i m kind kim brunhuber. ahead we are not out of the woods yet. the threat to communities remains and waters will continue to rise even after these storms have passed. the already drenched state of california is bracing for even more storms. we ll have a report from the cnn weather center with a preview of this weekend s weather and new details in the case of the missing massachusetts mother, what she told police nine years ago about her husband. plus a huge explosion in the disputed ukrainian city of soledar as russia claims it has captured the city, this is amid new attacks in kyiv. we ll have a live report from ukraine. life from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather across the united states. in california, more than 25 million people are under flood watches this weekend, including the entire bay area, snrlcentra valley and central california coastline. more waves of storms fueled by a strong atmospheric river
harass and look at this event that was mocked by right wing media. there are new headlines about rupert murdoch snubbing donald trump and there s new headlines about the story about elon musk. joining us to make sense of it all tara pal mary, the senior correspondent at puck, oliver garsy and elizabeth mayo, former online communications director at the rnc. protesters are gathering at the steps of the u.s. capitol to advocate for legislation that s stalled in the senate. you see pictures of the protest under way on the steps of the capitol. they re advocating for the passage of legislation to provide funding for veterans who have suffered from toxic burn pits in iraq and other previous wars. this exposure bill was stalled the other day by republicans. let s be honest about this, tara. this would not be as big a story were it not for jon stewart. he s used his celebrity status to force this to be a national news story. absolutely. the way he handles it, he s so direct. he
have the courage to do what needed to be done? i do. what was your reaction when you saw this tweet? as a staffer that works to always represent the administration to the best of my ability and to showcase the good things he had done for the country, i remember feeling frustrated, disappointed and really it felt personal. i was really sad. as an american, i was disgused. it was unpatriotic, it was un-american. we were watching the capitol building get defaced over a lie. it was something that was really hard in that moment to digest knowing what i ve been hearing down the hall, the conversations that were happening, seeing that tweet come up and knowing what was happening on the hill. and it s something that i still struggle to work through the emotions of that. again, it was a 24-year-old aide to the white house chief of staff who was disgusted. it was a 24-year-old aide to the white house chief of staff who said this was un-american, not the alleged leaders of our c
for charly, this is from preethi, who asks. do you think russias war with ukraine, whenever that will end, will lead to a more united europe despite the tragic loss of lives? yes, i do. yes, ido. both yes, i do. both europe as an idea as well as the european union. i think it will be psychological, but also practical in terms of how we cooperate. whether it is on energy, defence, security, i think it is a great tonic also to the kind of post kabul withdraw anxiety we have had in europe and transatlantic relations with the us leadership. from a finnish perspective it is easy to see that it has improved. the uk s response is genuinely improved its image in europe, showing the uk wants to be part of europe, even if it is not part of the eu. europe, even if it is not part of the eu- of the eu. shorn, let s bring ou in. marie wants to know. at what point do we in the west, say enough ? putin is destroying a country and sanctions are not stopping him. when is enough enough? there
Sandra and thanks to your team and crew. John im john roberts. Thank you. Im Trace Gallagher in for martha maccallum. John roberts will stay with us live from jerusalem. We await the state Department Briefing after hamas releases two american hostages for humanitarian reasons. We have greg palkot live on the Israel Lebanon Border where the israelis are evacuating a town. First we have breaking news coming. Lets go to mike tobin. We have mortar or rockets coming in. Mike . We have a flurry of rocket fire. Weve seen that really since just about every night fall we see them. Tonight it was more intense. If were in cover right now. I see more launches from the gaza area. Big flurry of activity. That looks like its coming down. I dont think its going to intercept. Very well we could get some strikes here. Theres quite a few theres one going across the screen there. So quite a few rockets, quite a few intercepters making the doing their job. Were hearing a great deal of impact. If i shut up,