documents uncovered at his office and the brutal storms in california. flooding, massive rainfall and flooding, tens of thousands under evacuation orders right now. and according to governor gavin newsom 17 confirmed dead right at this hour. cnn s nick watt joins us with the latest along the los angeles river which in normal times is a river in name only. what s the latest, nick? reporter: you re right, anderson. this is normally just a trickle. in fact, there s usually a homeless encampment in what is the l.a. river. those people about to flee to higher ground. you know, californians just aren t used to this amount of water. and in many cases the state s just not equipped to deal with it. further north up in santa barbara the floodwater just overwhelmed the sewer system, and that ended up with sewage on the streets in santa barbara. and also, you know, drivers just trying to drive where they shouldn t be driving because frankly they just don t know any better. so wave seen
reporter: anderson, as you know for the past several days they ve been searching inside the house, outside the house. late this afternoon the district attorney released a statement basically saying that the search at the house has been completed and now they re in the process of processing everything they found there at the house. but once again much of the investigation now focused on those items that were found in the trash, those three items plus whatever else they may have found there and what they can do in terms of trying to make a match, some sort of a dna match and see where it leads them. jason carroll, appreciate it. we turn now to criminal defense attorney mark numara for more on the growing investigation. you heard jason s report. does it seem to you this case is moving towardsden additional serious charges. the prosecution did exactly what they should have done, arrest him for something but not any type related to the murder because they don t want that