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
jeanne moos, cnn, new york. hello again, everybody. thank you so much for joining me. happy new year. i m fredricka whitfield. news just in to cnn, an update on buffalo bills player damar hamlin. he continues to make a remarkable recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field during monday s game. hamlin is now breathing on his own after having a breathing tube removed late thursday. the 24-year-old also surprised his teammates in buffalo yesterday, facetiming with them on a phone from his bed in the hospital in cincinnati. cnn has more live from the hospital in cincinnati and new information on his medical update. reporter: yes. from the physicianses here at the hospital where tamar is receiving treatment damar is receiving treatment. he is still in critical condition but continues to make progress. and here s perhaps the line in this tweet the bills just published that sticks out. as he continues to breathe on his own, his neurological function is excellent. a
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Month has died in hospital. 24 year old Nagham Abu Samrah was injured in an attack in december, which also killed her sister. Yasmin Khatun Dewan is in the newsroom with more. A real life karate kid. Nagham, pictured here, won first and second place in the palestinian Karate Championships in 2017 and 2019. Those that knew her say she was rarely seen without her traditional belted uniform and black hijab. The Karate Champion not only won trophies, but also decided to pursue a masters in physical education and open a gym that offered training for girls in gaza. Naghams father, marwan abou samra, said her dream. But in december, nagham lost a leg in an israeli Air Strike that hit herfamily s home, in the central el nazareth neighbourhood. The athlete suffered from Head Injuries and fractures in her upper the athlete suffered from head
Injuries and fractures in her upper body as she lay in a coma in the Al Aqsa martyrs hospital, in dier al bala. The Karate Champion was supposed to have been evacuated to egypt for specialist treatment, but only very recently received permission to cross the border. She died in the al arish hospital, in North Sinai while awaiting improved health to travel. In a statement released by the palestinian olympic committee, they expressed. A Volcano In Iceland has erupted for the second time in a month spewing lava into a nearby Fishing Port and setting several homes on fire. Most of grindavik s 4,000 people had already been evacuated. 0ur science editor