city. how the immigration battle between texas governor greg abbott and new york mayor eric adams is heating up. a boom caused by a meteor. details on that and more just ahead. welcome to a new week. we re grateful you re starting it with us this sunday, august 14th. good morning, amara. good morning. feels like the week went by really fast and we re already at a new one. a ton of news, right? a lot of news. you to took the words out of my mouth. the recovery of top secret classified documents by the fbi, sources telling cnn that one of trump s lawyers stated back in june that there was no more classified information being kept at mar-a-lago. but the fbi searched the former president s palm beach home and seized 11 sets of classified documents, some of which were marked top secret. meantime, on capitol hill, both sides of the aisle are calling on investigators to release more information on exactly what led to the search. adam schiff, the democratic chair of the h
off that accomplishment in his very first game and more than 70 years. congratulations, we ll continue to watch his career. hello again, everyone, thank you for joining me, i m fredricka whitfield and we turn first to the unprecedented fbi search of a former president s home. court documents unsealed on friday are giving new details about what the department of justice removed from former president trump s mar-a-lago, florida home. and what potential crimes they are investigating. agents say they recovered 11 sets of classified documents. at least one was marked as top secret, sci. which is one of the highest levels of classification. the warrant also revealed some of the potential crimes officials are looking at, including violations of the espionage act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records. at this point, no charges have been filed. cnn s evan perez is back with us with more details. so evan, we re learning more about this documents. or at l
take a look. reporter: los angeles s mayor telling residents our message today is clear. stay safe, stay home. and stay informed. reporter: the slick roads making driving treacherous. we need everybody to slow down. law enforcement isn t going to be able to get to all of these accidents quick enough. reporter: all of l.a. county now under a flash flood warning. it s going to be harder rain, faster rain. it s going to be coming down pretty quickly. reporter: in the middle of the storm, a 5.0 earthquake striking in the l.a. area. chief, i m really sorry to interrupt right now. our studio is shaking right now. not only are we dealing with a tropical storm, but now it appears we re dealing with an earthquake. reporter: the rain also a concern for desert areas. zohreen shah is in palm springs. reporter: the soil here does not absorb water very well, so in extreme rainfall events like this, dangerous flash flooding can develop even faster, sending massive amounts of rai
disrupt flights until tuesday. people across southern california are bracing for the worst, putting up sandbags to keep the water out and clearing out shelves at grocery stores. hilary slamming into mexico s baja california, killing at least one person and delivering torrential rain and flooding. and late word tonight of an earthquake hitting near l.a. we have team coverage. rob marciano is standing by with the forecast. first, matt rivers leads us off. reporter: tonight, hilary inundating parts of the west with torrential rain. the first tropical storm to move across southern california in more than 25 years. officials pre-emptively closing some roads along the san diego river. it does flood here pretty easily, but the concern is with this rain set to fall for a while, that river could rise quickly, maybe even become life-threatening. the national weather service warning of, quote, catastrophic and life-threatening flooding. the winds have really picked up and that water in the l.
springs, california after a tropical storm hit southern california the first time in more than 80 years. this is new video out of the area of people trying to get through the floodwaters, extremely dangerous conditions all over. what s left of hilary drenching the area causing mudslides, flooding and power outages, and an earthquake hitting the los angeles area during the storm. jeff, how do things look right now? yeah, sandra, the sun is out, the rain has finally stopped but we are still in the very early stages of understanding the impacts of tropical storm hilary, and right behind me this visual says it all about what this area has been through over the last 24 hours. that is the l.a. river, normally just a small stream but the rain and run-off water is flowing down at a good speed. inches upon inches of rain over the past day.