urgent weather emergency out west. mandatory evacuations and emergency rescues are under way in california. as an unrelenting series of storms batters the state, triggering mudslides, flash floods, and opening massive sink holes. 90% of california is under flood watches or warnings right now. it caught people who have been here 50 years, caught them unprepared. how quickly was the water rising? you could watch it. you could see it rising. it was rising quick. in my experience, the fastest i have seen it rise. at least a dozen people have lost their lives to these storms and authorities are frantically searching for a 5-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters. adding to the urgency, forecasters say another dangerous storm system is moving in. we re going to get an update in moments. and i m speak with the mayor of santa barbara where mandatory evacuation orders are in effect in some areas. also, the high stakes three amigos summit between the u.s., mexico, a
night. j.d. vance has invested in companies in china. the problem we re having now with inflation is our supply chains all went to china. people deserve to go to the grocery store without it breaking the bank. j.d. vance raised money for the legal defense fund of the insurrectionists. tim ryan through the police under the bus. if you get raped, j.d. vance and others say you have to have that baby. that poor girl was raped by an illegal alien. she shouldn t have been here to begin with. i support increase funding for border patrol. he spent 20 years in washington d.c. ohio needs an ass kicker, not an ass kisser. pretty interesting debate. author j.d. vance joins me now. we invited tim ryan as well. we hope he joins us another day. what did you think of last night s debate? it was a lot of fun. i enjoyed the opportunity to get to talk to the ohio voters and push back on the lies and dishonesties that tim ryan has been running with the last couple years. th
news. liz truss has resigned after 44 days in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. christiane amanpour and correspondent bianca noble joins us from london. she delivered a short resignation speech stating i cannot deliver on the mandate on which i was elected. yes. she s suffered the inignominy of serving as prime minister. it was an appropriately short speech because, of course, she double have a legacy to speak of. she pointed to two economic measuresing but basically her entire premiership has voichbled controversy, taking policies too far, and not taking control of her party. let s take a listen to the moment she talks about how she finds herself. we set out for a low tax, high grade communicate that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognize, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. reporter: bianna, this has been a bruising week for a prime min
and looking at the spec kag tack coul spectacular images, it is considered one of the greatest fireworks displays each new year s eve. and in taipei, the fireworks were shot from the tallest high r rise. they ring in the new year with the same breath taking performance it always performs. and in dubai, the city s skyscrapers serve as the center piece. and now let s go to athens, greece which is ringing in 2023 right now. no wedding saturday within the month of june and in new york crowds are always forming in times square, the celebration returning to full capacity after two years of scaled back celebrations. gloria, people turned up there this morning waiting for all the fun and festivities to start shortly. reporter: that s right. and you know the big attraction is times square. it is new year s eve. but for a lot of these folks, the big attraction is the rehearsal right now. and these folks have been waiting all day to see him. i ve been here since 6:30 a.m
The polls have just opened in hawaii meaning voters in all 50 states are making their voices heard. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. And im erin burnett and this is cnns continuing coverage of election day in america. Take a look. Weve got live pictures. This is a Polling Location were showing you just outside the philadelphia. So far only minor glitches with officials reporting no major Voting Issues so far, wolf. Heres whats at stake today, erin. All 435 seats are up for grabs, republicans need to turn five seats red to take it back. Over in the democratic controlled senate, 35 of the 100 seats are also in play today. All republicans need there is a net gain of one seat to change the Balance Of Power in the u. S. Congress and here in washington. As always we have our correspondents all over the map covering all the key races along with our entire cnn election team. Lets get straight to pennsylvania where there is an issue