irritated by the backlash and what he views as the probable sloppiness of his aides who packed his things when he left office. but the constant drip of new information is intensifying calls for transparency. and on the hill it s providing fuel more republicans hungry for investigations. in moments, the latest reporting from inside the white house and on capitol hill. and the unrelenting barrage of storms battering california has 7 million more people under flood was. half an inch of rain could fall per hour for people dealing with mudslides, buckled roads and homes submerged. in ukraine, the race to find remaining survivors after a russian strike destroyed an apartment building in dnipro. we are in the region with concerns about russia s new military strategy. we start with more pains found from president biden s post obama years. nbc news reports that president biden is frustrated with the backlash. explain what we re learning and what s happening inside the white hous
atlanta today speaking at a service at ebenezer baptist church where doctor martin luther king jr. once preached. lucas is live at the white house. democrats admit that this is not a good look right now for the white house. republicans itching to get their hands on those visitor logs. it is an embarrassment no doubt about it. is there more to it? i doubt it but we will find out more as he goes about his business. special counsel was called forget hours after we still at the presidents personal attorneys who have no personal security clearance still rummaging around the president s residence looking for things. that will be a crime scene. last week reporters at the white house have been pushing for answers. do you acknowledge that the fact that the white house did not reveal this to the public despite the fact that you have known about it for months undercuts the presidents promise of being transparent later. they were transparent. okay. i am saying to you. what
i just pray on all of us to maintain our vigilance, our common sense over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours. california s governor s warning residents that the severe weather isn t over just yet as 25 million of them are under flood watches right now. plus, more class fight material is found at the delaware home of president biden on the same day the attorney general names a special counsel to the case and search and rescue workers are desperately looking for survivors trapped in the rubble of an apartment building in ukraine after a russian missile strike. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in storm ravaged california. here s what we know at this hour. u.s. president joe biden approved a major disaster declaration clearing the way for federal funds. some people in san bonito county have been ordered to leave their homes because of severe flooding. more than 25 million people are under flood watches. the governor s
we begin with tragedy in nepal. at least 68 people are dead in the country s worst plane crash in 30 years. search and rescue teams were at the site and will be back there at daylight on monday. four people are still unaccounted for, and now the search for answers begins. this is apparently just moments before the crash. take a look at this. the plane rolling on its side while flying low over a populated area, and then this. we re following the story, and we re joined now. that video shows some really unusual movements by the plane just before it crashed. what more are you learning? quite a bit. you barely see such videos just before a plane crash, but that was caught on camera. we believe that is just moments before the plane crashed. now, according to officials, 68 bodies have been recovered. four yet to be recovered. and search efforts have stopped for the day. and they will resume monday morning local time in nepal. the prime minister has ordered a probe in nepal, and a
the cnn newsroom on this new year s day. we have a major development on that bizarre attack that unfolded near last night s new year s eve festivities in times square. three new york city police officers are recovering after an unprovoked attack by a man wielding a machete. multiple law enforcement sources tell us the 19-year-old suspect was carrying some of his writings and his radical views. what have you learned, gloria? that s right, pamela. good evening. we ve been trying to learn more about this suspect as you said, a 19-year-old man. we can now tell you he was, in fact, carrying a hand written dillry. in it he expressed his desire to join the taliban in afghanistan and die as a martyr. that s according to multiple law enforcement sources. now, investigators believe the suspect arrived in new york city on thursday and he checked into a hotel in the leer east side. investigators and sources also telling my colleague john miller that he traveled to times square on satur