here in new york by all appearances it looks like da alvin brag is wrapping up his investigation into potential hush money payments before the 2016 election. and there is a chance that criminal charges could be filed against donald trump a chance his former attorney, michael cohen, who served time for violating campaign finance rules when he paid porn star stormy daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about the affair she said she has with donald trump is testifying before a grand jury as we speak. michael cohen is he said that donald trump knew what he was paying for and knew that michael cohen, his lawyer, was doing it on his behalf we ll get into the evidence he could be presenting to the jury in a moment. we also have an answer from donald trump s lawyers about whether he, donald trump, will accept his own invitation from da alvin bragg to also sit for the grand jury. we have no plans on participating in that proceeding it s a decision that needs to be made still, no deadline h
so, the people i ve spoke to said, hey, there s a large responsibility that this could have been prevented. and now, this evening, another atmospheric river is expected with and with that, officials say, there s a possibility that more rivers crest, which could create more problems and damage for the people that live here. and what about agriculture in the area any effect there reporter: yeah, the farmlands here, a lot of them covered with water, which would mean the harvest a total loss a lot of people here work on that land, so, that would impact them, but that s also going to impact the consumers of that harvest, because now, with that compromised, that means it s very likely that the prices for those goods will go up katy niala, thank you very much. and that is going to do it for me today on this monday. deadline white house starts next
jersey has to hit its crest. it s slower moving and takes longer than the other ones. yesterday was clear and so is today. much of the weekend too. the region gets a break from all of the rainfall it s been dealing with from all of the tropical systems over the summer season so far. we still have 52 river locations. there are gauges that sit on all the rivers, and it tells us the stream flow and river heights, so we get an idea when these rivers crest or are going down. only a couple are in major flood stainch. you notice much of the rivers in connecticut, massachusetts, are in minor flood stage. the way it goes, minor flooj stage is lower, then moderate and major and then record flood stage. a lot of them have come down significantly. as far as it goes in louisiana, i just checked. still have 75,000 people without power. for anyone trying to live in homes with those conditions,
anybody who s been to the northeast knows the 95 corridor up and down from boston to new york to washington. that s really where the focus of this rain has been and where the problem areas have been. we saw newark airport earlier tonight. waterfalls coming down the escalators and the stairs at newark international airport. and just in the past hour, we have seen streets turning into rivers in new haven, connecticut. of course, the home to yale university where some of the dorms started to flood just as students arrive back on campus after a long coronavirus day. students moving into yale, and then beof course their dorms flooding. flooding in connecticut, rhode island, and into massachusetts, there are warnings now out of martha s vineyard and cape cod for severe weather moving through there. so these flood warnings. we are going to see them in multiple ways because as rivers crest in pennsylvania, new jersey, new york, we will see further flooding in the coming hours and days.
there s no proper reaction to this. you feel everything. you feel sad, you feel angry. there s no i mean, there s no description of you know, i ve never been through this. we all hear the horror stories of the past. and it s horrible to live through it. and the tough thing now is, this isn t over. there are parts of arkansas that are already seeing rivers crest at record levels and those are levels that are still expected to rise. and in tulsa, city officials are telling residents who live along the levees to have their evacuation plans ready, as they are preparing for a level of flooding they haven t seen in more than three decades. jim? all right. omar jiminez, thank you very much for that. we appreciate it. coming up, authorities worry the drug lord known as el chapo, infamously known for breaking out of two prisons in mexico might be planning another escape, this time here in the united states. om maybelline new.