we begin this hour in california. significant flood threat is intensifying. powerful drenching storms hitting the northern and central parts of of the state. brought on by an atmospheric river. governor newsom declared a state of emergency. a levy breach forcing evacuations in monterey county. the california national guard is now on the scene in santa cruz to support emergency services. around 15 million people are under flood watches across california and nevada. for some residents, the rising water is simply too much to bear. can t live like this. how do you live like this? how do i have my kids here? how do i have my elderly mother live here where i carry her out of her had house? snowfall is also causing significant problems blocking roads and trapping some people in their homes. several feet of snow have fallen in parts of the sierra nevada mountains. moouk is live for us in monterey county reporting on the flooding taking place there. what s at stake and what s expe
arming missiles to taiwan for their fighter jet. there s concerns that they may be planning to arm russia now. in a moment, what former director of national tell john ratcliffe thinks the u.s. should be doing to address this and democratic senator joe manchin on if we are risking war with china over all of this. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto on a very busy news day. let s get to it with the latest from the pentagon. we ll find jennifer griffin. jennifer? neil, the state department has approved the sale of f-16 munitions worth $619 million for taiwan. since 2010, the u.s. has september $37 billion in foreign military sales. taipei has requested to buy 100 harm missiles along with various missile launches that can be used by the f-16 fleet. we don t believe an invasion is imminent. we re going to continue to work closely with our allies and partners to deter potential aggression. we re ininterested in the status quo, to preserve the peace that has been there a very lo
the twitter ceo sitting down with tucker to raise concerns about bias in artificial intelligence and warning that leftist programmers will use it to control society. what s happening is there training the ai to live. yes! to live. that s exactly but no mike wright. to withhold information. yes. exactly. to comment on some things and not comment on other things. but not to say what the data actually demands its ap up i m going to say something, start something, truth gpt, a truth seeking a either try to understand the nature of the universe. this might be the best path to safety in the sense that an ai that cares about understanding the universe is unlikely to annihilate humans because we are an interesting part of the universe. jeanine: while elon musk calls for a pause in experiment, google ceo doesn t have a clue on how his company s new ai program even works. you don t fully understand how it works? and yet you have turned it loose on society? put it this way,
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the defense with its final chance to keep alec murdaugh out of prison on murder charges. his lawyer picking apart the prosecution s theory about why he would have killed his wife and son and accusing state police of faking the evidence, the very latest from south carolina as we get close to jury deliberations. plus, president biden heading back to his old stomping grounds on capitol hill this hour, his mission and his message focused squarely on keeping democrats in charge in 2024. and as if delays and cancellations aren t enough to worry about, multiple cases of weapons trying to be smuggled to planes, a near collision, dangerous turbulence, the latest worries for an already exhausted flying public, more on the search for answers and for someone to fix this mess coming up. but, we begin at the alec murdaugh double murder trial. the defense had e wrapped up its closing arguments on an emotional note.
me. i m fredricka whitfield. armed and dangerous. that s how police in texas are describing a suspect in a horrific mass shooting. 38-year-old francisco orapeza has not been seen since friday night s attack in cleveland, texas. investigators say he opened fire on his neighbors when they asked him to stop shooting his rifle outside so that their baby could sleep. five people were killed, including an 8-year-old. cnn s ed lavendera is there in cleveland, texas. ed, where does this manhunt stand right now? reporter: we haven t gotten any updates from law enforcement. the fbi has taken over this investigation and obviously multiple numbers of agencies, law enforcement agencies here in the state of texas continue ing the search for 32-year-old francisco oropeza. there have been several pictures put out of him, as they are urging the public to call in if they have any sightings of him. at this point, it s not clear where he might be if he s in this area or has been able to get fa