live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with kim brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. horn 12 million people under flood watches in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas. the risk of flash flooding is high with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. extreme weather forced a search and rescue mission as several hikers were swept off their feet by a flash flood. one person is still missing. let s talk more about this with derek van dam. potentially dangerous situation for many. what is the latest? yeah, the latest from the dallas/ft. worth meteorological agency indicating that anywhere from 6 to 8 inches of rain or more is possible within the next 48 hours. so starting now right through monday morning into the afternoon hours, that is when we re expecting the heaviest precipitation to move on, really intensifying tonight, that being sunday evening. i want to show you a broad per
So theres no training behind this. Theres no standard attack in any of this. So, actually, we can see it going any way. But i think the i think the longer it goes on without violence the more likely there wont be any. Welcome back, everybody. Im john vause at the cnn center. Im natalie allen. Thank you for joining us. Weve been here several hours with this breaking news out of australia. And we will continue to bring you the latest now. And wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Wed like to give you the update now. A gunman is Still Holding an unknown number of people at a lindt coffee shop in sydneys Main Business district. Sky News Australia reports that the Hostage Taker, seen here, is calling himself the brother. He has forced hostages to speak with three Media Outlets over the phone. He apparently has two demands. He wants an isis flag. He also wants a conversation with australias Prime Minister. We also have video of five hostages who manag
in north carolina, a pilot program from the white house and cdc is under way to distribute moonky po monkeypox vaccines at the pride events this weekend, this at a time when united states is home to about a third of the monkeypox cases in the world. there are more than 14,000 cases in the u.s. and more than 40,000 in the world. when you think about it, the u.s. makes up 4% of the world s population, but based on these numbe numbers, about 35% of the world s monkeypox cases. and the hope among health officials is that for the new u.s. response strategy to get the virus under control. back to you. the polio virus may be spreading in new york state. last month one case was diagnosed in rockland county. just a few weeks later, the virus was found in waste water in new york city. further testing shows that it
there are none. they re very dishonest people. in fact in covering my comments, the dishonest media did not explain that i called the fake news the enemy of the people, the fake news. they dropped off the word fake. and all of a sudden the story became the media is the enemy. they take the word fake out. and now i m saying oh, no. this is no good. but, that s the way they are. so i m not against the media, i m not against the press. i don t mind bad stories if i deserve them. and i love good stories. so, dylan, let me turn to you. out of what the president said this morning and listen, he s been saying this over and over even before he became preside but you look at the latest numbe numbers on the polls of approval versus disapproval and hovering
trump and his transition on schedule and under budget. earlier this week, the washington examiner reported that he is looking to cut federal spending. two 20%, that would rock numbe numbers. 66% say they feel optimistic about the u.s. economy. here now with reaction, the special assistant to the president-elect, boris boris. and anthony scaramucci. i know this may sound crazy but on time, under budget. washington. right? he s the man. he s very disciplined.