Good evening to you on this wednesday night. 80 million americans are at the grip of a storm that will not quit and tonight post cards are streaming in from a kind of water world. One family stranded on the front lawn. The family car swallowed by a sudden river. Streets collapsing under the weight. Parking lots swamped. And a little girl tucked into a kayak in her living room. Rescuers are working nonstop and abcs gio benitez is tracking it all. Reporter relentless rain is pounding the east coast at a just outside washington d. C. , water rescues. This man drove onto this bridge, and was trapped. A Water Rescue Team getting him to safety in this inflatable raft. In baltimore, a road collapsing, trapping 10 cars. Its the same system that brought devastating tornados to 14 states, and claimed at least 37 lives. In pensacola, florida, nearly two feet of rain in the last 24 hours turned streets to muddy cliffs. In one neighborhood. Geysers of mud. Trucks washed away. Roads lined with aband
Polite and courteous and determined he did not meet the criteria for an involuntary hold. I want to bring in now pam brown. Hey, pam. I understand that you have some breaking news here regarding the family . Reporter yeah, thats right. I spoke to a family friend by the name of simon astairer and basically walked me through a betailed account of the history of Elliott Rodger and those moments right before went on that shooting rampage when his parents were on a frantic chase to find him. This family friend, simon astaire, told me that as Elliott Rodger was carrying out his deadly rampage, his parents were frantically trying to get to Santa Barbara, trying to find him, because they had just received that chilling manifesto from their 22yearold son. We learned that rodger had sent this manifesto, 140 pages, to a couple of dozen people, including his family members, including his therapist, and others. And he had sent it right before he went on the shooting rampage, where he killed six peo
Heart . You want to go whats come out of his mouth rather than whats in his heart. Its a gesture he made on video. Chuck schumer said he will obstruct every Single Supreme Court nominee i dont draw equations between bad acts. You judge each for its own. Lets form a government. Lets get this government formed. We need the help of the democrats to do that. We actually dont, but wed like it. We dont want the minority leader, chuck schumer, going on another net whork saying we will stand in the way of any Supreme Court nominee they put up. He doesnt know who they are yet. I hear you. I have to cut you off because theres a timing issue and i dont want to get in trouble, but i dont want to go too long in the window. Just Getting Started with the confirmation process. 70 hours so far of mock hearings, 2600 questions fielded by our nomineetion and des nants and met with democrats, would like to meet with the rest of them. Kellyanne, appreciate you making good on the offer on friday. Best to yo
Mention the president and his maralago get aways. Now President Trump could leave the coast guard high and dry to help pay for his immigration crackdown. But is the bigger border problem actually the one at sea . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to start with politics. President trump formally approved the repeal and replace plan. It is taking a lot of heat from conservative for not being a full repeal and for being what some conservatives are calling republican welfare. Meanwhile democrats are assailing the plan for any number of reasons including the fact it phases out expanded coverage through medicaid, replaces subsidies with tax credits, and bans funding for planned parenthood. All the while the Trump Administration is playing defense not just on this bill but on the various controversies dogging his young administration. We have reporters covering all angles from the white house to capitol hill. Were going to start with senior White House
Who we were and music was there. Sound miss soundtracks, songs that define history, tonight at 10 00 eastern and pacific. Im ana cabrera. Thank you for rolling with me into the next hour of the newsroom. With President Trumps first 100 days approaching, two sources tell cnn a vote on health care is possible as Congress Returns to washington next week, adding that the white house wants to get it done before trumps 100th day. And that is next saturday. Were also learning top House Republicans may be nearing some type of an agreement. Discord within the party has put the brakes on this bill a month ago. Here we me now is Gloria Borger and dr. Sanjay gupta. Gloria, you first. The Government Shutdown is possible. Why this now . Theres something called the first 100 days deadline coming up and the president campaigned on repeal and replace obamacare and thats not occurred. They went back to their districts and they heard about it. I think the conservatives, particularly who let the president