today and what it could mean for migration. and the nfl honors damar hamlin in the game since his collapse. we ve got a look at the tributes. and more than half the people across california are without power as high winds and rain hammer the state. we ve got a look at the forecast including where we could see record flooding. plus, harry tills all. the revelations in his forthcoming memoir coming up on cnn this morning. welcome, everyone. it s sunday, january 8th, a new week. thank you so much for waking up with us here on cnn this morning. a lot of news to get to. up first, president biden heading for the border. while the 118th congress prepares to get down to business. the president stops in el paso, texas, today on his way to a summit in mexico city. this will be his first visit to the border during his presidency. the administration is under fire from r
the game and his collapse. we ll look at all the tributes. more than half a million people across california are without power as high winds and rain hammered california. we ll look at the forecast and how emergency officials rew preparing. plus, are you taking part in dry january? why you could be doing more good than you think. that s all ahead on cnn this morning. hi, everyone, it s sunday, january 8th, a new week. thanks so much for waking up with us. alex, so good to be working with you. dry january, do you subscribe to that? i do half dry january. not all in. i do feel the effects. better sleep, healthier, all that kind of thing. we re going to talk with an expert. up first, president biden heads for the border as we ve been saying while the 118th congress prepares to get down to business. the president stops in el paso, texas, that s today, on his way to a summit in mexico city. this will be his first visit to the border during his presidency. now
businesses too. reporter: this movie, the first time blocker learned is what had been haunting his grandfather. it wasn t a forward recounting of events, but the gist was someone lied. someone destroyed a whole community of lives. someone actually caused people to lose lives violently and suffer violence. and i just thought that was unconscionable. reporter: blocker said his grandfather applied for compensation from the state but was denied because he couldn t prove he owned land in rosewood. fearing death, blocker s grandfather along with many of the other survivors never returned to rosewood and never reclaimed property and land. a loss back then, still impacting their families today. did we own land? could we have owned land? could we have amassed land? could we have obtained wealth? what would two generations later look like? might we be further along in our generational goals? reporter: nadia romero, cnn, atlanta. all right. we re going to have much more after the brea
grown. reporter: the movie rosewood my father sat me down and said people may ask questions in light of this movie and i didn t know why. he said, well, your grandfather was involved. colored folks on all the land around here and all the businesses too. reporter: this movie, the first time blocker learned is what had been haunting his grandfather. it wasn t a forward recounting of events, but the gist was someone lied. someone destroyed a whole community of lives. someone caused people to lose lives violently and suffer violence. and i just thought that was unconscionable. reporter: blocker said his grandfather applied for compensation from the state but was denied because he couldn t prove he owned land in rosewood.