the reality is this is just an eighth of what we anticipate will be nine atmospheric rivers we re not done severe weather is once again pounding california. looks like it s not going to let up any time soon. i ll discuss with climate expert how unusual this weather really is. and new documents mean new questions for the biden administration. look into what this new timeline means for the president, plus, a race against time in ukraine to save the people believed to be trapped in this rubble after a russian missile strike. live from cnn this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. we begin with the storm that is continue to slam central and northern california. over 25 million people across the state are under flash flood watches, where a powerful storm fueled by a strong atmospheric stormed. and another coming today, president biden approved a major disaster declaration clearing the way to help the state in the coming weeks of storm and torrential flooding, warning peo
the capital of kyiv. ukrainian officials say russian missiles targeted power stations in the east bank part of the city causing a fire at one of the facilities. ukraine also says russian strikes targeted infrastructure in the kharkiv and lviv regions in the country s east and west. cnn s scott mclain is in kyiv for us. scott, are things quieter at least right now? reporter: yes, fredricka, the air raid alert ended an hour ago but it lasted for two and a half hours. this was the second one today. this morning we were woken up by the very distinctive sound of explosions that could are heard from right here in central kyiv. there were three of them. luckily, there was relatively minimal damage. no injuries reported in this area. not long after that, there was another round of sirens and this one, the officials made very clear, that it was actually incoming missiles that had been spotted entering the country. so people took this one very seriously. we went and sheltered in a ne
washington, d.c. this comes as u.s. attorney general merrick garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation. for the latest, let s bring in cnn s saenz siarlette saenz at e house. tell us about the statement the white house is sharing. reporter: we re starting to get a better picture of exactly how many documents have been found between the president s residence in wilmington, delaware, as well as a former office that he used here when he had left the vice presidency. and based on cnn reporting as well as the disclosures that have come from the white house office, it appears there are approximately 20 documents with classified markings that had been found between those two locations. now, one of those documents was found in an adjacent room to the president s garage in wilmington, delaware. the white house had initially said that included one page. but it is now revealed that there were actually an additional five pages that were found on thursday ni
across the country. i m fredricka whitfield. thanks so much for being with me today. jim acosta is next. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with new details on president biden s classified documents saga. the president s special counsel confirming that several additional pages with classified material were discovered at biden s wilmington home thursday evening. the documents in addition to ten documents discovered in a biden affiliated think tank. a small closet to the left of biden s desk and storage spaces in the adowning conference room including top-secret material and dealt with matters involving ukraine, iran and the united kingdom. also a memo from biden to then president obama as well as two briefing memos prepared for biden s phone calls with british prime minister and president of the european council. all under investigation. arlette saenz has more. what more can you tell us? reporter: jim, so many twists and turns in th
we re following a pivotal moment in the midterms as we come on the air with the final countdown to that critical debate in pennsylvania. john fetterman and mehmet oz facing off for the first and only time ahead of election day. this hour, what to expect and what to watch for. and why republicans are now pumping a new round of $6 million into the race. our political experts are here standing by. also this hour, new details on two one-time close aides to former president trump. nbc news confirming one member of his white house inner circle talking to the january 6th committee. while another is trying to get out of talking to the georgia grand jury. the new legal filing just dropping this afternoon. we re live with those developments. plus, president biden making a new public plea for americans to get their covid booster shots with cases rising across the country and new worries about a so-called triple demic. one of the nation s top health officials, dr. anthony fauci, here