it s investigating the investigators. not exactly a kitchen table issue. and trump s top money man sentenced to rikers island in a tax fraud scheme. but what is it he s really facing? plus, the punishing and powerful storm battling the west coast with heavy rain, flooding, and the new threat of dangerous mudslides. live report from the ground as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once, again i m stephanie ruhle. president biden is now talking about those classified documents found in a former private office he used after leaving the obama white house. two sources tell nbc news left a dozen document with classified markings were found. here s what the president said earlier today about that subject during a summit in mexico city. people know i take classified documents seriously. when my lawyers were clearing out my office at the university of pennsylvania, they set up an officer me, a secure office in the capital, four years after being of vi
diaz-balart. the latest of a string of powerful and deadly rainstorms reeking havoc on california forcing thousands of evacuations and leading to rescues. the storms killing as many as 15 people. a 5-year-old is still missing a the this hour. months after the fbi searched donald trump s mar-a-lago home for classified documents, lawyers for president biden say also found classified materials in biden s private office. we ll break down what we know about that. and next how the president will stand alongside justin trudeau along with their joint summit. where the crisis will take center stage. and any minute now on capitol hill, house republicans will hold a press conference ahead of what could be an exlowsive battle within the party over committee assignments over the new congress takes shape. we ll talk to the congressman about that. we begin this morning with the intense rain pounding california leaving more than 34 million people under a flood watch. a series of powerful
fiona pick cnn is on the ground in puerto rico to show you the path of destruction. live, from cnn center, this is a cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. we are following new developments out of moscow. vladimir putin is ordering a partial mobilization in russia to support his invasion of ukraine. the russian president says it begins today, and people in reserves, and those who have previously served in the armed forces, will be subject to conscription. let s bring in cnn s clare sebastian picture joins us live from london. what exactly will this order from putin for a partial mobilization mean for ukraine, and of course, for russia? rosemarie, this is a significant moment for russia, it is a partial mobilization, not full-scale conscription but we know that russian forces have had trouble replenishing their ranks on the battlefield, they have been using prisoners to do that, freeing them and taking them to ukraine. as well as mercenaries. have
This is cnn Breaking News. A warm welcome to all of you watching us here in the United States, canada and all Around The World. Im kim brunhuber. I want to get to our Breaking News this hour. At least 350 israeli deaths are confirmed. More than 1500 israelis have been wounded over the past 24 hours as intense fighting rages between israel and hamas. Retaliatory israeli strikes in gaza reportedly have killed at least 313 people. Thats according to palestinian authorities. The idf says up to 1,000 hamas militants poured across the border and raided towns. Earlier video shows civilians being rounded up and taken to gaza as hostages. A short time ago, hamas claimed they were still in israeli. Heres the Prime Minister on saturday. Translator what happened today has never been seen in israel. And i will make sure it does not happen again. The entire government is behind this decision. The idf will immediately use all of its strength to destroy hamas availcapabilities and we take mighty venge
that wraps it up for me. right now on andrea mitchell reports, president biden boosted by the fed forecasting rate cuts in the year ahead and the chance of curbing inflation without riing rates. vladimir putin closing the year at his marathon press conference, showing no sign of abandoning his invasion of ukraine, counting on international funding for kyiv drying up. translator: coming back to the goals, they remain unchanged. today ukraine virtually produces or manufactures nothing. they have been importing things for free freeloading. it will come to an end, sooner or later. national security advisor jake sullivan in israel today, meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet as the white house presses them to open a second gate for desperately needed aid into gaza. republicans backing the investigation of the president and his family s business dealings. republicans targeting hunter biden, who said he would testify in public but ignore