hello, everyone. i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. right now dangerous storms are battering california with relentless rain, deadly flooding. there have been dozens of water rescues, and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes. 34 million people are under flood watches as the storm pushes south. at least 16 people across the state have died in this recent outbreak of storms. in central california a 5-year-old is missing after being swept away in flood waters. a crew suspended the search when the weather became unsafe for the rescue teams. heavy rainfall led to this rock slide in fresno. boulders and debris forced highways across the state to close. firefighters in ventura county rescued a 70-year-old man after rising flood waters trapped him inside his suv. the onslaught of rain is turning streets and creeks into these raging rivers that you see on your screen with some seeing more than a month s w
charges are valid and the once against him now for potentially murdering his wife is also valid, it shows that he has this versatility, he s willing to commit different types of crimes. it s will shows he might have some nars situatic tendencies, he think he can get away with fraud, murder, he really is above the law in all of these different capacities. from a psychological standpoint that s very interesting. it also could just be motive. by the way, he pleaded guilty to those. he was indicted in 2018. last year he pleaded guilty to three of those four charges. so he has a track record as i alliar, as a fraud. if they don t find a body, if ana doesn t come back abe live and if they don t find a body, how hard will that be to convict him? in many cases prosecuting a murder without a body is very difficult. but i think if there s so much overwhelming evidence, as there appears to be in this case, they may be able to go forward with it. however, even things like dna. it s a lot harde