world. i m laila harrak. thousands of people ordered to evacuate their homes in california as the storm-battered state endures another round of heavy rain and flooding. donald trump facing new legal woes. the former u.s. president now weighing whether to testify before a grand jury about his alleged role in a hush money scheme. plus, a major step for the middle east as iran and saudi arabia strike a deal to restore diplomatic ties. the surprise agreement helped along by beijing. we ll break down what it all means. announcer: from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we start this hour in california, where residents are getting battered by more storms, the result of yet another atmospheric river. at least two people are dead and nearly 10,000 people are under evacuation orders. more than 40,000 homes and businesses currently without power according to poweroutage.us. the central coast has been the hardest hit with creeks being turned into raging rivers
evidence at court, that many of the statements denied that they were ever traffic for ready trial. none of them had ever been trafficked. during the investigation mr ramzan was arrested. he had never really met the defendant, had nothing to do with trafficking, had never been alone in a room with errors let alone in a room with errors let alone had sex with her. he described in court is utter consternation at being publicly arrested on the promenades and questioned by the police. i will set out more of the impact of this offending upon him and his family later in his remarks. the defendant set about seeking to back up allegations against mr ramzan and the fictitious traffickers. she did so in a number of ways. i will summarise here only some of them. she manipulated people with whom she was in contact via snapchat to contact her. she would rename these people in her phone with the names of supposed traffickers. she would induce sexual messages from them and take screenshots o
country s pre pandemic preparations before 2020. north korea fires a suspected missile overjapan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of tokyo and washington. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first preliminary hearing of the uk covid 19 inquiry is about to begin. there will be an opening statement by the chair of the inquiry, baroness hallett, followed by a minute s silence. the session will focus on how prepared the uk was for a pandemic before 2020. joining us now from the inquiry is our health correspondent, jim reed . hello. just tell us a little more, if you would, about this first phase of the inquiry? of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by boris - of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry| was announced by boris johnson of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry - was announced by boris johnson back was
things economically, there is always huge scope to cut or raise taxes, or spending, and then there is what his room for manoeuvre is within his self imposed targets. we must be clear on this. a government s finances are completely unlike a household finance. we live in a currency where the government issues currency, we cannot do that, ferns cannot do that, whereas the government issues a currency and has a lot more freedom than us. not many of us have a money printing press in our front rooms. of us have a money printing press in ourfront rooms. but of us have a money printing press in our front rooms. but the chancellor must calculate his own self imposed targets so wriggle room is against those, and those are a political judgment. they are based on what the government thinks the markets will wear. just like in the mini budget wear. just like in the mini budget we had last year, there seemed to be no constraints on what the government will blow on tax cuts, for example, so